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kubeadm: include a couple of workarounds in kubeadm-certs.md
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- add warning about --certificate-renewal=false bug.
- add warning about disable kubelet cert rotation on "init" nodes.
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neolit123 committed Oct 7, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -59,11 +59,22 @@ Additionally, kubeadm informs the user if the certificate is externally managed;
`kubelet.conf` is not included in the list above because kubeadm configures kubelet for automatic certificate renewal.
{{< /note >}}

{{< warning >}}
On nodes created with `kubeadm init`, prior to kubeadm version 1.17, there is a
[bug](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/1753) where you manually have to modify the contents of `kubelet.conf`. After `kubeadm init` finishes, you should update `kubelet.conf` to point to the
rotated kubelet client certificates, by replacing `client-certificate-data` and `client-key-data` with:

```yaml
client-certificate: /var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet-client-current.pem
client-key: /var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet-client-current.pem
```
{{< /warning >}}
## Automatic certificate renewal
`kubeadm` renews all the certificates during control plane [upgrade](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-upgrade/).

This feature is designed for addressing the simplest use cases;
This feature is designed for addressing the simplest use cases;
if you don't have specific requirements on certificate renewal and perform Kubernetes version upgrades regularly (less than 1 year in between each upgrade), kubeadm will take care of keeping your cluster up to date and reasonably secure.

{{< note >}}
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If you have more complex requirements for certificate renewal, you can opt out from the default behavior by passing `--certificate-renewal=false` to `kubeadm upgrade apply` or to `kubeadm upgrade node`.

{{< warning >}}
Prior to kubeadm version 1.17 there is a [bug](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/1818)
where the default value for `--certificate-renewal` is `false` for the `kubeadm upgrade node`
command, so the flag has to be passed explicitly `--certificate-renewal=true`.
{{< /warning >}}

## Manual certificate renewal

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The built-in signer is part of [`kube-controller-manager`][kcm].
To activate the build-in signer, you pass the `--cluster-signing-cert-file` and `--cluster-signing-key-file` arguments.

The built-in signer is part of [`kube-controller-manager`][kcm].
The built-in signer is part of [`kube-controller-manager`][kcm].

To activate the build-in signer, you must pass the `--cluster-signing-cert-file` and `--cluster-signing-key-file` flags.

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If you set up an external signer, certificate signing requests (CSRs) are automatically approved.

Otherwise, you must manually approve certificates with the [`kubectl certificate`][certs] command. e.g.
Otherwise, you must manually approve certificates with the [`kubectl certificate`][certs] command. e.g.

```shell
kubectl certificate approve kubeadm-cert-kube-apiserver-ld526
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