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Island 6 · Security · Port 6.7

Reading a certificate

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kubectl suddenly fails with a certificate error. Where do you start?
You'll learn to

find expiry, CN and SANs with openssl x509

Recap

  1. 1Find the paths in the static pod manifests
  2. 2openssl x509 -text: Subject, Issuer, Not After, SANs
  3. 3kubeadm certs check-expiration (1 year, CAs 10)
Check yourself

Which line tells you when a certificate expires?

6.7

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