bookmark_borderCertificate Management with Kubeadm

By default, kubeadm generates all the certificates needed for a cluster to run. You can override this behavior by providing your own certificates.

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-certs/#:~:text=Using%20custom%20certificates,by%20providing%20your%20own%20certificates.

Check certificate expiration

 sudo kubeadm certs check-expiration

# [check-expiration] Reading configuration from the cluster...
# [check-expiration] FYI: You can look at this config file with 'kubectl -n kube-system get cm kubeadm-config -o yaml'

# CERTIFICATE                EXPIRES                  RESIDUAL TIME   CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY   EXTERNALLY MANAGED
# admin.conf                 Feb 08, 2022 04:58 UTC   364d                                    no      
# apiserver                  Feb 08, 2022 04:57 UTC   364d            ca                      no      
# apiserver-etcd-client      Feb 08, 2022 04:57 UTC   364d            etcd-ca                 no      
# apiserver-kubelet-client   Feb 08, 2022 04:57 UTC   364d            ca                      no      
# controller-manager.conf    Feb 08, 2022 04:58 UTC   364d                                    no      
# etcd-healthcheck-client    Jan 29, 2022 01:08 UTC   354d            etcd-ca                 no      
# etcd-peer                  Jan 29, 2022 01:08 UTC   354d            etcd-ca                 no      
# etcd-server                Jan 29, 2022 01:08 UTC   354d            etcd-ca                 no      
# front-proxy-client         Feb 08, 2022 04:57 UTC   364d            front-proxy-ca          no      
# scheduler.conf             Feb 08, 2022 04:58 UTC   364d                                    no      

# CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY   EXPIRES                  RESIDUAL TIME   EXTERNALLY MANAGED
# ca                      Jan 27, 2031 01:08 UTC   9y              no      
# etcd-ca                 Jan 27, 2031 01:08 UTC   9y              no      
# front-proxy-ca          Jan 27, 2031 01:08 UTC   9y              no     

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-certs/#:~:text=Using%20custom%20certificates,by%20providing%20your%20own%20certificates.

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