# Certificate Management with kubeadm — The cluster CA key and certificate will be loaded from this local directory

> certificatesDir: "/etc/kubernetes/pki" Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text Make sure that these settings match the desired target cluster settings.

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certificatesDir: "/etc/kubernetes/pki"

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
Make sure that these settings match the desired target cluster settings.
To see the settings of an existing cluster use:
```

kubectl get cm kubeadm-config -n kube-system -o=jsonpath=""

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
The following example will generate a kubeconfig file with credentials valid for 24 hours
for a new user `johndoe` that is part of the `appdevs` group:
```

kubeadm kubeconfig user --config example.yaml --org appdevs --client-name johndoe --validity-period 24h

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
The following example will generate a kubeconfig file with administrator credentials valid for 1 week:
```

kubeadm kubeconfig user --config example.yaml --client-name admin --validity-period 168h

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