From 5b5c3d73096a820969478648383e685e8f9bcb0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nilesh Londhe Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:02:48 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] clarification re: certificate signing request --- docs/04-certificate-authority.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/04-certificate-authority.md b/docs/04-certificate-authority.md index 7229356..f8067e0 100644 --- a/docs/04-certificate-authority.md +++ b/docs/04-certificate-authority.md @@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ Results: ``` ca-key.pem ca.pem +ca.csr ``` +Note: `ca.csr` is a certificate signing request. It is created as an interim file and has not much use any more. It was used to generate `ca-key.pem` the private key and `ca.pem` the certificate which are two things you would use. + ## Client and Server Certificates In this section you will generate client and server certificates for each Kubernetes component and a client certificate for the Kubernetes `admin` user.