Merge pull request kubernetes-sigs#2468 from k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-2464-to-release-0.16

[release-0.16] 🐛 Use http client from leaderElectionConfig

Author: k8s-ci-robot

pkg/manager/manager.go

@@ -364,7 +364,11 @@ func New(config *rest.Config, options Options) (Manager, error) {
 if err != nil {
 return nil, err
 }
-leaderRecorderProvider, err = options.newRecorderProvider(leaderConfig, cluster.GetHTTPClient(), scheme, options.Logger.WithName("events"), options.makeBroadcaster)
+httpClient, err := rest.HTTPClientFor(options.LeaderElectionConfig)
+if err != nil {
+return nil, err
+}
+leaderRecorderProvider, err = options.newRecorderProvider(leaderConfig, httpClient, scheme, options.Logger.WithName("events"), options.makeBroadcaster)
 if err != nil {
 return nil, err
 }