kubeadm Cheat Sheet/Upload certs phase

Run only the cert upload phase.

Section: Certificates and kubeconfig

Upload certs phase

bash
bash
kubeadm init phase upload-certs --upload-certs
Explanation

Run only the cert upload phase.

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