---
title: karmadactl taint
---

Update the taints on one or more clusters

### Synopsis

Update the taints on one or more clusters.

  *  A taint consists of a key, value, and effect. As an argument here, it is expressed as key=value:effect.
  *  The key must begin with a letter or number, and may contain letters, numbers, hyphens, dots, and underscores, up to 253 characters.
  *  Optionally, the key can begin with a DNS subdomain prefix and a single '/', like example.com/my-app.
  *  The value is optional. If given, it must begin with a letter or number, and may contain letters, numbers, hyphens, dots, and underscores, up to  63 characters.
  *  The effect must be NoSchedule, PreferNoSchedule or NoExecute.
  *  Currently taint can only apply to cluster.

```
karmadactl taint CLUSTER NAME KEY_1=VAL_1:TAINT_EFFECT_1 ... KEY_N=VAL_N:TAINT_EFFECT_N
```

### Examples

```
  # Update cluster 'foo' with a taint with key 'dedicated' and value 'special-user' and effect 'NoSchedule'
  # If a taint with that key and effect already exists, its value is replaced as specified
  karmadactl taint clusters foo dedicated=special-user:NoSchedule
  
  # Remove from cluster 'foo' the taint with key 'dedicated' and effect 'NoSchedule' if one exists
  karmadactl taint clusters foo dedicated:NoSchedule-
  
  # Remove from cluster 'foo' all the taints with key 'dedicated'
  karmadactl taint clusters foo dedicated-
  
  # Add to cluster 'foo' a taint with key 'bar' and no value
  karmadactl taint clusters foo bar:NoSchedule
```

### Options

```
      --dry-run                  Run the command in dry-run mode, without making any server requests.
  -h, --help                     help for taint
      --karmada-context string   The name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --kubeconfig string        Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
      --overwrite                If true, allow taints to be overwritten, otherwise reject taint updates that overwrite existing taints.
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --add-dir-header                   If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages
      --alsologtostderr                  log to standard error as well as files (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
      --log-backtrace-at traceLocation   when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
      --log-dir string                   If non-empty, write log files in this directory (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
      --log-file string                  If non-empty, use this log file (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
      --log-file-max-size uint           Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to (no effect when -logtostderr=true). Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800)
      --logtostderr                      log to standard error instead of files (default true)
      --one-output                       If true, only write logs to their native severity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level; no effect when -logtostderr=true)
      --skip-headers                     If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
      --skip-log-headers                 If true, avoid headers when opening log files (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
      --stderrthreshold severity         logs at or above this threshold go to stderr when writing to files and stderr (no effect when -logtostderr=true or -alsologtostderr=true) (default 2)
  -v, --v Level                          number for the log level verbosity
      --vmodule moduleSpec               comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```

### SEE ALSO

* [karmadactl](karmadactl.md)	 - karmadactl controls a Kubernetes Cluster Federation.

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