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Update cert rotation for RKE2
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btat committed May 10, 2022
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Certificates can be rotated for the following services:

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- etcd
- kubelet (node certificate)
- kubelet (serving certificate, if [enabled]({{<baseurl>}}/rke/latest/en/config-options/services/#kubelet-options))
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- kube-scheduler
- kube-controller-manager

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- admin
- api-server
- controller-manager
- scheduler
- rke2-controller
- rke2-server
- cloud-controller
- etcd
- auth-proxy
- kubelet
- kube-proxy

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> **Note:** For users who didn't rotate their webhook certificates, and they have expired after one year, please see this [page]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.6/en/troubleshooting/expired-webhook-certificates/) for help.

### Certificate Rotation

Rancher launched Kubernetes clusters have the ability to rotate the auto-generated certificates through the UI.

1. In the **Global** view, navigate to the cluster that you want to rotate certificates.

2. Select **⋮ > Rotate Certificates**.

3. Select which certificates that you want to rotate.
1. In the upper left corner, click **☰ > Cluster Management**.
1. On the **Clusters** page, go to the cluster you want to rotate certificates for amd click **⋮ > Rotate Certificates**.
1. Select which certificates that you want to rotate.

* Rotate all Service certificates (keep the same CA)
* Rotate an individual service and choose one of the services from the drop-down menu

4. Click **Save**.
1. Click **Save**.

**Results:** The selected certificates will be rotated and the related services will be restarted to start using the new certificate.

> **Note:** Even though the RKE CLI can use custom certificates for the Kubernetes cluster components, Rancher currently doesn't allow the ability to upload these in Rancher launched Kubernetes clusters.
### Additional Notes

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Even though the RKE CLI can use custom certificates for the Kubernetes cluster components, Rancher currently doesn't allow the ability to upload these in Rancher launched Kubernetes clusters.

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In RKE2, both etcd and control plane nodes are treated as the same `server` concept. As such, when rotating certificates of services specific to either of these components will result in certificates being rotated on both. The certificates will only change for the specified service, but you will see nodes for both components go into an updating state. You may also see worker only nodes go into an updating state. This is to restart the workers after a certificate change to ensure they get the latest client certs.

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