<p>I have a local minikube installation. I want to change the authentication mechanism for the api-server and restart and test it out. All the documentation I have read lacks this information.</p>

<p>Yes you can.  The kubernetes API Server, Controller manager, and scheduler are all run as static manifests in minikube.</p>

<p>So, in fact, in your example: Any change to the manifest will <em>automatically</em> lead to them being restarted instantly.</p>

<p>In order to make the modification, just use <code>vi</code> inside of /etc/kubernetes/manifests on whatever file you want to edit, and you'll see that the apiserver instantly restarts.</p>

<p>To look at the logs of the restart, you can look in /var/log/containers/ where each of the individual minikube services run.</p>
