From c66866d5b16d59d2966671bb40fcc5b6e2a94c27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Lubomir I. Ivanov" Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 20:43:11 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] kubeadm: include a couple of workarounds in kubeadm-certs.md - add warning about --certificate-renewal=false bug. - add warning about disable kubelet cert rotation on "init" nodes. --- .../kubeadm/kubeadm-certs.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-certs.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-certs.md index 67128885c5abd..6c98dc7edb4c8 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-certs.md +++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubeadm/kubeadm-certs.md @@ -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 >}} @@ -72,6 +83,11 @@ It is a best practice to upgrade your cluster frequently in order to stay secure 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 @@ -110,7 +126,7 @@ You can configure an external signer such as [cert-manager][cert-manager-issuer] 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. @@ -150,7 +166,7 @@ The output is similar to this: 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