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## kops

kops is Kubernetes ops.

### Synopsis

kops is Kubernetes ops.

 kops is the easiest way to get a production grade Kubernetes cluster up and running. We like to think of it as kubectl for clusters.

 kops helps you create, destroy, upgrade and maintain production-grade, highly available, Kubernetes clusters from the command line. AWS (Amazon Web Services) is currently officially supported, with GCE and VMware vSphere in alpha support.

### Options

```
      --add_dir_header                   If true, adds the file directory to the header
      --alsologtostderr                  log to standard error as well as files
      --config string                    yaml config file (default is $HOME/.kops.yaml)
  -h, --help                             help for kops
      --log_backtrace_at traceLocation   when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
      --log_dir string                   If non-empty, write log files in this directory
      --log_file string                  If non-empty, use this log file
      --log_file_max_size uint           Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800)
      --logtostderr                      log to standard error instead of files (default true)
      --name string                      Name of cluster. Overrides KOPS_CLUSTER_NAME environment variable
      --skip_headers                     If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
      --skip_log_headers                 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
      --state string                     Location of state storage (kops 'config' file). Overrides KOPS_STATE_STORE environment variable
      --stderrthreshold severity         logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
  -v, --v Level                          number for the log level verbosity
      --vmodule moduleSpec               comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```

### SEE ALSO

* [kops completion](kops_completion.md)	 - Output shell completion code for the given shell (bash or zsh).
* [kops create](kops_create.md)	 - Create a resource by command line, filename or stdin.
* [kops delete](kops_delete.md)	 - Delete clusters,instancegroups, or secrets.
* [kops describe](kops_describe.md)	 - Describe a resource.
* [kops edit](kops_edit.md)	 - Edit clusters and other resources.
* [kops export](kops_export.md)	 - Export configuration.
* [kops get](kops_get.md)	 - Get one or many resources.
* [kops import](kops_import.md)	 - Import a cluster.
* [kops replace](kops_replace.md)	 - Replace cluster resources.
* [kops rolling-update](kops_rolling-update.md)	 - Rolling update a cluster.
* [kops set](kops_set.md)	 - Set fields on clusters and other resources.
* [kops toolbox](kops_toolbox.md)	 - Misc infrequently used commands.
* [kops update](kops_update.md)	 - Update a cluster.
* [kops upgrade](kops_upgrade.md)	 - Upgrade a kubernetes cluster.
* [kops validate](kops_validate.md)	 - Validate a kops cluster.
* [kops version](kops_version.md)	 - Print the kops version information.