> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://datum-4926dda5-mintlify-style-consistency-1774830500.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # datumctl create Create a resource from a file or from stdin ### Synopsis Create a resource from a file or from stdin. JSON and YAML formats are accepted. ``` datumctl create -f FILENAME ``` ### Examples ``` # Create a pod using the data in pod.json kubectl create -f ./pod.json # Create a pod based on the JSON passed into stdin cat pod.json | kubectl create -f - # Edit the data in registry.yaml in JSON then create the resource using the edited data kubectl create -f registry.yaml --edit -o json ``` ### Options | Flag | Type | Description | | ------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `--allow-missing-template-keys` | — | If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats. (default `true`) | | `--dry-run` | string | Must be `"none"`, `"server"`, or `"client"`. If client strategy, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it. If server strategy, submit server-side request without persisting the resource. (default `"none"`) | | `--edit` | — | Edit the API resource before creating. | | `--field-manager` | string | Name of the manager used to track field ownership. (default `"kubectl-create"`) | | `-f`, `--filename` | strings | Filename, directory, or URL to files to use to create the resource. | | `-h`, `--help` | — | Help for create. | | `-k`, `--kustomize` | string | Process the kustomization directory. This flag can't be used together with `-f` or `-R`. | | `-o`, `--output` | string | Output format. One of: (json, yaml, kyaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file). | | `--raw` | string | Raw URI to POST to the server. Uses the transport specified by the kubeconfig file. | | `-R`, `--recursive` | — | Process the directory used in `-f`, `--filename` recursively. | | `--save-config` | — | If true, the configuration of current object will be saved in its annotation. This flag is useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on this object in the future. | | `-l`, `--selector` | string | Selector (label query) to filter on, supports `=`, `==`, `!=`, `in`, `notin`. | | `--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` or `-o=go-template-file`. | | `--validate` | string | Must be one of: `strict` (or `true`), `warn`, `ignore` (or `false`). (default `"strict"`) | | `--windows-line-endings` | — | Only relevant if `--edit=true`. Defaults to the line ending native to your platform. | ### Options inherited from parent commands | Flag | Type | Description | | ---------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `--as` | string | Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. | | `--as-group` | stringArray | Group to impersonate for the operation. Can be repeated to specify multiple groups. | | `--as-uid` | string | UID to impersonate for the operation. | | `--as-user-extra` | stringArray | User extras to impersonate for the operation. Can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key. | | `--certificate-authority` | string | Path to a cert file for the certificate authority. | | `--disable-compression` | — | If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server. | | `--insecure-skip-tls-verify` | — | If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure. | | `--log-flush-frequency` | duration | Maximum number of seconds between log flushes. (default `5s`) | | `-n`, `--namespace` | string | If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request. | | `--organization` | string | Organization name. | | `--platform-wide` | — | Access the platform root instead of a project or organization control plane. | | `--project` | string | Project name. | | `--request-timeout` | string | 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`, `2m`, `3h`). A value of zero means don't timeout requests. (default `"0"`) | | `-s`, `--server` | string | The address and port of the Kubernetes API server. | | `--tls-server-name` | string | Server name to use for server certificate validation. If 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. | | `-v`, `--v` | Level | Number for the log level verbosity. | | `--vmodule` | moduleSpec | Comma-separated list of `pattern=N` settings for file-filtered logging (only works for the default text log format). | ### See also * [datumctl](/docs/datumctl/cli-reference/) - A CLI for interacting with the Datum platform ###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 24-Feb-2026