Installing Node Feature Discovery (NFD) Operator and Cert-Manager on Kubernetes

Last published : Jun 12, 2026
Complete the following steps to enable Node Feature Discovery and Cert-Manager on Kubernetes.
  1. Run the following command on the master node to install Cert-Manager:
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.12.0/cert-manager.yaml
  1. Run the following command on the master node to install Node Feature Discovery (NFD) daemonset on the master and the worker nodes.
kubectl apply -k https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/deployment/overlays/default?ref=v0.13.2
Note: Refer to the Kubernetes documentation for more information about Node Feature Discovery.