# oc – Execute tasks in pods running on OpenShift

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Status

## Synopsis

- Use the oc exec command to run tasks in, or put/fetch files to, pods running on the OpenShift container platform.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this connection.

- oc (go binary)

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments
--- | --- | --- | ---
ca_cert - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT var: ansible_oc_ssl_ca_cert var: ansible_oc_ca_cert | Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. aliases: oc_ssl_ca_cert
client_cert - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_CERT_FILE var: ansible_oc_cert_file var: ansible_oc_client_cert | Path to a certificate used to authenticate with the API. aliases: oc_cert_file
client_key - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_KEY_FILE var: ansible_oc_key_file var: ansible_oc_client_key | Path to a key file used to authenticate with the API. aliases: oc_key_file
oc_container - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_CONTAINER var: ansible_oc_container | Container name. Required when a pod contains more than one container.
oc_context - | Default: "" | env:k8S_AUTH_CONTEXT var: ansible_oc_context | The name of a context found in the K8s config file.
oc_extra_args - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_EXTRA_ARGS var: ansible_oc_extra_args | Extra arguments to pass to the oc command line.
oc_host - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_HOST env:K8S_AUTH_SERVER var: ansible_oc_host var: ansible_oc_server | URL for accessing the API.
oc_kubeconfig - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG var: ansible_oc_kubeconfig var: ansible_oc_config | Path to a oc config file. Defaults to ~/.kube/conig
oc_namespace - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_NAMESPACE var: ansible_oc_namespace | The namespace of the pod
oc_pod - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_POD var: ansible_oc_pod | Pod name. Required when the host name does not match pod name.
oc_token - |  | env:K8S_AUTH_TOKEN env:K8S_AUTH_API_KEY var: ansible_oc_token var: ansible_oc_api_key | API authentication bearer token.
validate_certs - | Default: "" | env:K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL var: ansible_oc_verify_ssl var: ansible_oc_validate_certs | Whether or not to verify the API server's SSL certificate. Defaults to true. aliases: oc_verify_ssl

## Status

- This connection is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This connection is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- xuxinkun

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