### **Node**

*   The kubelet `--network-plugin-dir` flag is removed. This flag was deprecated in version 1.7, and is replaced with `--cni-bin-dir`. ([#53564](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53564),[ @supereagle](https://github.com/supereagle))

For more information, see [#53288](https://issue.k8s.io/53288).

- E2e framework: added `--report-complete-ginkgo` and `--report-complete-junit` parameters. They work like `ginkgo --json-report <report dir>/ginkgo/report.json --junit-report <report dir>/ginkgo/report.xml`. ([#115678](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115678), [@pohly](https://github.com/pohly)) [SIG Testing]

- kubeadm: now allows the usage of `--kubeconfig-dir` and `--config` flags on kubeadm init ([#73998](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73998), [@yagonobre](https://github.com/yagonobre))

    - [DNS](#dns)
    - [DNS Autoscaler](#dns-autoscaler)
    - [Cluster Autoscaler](#cluster-autoscaler-1)
    - [Cluster Load Balancing](#cluster-load-balancing)
    - [etcd Empty Dir Cleanup](#etcd-empty-dir-cleanup)
    - [Fluentd](#fluentd)
    - [Heapster](#heapster)
    - [Registry](#registry)
  - [External Dependency Version Information](#external-dependency-version-information)

- E2e.test: removed the  `--viper-config` flag. If you were previously using this to pass flags to `e2e.test` via a file, you will need to pass them directly on the command line, e.g. `e2e.test --e2e-output-dir`. ([#102598](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/102598), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

* kubeadm: add back `--cert-dir` option for `kubeadm init phase certs sa` ([#73239](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73239), [@mattkelly](https://github.com/mattkelly))

* The alpha `--init-config-dir` flag has been removed. Instead, use the `--config` flag to reference a kubelet configuration file directly. ([#57624](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/57624), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))

* fix the error prone account creation method of blob disk ([#59739](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59739), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))
* Get parent dir via canonical absolute path when trying to judge mount-point ([#58433](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58433), [@yue9944882](https://github.com/yue9944882))

* The dynamic Kubelet config feature is now beta, and the DynamicKubeletConfig feature gate is on by default. In order to use dynamic Kubelet config, ensure that the Kubelet's --dynamic-config-dir option is set.  ([#64275](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64275), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))