Kubernetes certificate and trust bundle APIs enable automation of X.509 credential provisioning by providing a programmatic interface for clients of the Kubernetes API to request and obtain X.509 certificates from a Certificate Authority (CA). There is also experimental (alpha) support for distributing trust bundles. Certificate signing requests FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.19 [stable] A CertificateSigningRequest (CSR) resource is used to request that a certificate be signed by a denoted signer, after which the request may be approved or denied before finally being signed.

The Kubernetes API server provides API endpoints to indicate the current status of the API server. This page describes these API endpoints and explains how you can use them. API endpoints for health The Kubernetes API server provides 3 API endpoints (healthz, livez and readyz) to indicate the current status of the API server. The healthz endpoint is deprecated (since Kubernetes v1.16), and you should use the more specific livez and readyz endpoints instead.

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Synopsis List all available plugin files on a user's PATH. To see plugins binary names without the full path use --name-only flag. Available plugin files are those that are: - executable - anywhere on the user's PATH - begin with "kubectl-" kubectl plugin list [flags] Examples # List all available plugins kubectl plugin list # List only binary names of available plugins without paths kubectl plugin list --name-only Options -h, --help help for list

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This page shows you how to specify the type of cascading deletion to use in your cluster during garbage collection. Before you begin You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. It is recommended to run this tutorial on a cluster with at least two nodes that are not acting as control plane hosts. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube or you can use one of these Kubernetes playgrounds:

This document covers topics related to protecting a cluster from accidental or malicious access and provides recommendations on overall security. Before you begin You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. It is recommended to run this tutorial on a cluster with at least two nodes that are not acting as control plane hosts. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube or you can use one of these Kubernetes playgrounds:

This page shows how to configure a Key Management Service (KMS) provider and plugin to enable secret data encryption. In Kubernetes 1.33 there are two versions of KMS at-rest encryption. You should use KMS v2 if feasible because KMS v1 is deprecated (since Kubernetes v1.28) and disabled by default (since Kubernetes v1.29). KMS v2 offers significantly better performance characteristics than KMS v1. Caution:This documentation is for the generally available implementation of KMS v2 (and for the deprecated version 1 implementation).

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This tutorial shows you how to run Apache Cassandra on Kubernetes. Cassandra, a database, needs persistent storage to provide data durability (application state). In this example, a custom Cassandra seed provider lets the database discover new Cassandra instances as they join the Cassandra cluster. StatefulSets make it easier to deploy stateful applications into your Kubernetes cluster. For more information on the features used in this tutorial, see StatefulSet. Note:Cassandra and Kubernetes both use the term node to mean a member of a cluster.