The config drop-in dir mechanism for the kubelet is similar but different from how the `kubeadm` tool allows you to patch configuration.
The `kubeadm` tool uses a specific [patching strategy](/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/control-plane-flags/#patches)
for its configuration, whereas the only patch strategy for kubelet configuration drop-in files is `replace`.
The kubelet determines the order of merges based on sorting the **suffixes** alphanumerically,
and replaces every field present in a higher priority file.
{{< /note >}}
## Viewing the kubelet configuration
Since the configuration could now be spread over multiple files with this feature, if someone wants to inspect the final actuated configuration,
they can follow these steps to inspect the kubelet configuration:
1. Start a proxy server using [`kubectl proxy`](/docs/reference/kubectl/generated/kubectl_proxy/) in your terminal.
```bash
kubectl proxy
```
Which gives output like:
```none
Starting to serve on 127.0.0.1:8001
```
1. Open another terminal window and use `curl` to fetch the kubelet configuration.
Replace `<node-name>` with the actual name of your node:
```bash
curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/v1/nodes/<node-name>/proxy/configz | jq .
```
```json
{
"kubeletconfig": {
"enableServer": true,
"staticPodPath": "/var/run/kubernetes/static-pods",
"syncFrequency": "1m0s",
"fileCheckFrequency": "20s",
"httpCheckFrequency": "20s",
"address": "192.168.1.16",
"port": 10250,
"readOnlyPort": 10255,
"tlsCertFile": "/var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet.crt",
"tlsPrivateKeyFile": "/var/lib/kubelet/pki/kubelet.key",
"rotateCertificates": true,
"authentication": {
"x509": {
"clientCAFile": "/var/run/kubernetes/client-ca.crt"
},
"webhook": {
"enabled": true,
"cacheTTL": "2m0s"
},
"anonymous": {
"enabled": true
}
},
"authorization": {
"mode": "AlwaysAllow",
"webhook": {
"cacheAuthorizedTTL": "5m0s",
"cacheUnauthorizedTTL": "30s"
}
},
"registryPullQPS": 5,
"registryBurst": 10,
"eventRecordQPS": 50,
"eventBurst": 100,
"enableDebuggingHandlers": true,
"healthzPort": 10248,
"healthzBindAddress": "127.0.0.1",
"oomScoreAdj": -999,
"clusterDomain": "cluster.local",
"clusterDNS": [
"10.0.0.10"
],
"streamingConnectionIdleTimeout": "4h0m0s",
"nodeStatusUpdateFrequency": "10s",
"nodeStatusReportFrequency": "5m0s",
"nodeLeaseDurationSeconds": 40,
"imageMinimumGCAge": "2m0s",