# `argocd admin import` Command Reference

## argocd admin import

Import Argo CD data from stdin (specify `-') or a file

```
argocd admin import SOURCE [flags]
```

### Options

```
      --application-namespaces strings      Comma separated list of namespace globs to which import of applications is allowed. If not provided value from 'application.namespaces' in argocd-cmd-params-cm will be used,if it's not defined only applications without an explicit namespace will be imported to the Argo CD namespace
      --applicationset-namespaces strings   Comma separated list of namespace globs which import of applicationsets is allowed. If not provided value from 'applicationsetcontroller.namespaces' in argocd-cmd-params-cm will be used,if it's not defined only applicationsets without an explicit namespace will be imported to the Argo CD namespace
      --as string                           Username to impersonate for the operation
      --as-group stringArray                Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
      --as-uid string                       UID to impersonate for the operation
      --certificate-authority string        Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
      --client-certificate string           Path to a client certificate file for TLS
      --client-key string                   Path to a client key file for TLS
      --cluster string                      The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
      --context string                      The name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --disable-compression                 If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
      --dry-run                             Print what will be performed
  -h, --help                                help for import
      --ignore-tracking                     Do not update the tracking annotation if the resource is already tracked
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify            If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
      --kubeconfig string                   Path to a kube config. Only required if out-of-cluster
  -n, --namespace string                    If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
      --password string                     Password for basic authentication to the API server
      --proxy-url string                    If provided, this URL will be used to connect via proxy
      --prune                               Prune secrets, applications and projects which do not appear in the backup
      --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")
      --server string                       The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
      --stop-operation                      Stop any existing operations
      --tls-server-name string              If provided, this name will be used to validate server certificate. If this is not provided, 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
      --username string                     Username for basic authentication to the API server
      --verbose                             Verbose output (versus only changed output)
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --argocd-context string           The name of the Argo-CD server context to use
      --auth-token string               Authentication token
      --client-crt string               Client certificate file
      --client-crt-key string           Client certificate key file
      --config string                   Path to Argo CD config (default "/home/user/.config/argocd/config")
      --controller-name string          Name of the Argo CD Application controller; set this or the ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_NAME environment variable when the controller's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-application-controller")
      --core                            If set to true then CLI talks directly to Kubernetes instead of talking to Argo CD API server
      --grpc-web                        Enables gRPC-web protocol. Useful if Argo CD server is behind proxy which does not support HTTP2.
      --grpc-web-root-path string       Enables gRPC-web protocol. Useful if Argo CD server is behind proxy which does not support HTTP2. Set web root.
  -H, --header strings                  Sets additional header to all requests made by Argo CD CLI. (Can be repeated multiple times to add multiple headers, also supports comma separated headers)
      --http-retry-max int              Maximum number of retries to establish http connection to Argo CD server
      --insecure                        Skip server certificate and domain verification
      --kube-context string             Directs the command to the given kube-context
      --logformat string                Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
      --loglevel string                 Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
      --plaintext                       Disable TLS
      --port-forward                    Connect to a random argocd-server port using port forwarding
      --port-forward-namespace string   Namespace name which should be used for port forwarding
      --redis-haproxy-name string       Name of the Redis HA Proxy; set this or the ARGOCD_REDIS_HAPROXY_NAME environment variable when the HA Proxy's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-redis-ha-haproxy")
      --redis-name string               Name of the Redis deployment; set this or the ARGOCD_REDIS_NAME environment variable when the Redis's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-redis")
      --repo-server-name string         Name of the Argo CD Repo server; set this or the ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_NAME environment variable when the server's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-repo-server")
      --server-crt string               Server certificate file
      --server-name string              Name of the Argo CD API server; set this or the ARGOCD_SERVER_NAME environment variable when the server's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart (default "argocd-server")
```

### SEE ALSO

* [argocd admin](argocd_admin.md)	 - Contains a set of commands useful for Argo CD administrators and requires direct Kubernetes access

