diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/k8s-cluster.yml b/inventory/group_vars/k8s-cluster.yml
index a400d05f9..f3830a521 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ kube_token_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/tokens"
 # This is where to save basic auth file
 kube_users_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/users"
 
-kube_api_anonymous_auth: false
+kube_api_anonymous_auth: true
 
 ## Change this to use another Kubernetes version, e.g. a current beta release
 kube_version: v1.8.2
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ kube_network_node_prefix: 24
 kube_apiserver_ip: "{{ kube_service_addresses|ipaddr('net')|ipaddr(1)|ipaddr('address') }}"
 kube_apiserver_port: 6443 # (https)
 kube_apiserver_insecure_port: 8080 # (http)
+# Set to 0 to disable insecure port - Requires RBAC in authorization_modes and kube_api_anonymous_auth: true
+#kube_apiserver_insecure_port: 0 # (disabled)
 
 # DNS configuration.
 # Kubernetes cluster name, also will be used as DNS domain
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/main.yml
index 025b4fab6..f4349669a 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - name: Kubernetes Apps | Wait for kube-apiserver
   uri:
-    url: "{{ kube_apiserver_insecure_endpoint }}/healthz"
+    url: "{{ kube_apiserver_endpoint }}/healthz"
+    validate_certs: no
+    client_cert: "{{ kube_cert_dir }}/apiserver.pem"
+    client_key: "{{ kube_cert_dir }}/apiserver-key.pem"
   register: result
   until: result.status == 200
   retries: 10
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/cluster_roles/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/cluster_roles/tasks/main.yml
index 24f94aac5..75be11d4f 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/cluster_roles/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/cluster_roles/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - name: Kubernetes Apps | Wait for kube-apiserver
   uri:
-    url: "{{ kube_apiserver_insecure_endpoint }}/healthz"
+    url: "{{ kube_apiserver_endpoint }}/healthz"
+    validate_certs: no
+    client_cert: "{{ kube_cert_dir }}/apiserver.pem"
+    client_key: "{{ kube_cert_dir }}/apiserver-key.pem"
   register: result
   until: result.status == 200
   retries: 10
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/handlers/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/master/handlers/main.yml
index 1c6dc956c..02f0b62b9 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/handlers/main.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@
 
 - name: Master | wait for the apiserver to be running
   uri:
-    url: "{{ kube_apiserver_insecure_endpoint }}/healthz"
+    url: "{{ kube_apiserver_endpoint }}/healthz"
+    validate_certs: no
+    client_cert: "{{ kube_cert_dir }}/apiserver.pem"
+    client_key: "{{ kube_cert_dir }}/apiserver-key.pem"
   register: result
   until: result.status == 200
   retries: 20
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
index 5d4f6cf47..2d0f0c9fb 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/templates/manifests/kube-apiserver.manifest.j2
@@ -110,9 +110,17 @@ spec:
       httpGet:
         host: 127.0.0.1
         path: /healthz
+{% if kube_apiserver_insecure_port == 0 %}
+        port: {{ kube_apiserver_port }}
+        scheme: HTTPS
+{% else %}
         port: {{ kube_apiserver_insecure_port }}
-      initialDelaySeconds: 30
-      timeoutSeconds: 10
+{% endif %}
+      failureThreshold: 8
+      initialDelaySeconds: 15
+      periodSeconds: 10
+      successThreshold: 1
+      timeoutSeconds: 15
     volumeMounts:
     - mountPath: {{ kube_config_dir }}
       name: kubernetes-config
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
index 9dbd7ab8c..b7bf2d664 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/preinstall/tasks/verify-settings.yml
@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@
     that: ansible_swaptotal_mb == 0
   when: kubelet_fail_swap_on|default(true)
   ignore_errors: "{{ ignore_assert_errors }}"
+
+- name: Stop if RBAC and anonymous-auth are not enabled when insecure port is disabled
+  assert:
+    that: rbac_enabled and kube_api_anonymous_auth
+  when: kube_apiserver_insecure_port == 0
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ignore_assert_errors }}"
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