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Use staticPodPath in KubeletConfiguration (#11916) 

Alongwith the kubelet flag you can also use the `KubeletConfiguration`'s
`staticPodPath` to specify the path to pick up the static pod configs.

Signed-off-by: Suraj Deshmukh <surajd.service@gmail.com>
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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Static pod can be created in two ways: either by using configuration file(s) or
### Configuration files
The configuration files are just standard pod definitions in json or yaml format in a specific directory. Use `kubelet --pod-manifest-path=<the directory>` to start kubelet daemon, which periodically scans the directory and creates/deletes static pods as yaml/json files appear/disappear there.
The configuration files are just standard pod definitions in json or yaml format in a specific directory. Use `kubelet --pod-manifest-path=<the directory>` to start kubelet daemon or add the `staticPodPath: <the directory>` field in the [KubeletConfiguration file](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubelet-config-file), which periodically scans the directory and creates/deletes static pods as yaml/json files appear/disappear there.
Note that kubelet will ignore files starting with dots when scanning the specified directory.
For example, this is how to start a simple web server as a static pod:
@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ spec:
EOF
```
3. Configure your kubelet daemon on the node to use this directory by running it with `--pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubelet.d/` argument.
3. Configure your kubelet daemon on the node to use this directory by running it with `--pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubelet.d/` argument or add the `staticPodPath: <the directory>` field in the [KubeletConfiguration file](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubelet-config-file).
On Fedora edit `/etc/kubernetes/kubelet` to include this line:
```
@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Kubelet periodically downloads a file specified by `--manifest-url=<URL>` argume
## Behavior of static pods
When kubelet starts, it automatically starts all pods defined in directory specified in `--pod-manifest-path=` or `--manifest-url=` arguments, i.e. our static-web. (It may take some time to pull nginx image, be patient…):
When kubelet starts, it automatically starts all pods defined in directory specified in `--pod-manifest-path=` or `--manifest-url=` arguments or add the `staticPodPath: <the directory>` field in the [KubeletConfiguration file](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kubelet-config-file), i.e. our static-web. (It may take some time to pull nginx image, be patient…):
```shell
[joe@my-node1 ~] $ docker ps