kubeadm Cheat Sheet/Check certificate expiration

See kubeadm-managed certificate expiry dates.

Section: Certificates and kubeconfig

Check certificate expiration

bash
bash
kubeadm certs check-expiration
Explanation

See kubeadm-managed certificate expiry dates.

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