title: External credential providers
kep-number: 541
authors:
  - "@awly"
  - "@enj"
owning-sig: sig-auth
participating-sigs:
  - sig-cli
  - sig-api-machinery
status: implemented
creation-date: 2019-07-11
reviewers:
  - "@liggitt"
  - "@mikedanese"
approvers:
  - "@liggitt"
  - "@mikedanese"
stage: stable
latest-milestone: "v1.22"
milestone:
  alpha: "v1.10"
  beta: "v1.11"
  stable: "v1.22"
metrics:
  - rest_client_exec_plugin_ttl_seconds
  - rest_client_exec_plugin_certificate_rotation_age
  - rest_client_exec_plugin_call_total
