PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source tree
If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should
refer to the docs that go with that version.
The latest release of this document can be found
[here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.1/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_proxy.md).
Documentation for other releases can be found at
[releases.k8s.io](http://releases.k8s.io).
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## kubectl proxy
Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server
### Synopsis
To proxy all of the kubernetes api and nothing else, use:
kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/
To proxy only part of the kubernetes api and also some static files:
kubectl proxy --www=/my/files --www-prefix=/static/ --api-prefix=/api/
The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/api/v1/pods'.
To proxy the entire kubernetes api at a different root, use:
kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/custom/
The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods'
```
kubectl proxy [--port=PORT] [--www=static-dir] [--www-prefix=prefix] [--api-prefix=prefix]
```
### Examples
```
# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver on port 8011, serving static content from ./local/www/
$ kubectl proxy --port=8011 --www=./local/www/
# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver on an arbitrary local port.
# The chosen port for the server will be output to stdout.
$ kubectl proxy --port=0
# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver, changing the api prefix to k8s-api
# This makes e.g. the pods api available at localhost:8011/k8s-api/v1/pods/
$ kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/k8s-api
```
### Options
```
--accept-hosts="^localhost$,^127\\.0\\.0\\.1$,^\\[::1\\]$": Regular expression for hosts that the proxy should accept.
--accept-paths="^/.*": Regular expression for paths that the proxy should accept.
--address="127.0.0.1": The IP address on which to serve on.
--api-prefix="/": Prefix to serve the proxied API under.
--disable-filter[=false]: If true, disable request filtering in the proxy. This is dangerous, and can leave you vulnerable to XSRF attacks, when used with an accessible port.
-p, --port=8001: The port on which to run the proxy. Set to 0 to pick a random port.
--reject-methods="POST,PUT,PATCH": Regular expression for HTTP methods that the proxy should reject.
--reject-paths="^/api/.*/exec,^/api/.*/run,^/api/.*/attach": Regular expression for paths that the proxy should reject.
-u, --unix-socket="": Unix socket on which to run the proxy.
-w, --www="": Also serve static files from the given directory under the specified prefix.
-P, --www-prefix="/static/": Prefix to serve static files under, if static file directory is specified.
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
--alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
--api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
--certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
--client-certificate="": Path to a client certificate file for TLS.
--client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
--cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--insecure-skip-tls-verify[=false]: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
--kubeconfig="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--log-backtrace-at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
--log-dir="": If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log-flush-frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
--logtostderr[=true]: log to standard error instead of files
--match-server-version[=false]: Require server version to match client version
--namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
--password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
--v=0: log level for V logs
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```
### SEE ALSO
* [kubectl](kubectl.md) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
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