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title: “context export” description: “The context export command description and usage” keywords: “context, export”

context export

Usage:  docker context export [OPTIONS] CONTEXT [FILE|-]

Export a context to a tar or kubeconfig file

Options:
      --kubeconfig   Export as a kubeconfig file

Description

Exports a context in a file that can then be used with docker context import (or with kubectl if --kubeconfig is set). Default output filename is <CONTEXT>.dockercontext, or <CONTEXT>.kubeconfig if --kubeconfig is set. To export to STDOUT, you can run docker context export my-context -.