CLI command reference
A CLI for interacting with the Datum platform
Options
Section titled “Options” --as string Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. --as-group stringArray Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups. --as-uid string UID to impersonate for the operation. --as-user-extra stringArray User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key. --certificate-authority string Path to a cert file for the certificate authority --disable-compression If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server -h, --help help for datumctl --insecure-skip-tls-verify If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure --log-flush-frequency duration Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s) -n, --namespace string If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request --organization string organization name --platform-wide access the platform root instead of a project or organization control plane --project string project name --request-timeout string The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests. (default "0") -s, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server --tls-server-name string Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used --token string Bearer token for authentication to the API server --user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use -v, --v Level number for the log level verbosity --vmodule moduleSpec comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging (only works for the default text log format)See also
Section titled “See also”- datumctl activity - Query control plane audit logs
- datumctl api-resources - Print the supported API resources on the server
- datumctl api-versions - Print the supported API versions on the server, in the form of “group/version”
- datumctl apply - Apply a configuration to a resource by file name or stdin
- datumctl auth - Authenticate with Datum Cloud
- datumctl completion - Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
- datumctl create - Create a resource from a file or from stdin
- datumctl delete - Delete resources by file names, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector
- datumctl describe - Show details of a specific resource or group of resources
- datumctl diff - Diff the live version against a would-be applied version
- datumctl docs - Documentation and API exploration commands
- datumctl edit - Edit a resource on the server
- datumctl explain - Get documentation for a resource
- datumctl get - Display one or many resources
- datumctl mcp - Start the Datum MCP server