# Encrypting Confidential Data at Rest — Use the new encryption configuration file

> You will need to mount the new encryption config file to the kube-apiserver static pod.

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You will need to mount the new encryption config file to the kube-apiserver static pod. Here is an example on how to do that

Save the new encryption config file to /etc/kubernetes/enc/enc.yaml on the control-plane node. Edit the manifest for the kube-apiserver static pod: /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml so that it is similar to

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```yaml
   ---
   #
   # This is a fragment of a manifest for a static Pod.
   # Check whether this is correct for your cluster and for your API server.
   #
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Pod
   metadata:
     annotations:
       kubeadm.kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver.advertise-address.endpoint: 10.20.30.40:443
     creationTimestamp: null
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/component: kube-apiserver
       tier: control-plane
     name: kube-apiserver
     namespace: kube-system
   spec:
     containers:
     - command:
       - kube-apiserver
       ...
       - --encryption-provider-config=/etc/kubernetes/enc/enc.yaml  # add this line
       volumeMounts:
       ...
       - name: enc                           # add this line
         mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/enc      # add this line
         readOnly: true                      # add this line
       ...
     volumes:
     ...
     - name: enc
```

Your config file contains keys that can decrypt the contents in etcd, so you must properly restrict permissions on your control-plane nodes so only the user who runs the kube-apiserver can read it.

You now have encryption in place for one control plane host. A typical Kubernetes cluster has multiple control plane hosts, so there is more to do.

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