# pw kube token

> Source: https://parallelworks.com/docs/cli/pw/kube/token

## pw kube token

Token to authenticate with the Kubernetes API

### Synopsis

The **pw kube token** command prints a short-lived Kubernetes API token for a
cluster, wrapped in the ExecCredential JSON that kubectl exec plugins expect.

**pw kube auth** installs this command as the exec plugin in your kubeconfig, so
kubectl runs it for you; you rarely need to run it directly.

```
pw kube token <cluster> [flags]
```

### Examples

```
  # Get a token for the cluster "demo"
  pw kube token demo
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for token
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --context string         The context to use. Overrides PW_CONTEXT environment variable and current context from config.
      --platform-host string   The Parallel Works ACTIVATE platform host to use. Overrides PW_PLATFORM_HOST environment variable and the current context's server.
  -v, --verbose                Enable verbose logging
```

### SEE ALSO

* [pw kube](/docs/cli/pw/kube)	 - Kubernetes commands