Merge branch 'v1.12' into patch-1

daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/cluster/setup-kind.md

@@ -113,6 +113,43 @@ If you are using Docker Desktop, verify that you have [the recommended settings]
 
 1. Navigate to `http://localhost:9999` to validate a successful setup.
 
+## Install metrics-server on the Kind Kubernetes Cluster
+
+1. Get metrics-server manifests
+
+   ```bash
+   wget https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/releases/latest/download/components.yaml
+   ```
+
+1. Add insecure TLS parameter to the components.yaml file
+
+   ```yaml
+   metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: metrics-server
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --cert-dir=/tmp
+        - --secure-port=4443
+        - --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP,ExternalIP,Hostname
+        - --kubelet-use-node-status-port
+        - --kubelet-insecure-tls   <==== Add this
+        - --metric-resolution=15s
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/metrics-server/metrics-server:v0.6.2
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        livenessProbe:
+          failureThreshold: 3
+          httpGet:
+            path: /livez
+   ```
+
+1. Apply modified manifest
+
+   ```bash
+   kubectl apply -f components.yaml
+   ```
+
 ## Related links
 - [Try out a Dapr quickstart]({{< ref quickstarts.md >}})
 - Learn how to [deploy Dapr on your cluster]({{< ref kubernetes-deploy.md >}})

daprdocs/content/en/reference/api/cryptography_api.md

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Dapr provides cross-platform and cross-language support for encryption and decry
 cryptography building block. Besides the [language specific SDKs]({{<ref sdks>}}), a developer can invoke these capabilities using
 the HTTP API endpoints below.
 
+> The HTTP APIs are intended for development and testing only. For production scenarios, the use of the SDKs is strongly
+> recommended as they implement the gRPC APIs providing higher performance and capability than the HTTP APIs.
+
 ## Encrypt Payload
 
 This endpoint lets you encrypt a value provided as a byte array using a specified key and crypto component.