The recommendation from #sig-cli was to print usage, then the error. Extra care is taken to only print the usage instruction when the error really was about flag parsing. Taking kube-scheduler as example: $ _output/bin/kube-scheduler I0929 09:42:42.289039 149029 serving.go:348] Generated self-signed cert in-memory ... W0929 09:42:42.489255 149029 client_config.go:620] error creating inClusterConfig, falling back to default config: unable to load in-cluster configuration, KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST and KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT must be defined E0929 09:42:42.489366 149029 run.go:98] "command failed" err="invalid configuration: no configuration has been provided, try setting KUBERNETES_MASTER environment variable" $ _output/bin/kube-scheduler --xxx Usage: kube-scheduler [flags] ... --vmodule moduleSpec comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging Error: unknown flag: --xxx The kubectl behavior doesn't change: $ _output/bin/kubectl get nodes Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp: lookup xxxx: No address associated with hostname $ _output/bin/kubectl --xxx Error: unknown flag: --xxx See 'kubectl --help' for usage. |
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SUPPORT.md |
Kubernetes (K8s)

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for managing containerized applications across multiple hosts. It provides basic mechanisms for deployment, maintenance, and scaling of applications.
Kubernetes builds upon a decade and a half of experience at Google running production workloads at scale using a system called Borg, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community.
Kubernetes is hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). If your company wants to help shape the evolution of technologies that are container-packaged, dynamically scheduled, and microservices-oriented, consider joining the CNCF. For details about who's involved and how Kubernetes plays a role, read the CNCF announcement.
To start using K8s
See our documentation on kubernetes.io.
Try our interactive tutorial.
Take a free course on Scalable Microservices with Kubernetes.
To use Kubernetes code as a library in other applications, see the list of published components.
Use of the k8s.io/kubernetes
module or k8s.io/kubernetes/...
packages as libraries is not supported.
To start developing K8s
The community repository hosts all information about building Kubernetes from source, how to contribute code and documentation, who to contact about what, etc.
If you want to build Kubernetes right away there are two options:
You have a working Go environment.
mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/k8s.io
cd $GOPATH/src/k8s.io
git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
cd kubernetes
make
You have a working Docker environment.
git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
cd kubernetes
make quick-release
For the full story, head over to the developer's documentation.
Support
If you need support, start with the troubleshooting guide, and work your way through the process that we've outlined.
That said, if you have questions, reach out to us one way or another.