# Kubelet Configuration (v1) — CredentialProvider

> CredentialProvider represents an exec plugin to be invoked by the kubelet.

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CredentialProvider represents an exec plugin to be invoked by the kubelet. The plugin is only invoked when an image being pulled matches the images handled by the plugin (see matchImages).

name [Required] string name is the required name of the credential provider. It must match the name of the provider executable as seen by the kubelet. The executable must be in the kubelet's bin directory (set by the --image-credential-provider-bin-dir flag). Required to be unique across all providers. matchImages [Required] []string matchImages is a required list of strings used to match against images in order to determine if this provider should be invoked. If one of the strings matches the requested image from the kubelet, the plugin will be invoked and given a chance to provide credentials. Images are expected to contain the registry domain and URL path. Each entry in matchImages is a pattern which can optionally contain a port and a path. Globs can be used in the domain, but not in the port or the path. Globs are supported as subdomains like '.k8s.io' or 'k8s..io', and top-level-domains such as 'k8s.'. Matching partial subdomains like 'app.k8s.io' is also supported. Each glob can only match a single subdomain segment, so .io does not match .k8s.io. A match exists between an image and a matchImage when all of the below are true: Both contain the same number of domain parts and each part matches. The URL path of an imageMatch must be a prefix of the target image URL path. If the imageMatch contains a port, then the port must match in the image as well. Example values of matchImages: 123456789.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com .azurecr.io gcr.io ..registry.io registry.io:8080/path defaultCacheDuration [Required] defaultCacheDuration is the default duration the plugin will cache credentials in-memory if a cache duration is not provided in the plugin response. This field is required. apiVersion [Required] string Required input version of the exec CredentialProviderRequest. The returned CredentialProviderResponse MUST use the same encoding version as the input. Current supported values are: credentialprovider.kubelet.k8s.io/v1 args []string Arguments to pass to the command when executing it. env []ExecEnvVar Env defines additional environment variables to expose to the process. …

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