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KIND(1) User Commands KIND(1)

kind - Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes

kind creates and manages local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container 'nodes'

kind [command]

Build one of [node-image]
Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash, zsh or fish)
Creates one of [cluster]
Deletes one of [cluster]
Exports one of [kubeconfig, logs]
Gets one of [clusters, nodes, kubeconfig]
Help about any command
Loads images into nodes
Prints the kind CLI version

help for kind
silence all stderr output
info log verbosity, higher value produces more output
--version
version for kind

Use "kind [command] --help" for more information about a command.

June 2025 kind 0.27.0