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Configuring the Knative CLI

You can customize your Knative (kn) CLI setup by creating a config.yaml configuration file. You can provide this configuration by using the --config flag, otherwise the configuration is picked up from a default location. The default configuration location conforms to the XDG Base Directory Specification, and is different for UNIX systems and Windows systems.

For UNIX systems:

  • If the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable is set, the default configuration location that the Knative (kn) CLI looks for is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kn.

  • If the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable is not set, the Knative (kn) CLI looks for the configuration in the home directory of the user at $HOME/.config/kn/config.yaml.

For Windows systems, the default Knative (kn) CLI configuration location is %APPDATA%\kn.

Example configuration file
plugins:
  path-lookup: true (1)
  directory: ~/.config/kn/plugins (2)
eventing:
  sink-mappings: (3)
  - prefix: svc (4)
    group: core (5)
    version: v1 (6)
    resource: services (7)
1 Specifies whether the Knative (kn) CLI should look for plug-ins in the PATH environment variable. This is a boolean configuration option. The default value is false.
2 Specifies the directory where the Knative (kn) CLI looks for plug-ins. The default path depends on the operating system, as described previously. This can be any directory that is visible to the user.
3 The sink-mappings spec defines the Kubernetes addressable resource that is used when you use the --sink flag with a Knative (kn) CLI command.
4 The prefix you want to use to describe your sink. svc for a service, channel, and broker are predefined prefixes for the Knative (kn) CLI.
5 The API group of the Kubernetes resource.
6 The version of the Kubernetes resource.
7 The plural name of the Kubernetes resource type. For example, services or brokers.