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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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Write kubelet settings, certificates and (re)start the kubelet

### Synopsis


Write a file with KubeletConfiguration and an environment file with node specific kubelet settings, and then (re)start kubelet.

```
kubeadm join phase kubelet-start [api-server-endpoint] [flags]
```

### Options

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<td colspan="2">--config string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to a kubeadm configuration file.</p></td>
</tr>

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<td colspan="2">--cri-socket string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to the CRI socket to connect. If empty kubeadm will try to auto-detect this value; use this option only if you have more than one CRI installed or if you have non-standard CRI socket.</p></td>
</tr>

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<td colspan="2">--discovery-file string</td>
</tr>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>For file-based discovery, a file or URL from which to load cluster information.</p></td>
</tr>

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<td colspan="2">--discovery-token string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>For token-based discovery, the token used to validate cluster information fetched from the API server.</p></td>
</tr>

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<td colspan="2">--discovery-token-ca-cert-hash strings</td>
</tr>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>For token-based discovery, validate that the root CA public key matches this hash (format: &quot;&lt;type&gt;:&lt;value&gt;&quot;).</p></td>
</tr>

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<td colspan="2">--discovery-token-unsafe-skip-ca-verification</td>
</tr>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>For token-based discovery, allow joining without --discovery-token-ca-cert-hash pinning.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--dry-run</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Don't apply any changes; just output what would be done.</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">-h, --help</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>help for kubelet-start</p></td>
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<td colspan="2">--node-name string</td>
</tr>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Specify the node name.</p></td>
</tr>

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<td colspan="2">--patches string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to a directory that contains files named &quot;target[suffix][+patchtype].extension&quot;. For example, &quot;kube-apiserver0+merge.yaml&quot; or just &quot;etcd.json&quot;. &quot;target&quot; can be one of &quot;kube-apiserver&quot;, &quot;kube-controller-manager&quot;, &quot;kube-scheduler&quot;, &quot;etcd&quot;, &quot;kubeletconfiguration&quot;, &quot;corednsdeployment&quot;. &quot;patchtype&quot; can be one of &quot;strategic&quot;, &quot;merge&quot; or &quot;json&quot; and they match the patch formats supported by kubectl. The default &quot;patchtype&quot; is &quot;strategic&quot;. &quot;extension&quot; must be either &quot;json&quot; or &quot;yaml&quot;. &quot;suffix&quot; is an optional string that can be used to determine which patches are applied first alpha-numerically.</p></td>
</tr>

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<td colspan="2">--tls-bootstrap-token string</td>
</tr>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Specify the token used to temporarily authenticate with the Kubernetes Control Plane while joining the node.</p></td>
</tr>

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<td colspan="2">--token string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Use this token for both discovery-token and tls-bootstrap-token when those values are not provided.</p></td>
</tr>

</tbody>
</table>



### Options inherited from parent commands

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<col span="1" style="width: 10px;" />
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</colgroup>
<tbody>

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<td colspan="2">--rootfs string</td>
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<td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>The path to the 'real' host root filesystem. This will cause kubeadm to chroot into the provided path.</p></td>
</tr>

</tbody>
</table>
