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Contour is a Kubernetes ingress controller using Envoy proxy.

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usage: contour [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]

Contour Kubernetes ingress controller.


Flags:
  -h, --[no-]help        Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
      --log-format=text  Log output format for Contour. Either text or json.

Commands:
help [<command>...]
    Show help.

bootstrap [<flags>] <path>
    Generate bootstrap configuration.

certgen [<flags>] [<outputdir>]
    Generate new TLS certs for bootstrapping gRPC over TLS.

cli cds [<resources>...]
    Watch services.

cli eds [<resources>...]
    Watch endpoints.

cli lds [<resources>...]
    Watch listeners.

cli rds [<resources>...]
    Watch routes.

cli sds [<resources>...]
    Watch secrets.

envoy shutdown [<flags>]
    Initiate an shutdown sequence which configures Envoy to begin draining connections.

envoy shutdown-manager [<flags>]
    Start envoy shutdown-manager.

gateway-provisioner [<flags>]
    Run contour gateway provisioner.

serve [<flags>]
    Serve xDS API traffic.

version
    Build information for Contour.
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
-hShow context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).help
--log-format textLog output format for Contour.help

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