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title: Kubelet Serving Certificate Approver
description: Kubelet Serving Certificate Approver is a custom approving controller which approves kubernetes.io/kubelet-serving Certificate Signing Request that kubelet use to serve TLS endpoints.
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      link: https://github.com/alex1989hu/kubelet-serving-cert-approver
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# Purpose

Service that runs in the background, approves certificates generated by the kubelet.

# Notes

Mostly just used for cluster first install or when certs are renewed to ensure access.
