# CSR is missing certificate

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**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/csr-is-missing-certificate/19681 "2021-03-04T07:06:11Z")\
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I’m trying to follow the instructions at [Certificate Signing Requests | Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/certificate-signing-requests/#create-role-and-rolebinding) to create a CSR for a user who only has access to pods. However when I try to connect to the cluster using my private key I get the following error:

$ kubectl get pod  
error: tls: failed to find any PEM data in certificate input

There’s also a part in the instructions that I’m not able to follow. It says:

Retrieve the certificate from the CSR:

```auto
kubectl get csr/john -o yaml

```

The certificate value is in Base64-encoded format under `status.certificate` .

I don’t see any field like this.

I am using rke version 1.2.6 kubernetes 1.19.8.