# Manage TLS Certificates in a Cluster — Upload the signed certificate

> Finally, populate the signed certificate in the API object's status Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl get csr my-svc.my-namespace -o json | \ jq '.status.certificate = "'$(base64 ca-signed-server.pem | tr -d '\n')'"' | \ kubectl replace --raw /apis/

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Finally, populate the signed certificate in the API object's status

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get csr my-svc.my-namespace -o json | \
  jq '.status.certificate = "'$(base64 ca-signed-server.pem | tr -d '\n')'"' | \
  kubectl replace --raw /apis/certificates.k8s.io/v1/certificatesigningrequests/my-svc.my-namespace/status -f -
```

This uses the command line tool jq to populate the base64-encoded content in the .status.certificate field. If you do not have jq, you can also save the JSON output to a file, populate this field manually, and upload the resulting file.

Once the CSR is approved and the signed certificate is uploaded, run

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get csr
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```none
NAME                  AGE   SIGNERNAME            REQUESTOR              REQUESTEDDURATION   CONDITION
my-svc.my-namespace   20m   example.com/serving   yourname@example.com   &lt;none&gt;              Approved,Issued
```

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