* `kubeadm join` is now blocking on the kubelet performing the TLS Bootstrap properly. Earlier, `kubeadm join` only did the discovery part and exited successfully without checking that the kubelet actually started properly and performed the TLS bootstrap correctly. Now, as kubeadm runs some post-join steps (for example, annotating the Node API object with the CRISocket), `kubeadm join` is now waiting for the kubelet to perform the TLS Bootstrap,...

- kubeadm has graduated `kubeadm alpha phase` commands to `kubeadm init phase`. This means that the phases of creating a control-plane node are now tightly integrated as part of the `init`...

ironment/tools/kubeadm/high-availability/). An entire new test suite has been created specifically for ensuring these features will stay stable over time.

Certificate management has become more robust in 1.15, with kubeadm now seamlessly rotating all your certificates (on upgrades) before they expire. Check the [kubeadm documentation](https://github.com/kubernetes/website/blob/dev-1.15/content/en/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/kubeadm-alpha.md) for information on how to manage your...

Kubeadm: Expose the `kubeadm join` workflow as phases

- kubeadm: added the `WaitForAllControlPlaneComponents` feature gate. It could be used to tell kubeadm to wait for all control plane components to be ready when running "kubeadm init" or "kubeadm join --control-plane". Previously, kubeadm only waited for the kube-apiserver. The "kubeadm join" workflow now includes a new experimental phase called "wait-control-plane". This phase was marked as non-experimental...

- Improved air-gapped and offline support
  - kubeadm now handles air-gapped environments by using the local client version as a fallback.
  - Some kubeadm commands are now allowed to work in a completely offline mode.
- Certificate handling improvements:
  - Renew certs as part of upgrade.
  - New `kubeadm alpha phase certs renew` command for renewing certificates.

- Kubeadm: deprecated command "alpha selfhosting pivot" is now removed. ([#97627](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97627), [@knight42](https://github.com/knight42))

- Kubeadm: The ClusterStatus struct present in the kubeadm-config ConfigMap is deprecated and will be removed on a future version. It is going to be maintained by kubeadm until it gets removed. The same information can be found on `etcd` and `kube-apiserver` pod annotations, `kubeadm.kubernetes.io/etcd.advertise-client-urls` and `kubeadm.kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver.advertise-address.endpoint` respectively. ([#87656](...

- Kubeadm: Fix a bug where kubeadm cannot parse kubelet's version if the latter dumps logs on the standard error. ([#85351](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85351), [@rosti](https://github.com/rosti))

```
apiVersion: [kubeadm.k8s.io/v1alpha1](http://kubeadm.k8s.io/v1alpha1)
kind: MasterConfiguration
kubernetesVersion: v1.9.1
noTaintMaster: true
```

And point to the file using the --config flag, as in

`kubeadm init --config /etc/kubeadm/kubeadm.yaml`