TLS and Mutual Authentication
Let's look at TLS and mutual authentication in a Docker swarm.
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Every manager and worker that joins a swarm is issued a client certificate. This certificate is used for mutual authentication. It identifies the node, the swarm that it’s a member of, and the role the node performs in the swarm (manager or worker).
Inspecting a client certificate
You can inspect a node’s client certificate on Linux nodes with the following command.
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