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 Run the following commands on `controller0`, `controller1`, `controller2`:
 
+> Login to each machine using the gcloud compute ssh command
+
 ### TLS Certificates
 
 The TLS certificates created in the [Setting up a CA and TLS Cert Generation](02-certificate-authority.md) lab will be used to secure communication between the Kubernetes API server and the etcd cluster. The TLS certificates will also be used to limit access to the etcd cluster using TLS client authentication. Only clients with a TLS certificate signed by a trusted CA will be able to access the etcd cluster.