---
name: "kubeadm-init-phase-upload-certs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kubeadm"
version: "1.37.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kubeadm-init-phase-upload-certs"
---

# kubeadm-init-phase-upload-certs(1)

Upload certificates to kubeadm-certs

Eric Paris Jan 2015

## NAME

kubeadm init phase upload-certs - Upload certificates to kubeadm-certs

## SYNOPSIS

**kubeadm init phase upload-certs** \[OPTIONS\]

## DESCRIPTION

Upload control plane certificates to the kubeadm-certs Secret

## OPTIONS

**--certificate-key**=""\
 	Key used to encrypt the control-plane certificates in the kubeadm-certs Secret. The certificate key is a hex encoded string that is an AES key of size 32 bytes.

**--config**=""\
 	Path to a kubeadm configuration file.

**--dry-run**=false\
 	Don't apply any changes; just output what would be done.

**--kubeconfig**="/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf"\
 	The kubeconfig file to use when talking to the cluster. If the flag is not set, a set of standard locations can be searched for an existing kubeconfig file.

**--skip-certificate-key-print**=false\
 	Don't print the key used to encrypt the control-plane certificates.

**--upload-certs**=false\
 	Upload control-plane certificates to the kubeadm-certs Secret.

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**--rootfs**=""\
 	The path to the 'real' host root filesystem. This will cause kubeadm to chroot into the provided path.

**--version**=false\
 	\--version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version

## SEE ALSO

**[kubeadm-init-phase(1)](/kubeadm-init-phase/1.md)**,

## HISTORY

January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!