[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# kf bind-service\n\n### Name\n\n`kf bind-service` - Grant an App access to a service instance\n\n### Synopsis\n\n```\nkf bind-service APP_NAME SERVICE_INSTANCE [-c PARAMETERS_AS_JSON] [--binding-name BINDING_NAME] [flags]\n```\n\n### Description\n\nBinding a service injects information about the service into the App via the VCAP_SERVICES environment variable.\n\n### Examples\n\n```\n kf bind-service myapp mydb -c '{\"permissions\":\"read-only\"}'\n```\n\n### Flags\n\n`--async`\n: Don't wait for the action to complete on the server before returning\n\n`-b, --binding-name=`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003estring\u003c/var\u003e\n: Name of the binding injected into the app, defaults to the service instance name\n\n`-h, --help`\n: help for bind-service\n\n### Inherited flags\n\nThese flags are inherited from parent commands.\n\n`--config=`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003estring\u003c/var\u003e\n: Config file (default is $HOME/.kf)\n\n`--kubeconfig=`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003estring\u003c/var\u003e\n: Kubectl config file (default is $HOME/.kube/config)\n\n`--log-http`\n: Log HTTP requests to stderr\n\n`--space=`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003estring\u003c/var\u003e\n: Space to run the command against. This overrides the currently targeted space"]]
