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# Ensure Kubelet Client Certificate And Key Arguments Are Appropriate

### More Info:

Enable certificate based kubelet authentication.

### Risk Level

Medium

### Address

Security

### Compliance Standards

* CIS Kubernetes

### Triage and Remediation

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Remediation">
    ### Remediation

    <AccordionGroup>
      <Accordion title="Using Console" defaultOpen="true">
        Run the following command on the Control Plane node: ps -ef | grep kube-apiserver Verify that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key argumentsexist and they are set as appropriate.
      </Accordion>
    </AccordionGroup>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

### Additional Reading:

* [https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/master-node-communication/#apiserver---kubelet](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/master-node-communication/#apiserver---kubelet)