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Install k8s with kubeadm By Sarthak Tyagi

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Run in both master and worker nodes

# disable swap
sudo swapoff -a

# Create the .conf file to load the modules at bootup
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/k8s.conf
overlay
br_netfilter
EOF

sudo modprobe overlay
sudo modprobe br_netfilter

# sysctl params required by setup, params persist across reboots
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/k8s.conf
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables  = 1
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 1
net.ipv4.ip_forward                 = 1
EOF

# Apply sysctl params without reboot
sudo sysctl --system

## Install CRIO Runtime
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates gpg

sudo curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/addons:/cri-o:/prerelease:/main/deb/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/cri-o-apt-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/cri-o-apt-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.k8s.io/addons:/cri-o:/prerelease:/main/deb/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cri-o.list

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y cri-o

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable crio --now
sudo systemctl start crio.service

echo "CRI runtime installed successfully"

# Add Kubernetes APT repository and install required packages
curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.29/deb/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg
echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.29/deb/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y kubelet="1.29.0-*" kubectl="1.29.0-*" kubeadm="1.29.0-*"
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y jq

sudo systemctl enable --now kubelet
sudo systemctl start kubelet

Execute ONLY on "Master Node"

sudo kubeadm config images pull

sudo kubeadm init

mkdir -p "$HOME"/.kube
sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf "$HOME"/.kube/config
sudo chown "$(id -u)":"$(id -g)" "$HOME"/.kube/config


# Network Plugin = calico
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/v3.26.0/manifests/calico.yaml

kubeadm token create --print-join-command

Execute on ALL of your Worker Node's

  1. Perform pre-flight checks

     sudo kubeadm reset pre-flight checks

Paste the join command you got from the master node and append --v=5 at the end.

sudo your-token --v=5

Use sudo before the token.

NOTE:- OPEN 6443 PORT ON MASTER NODE

Verify Cluster Connection

On Master Node:

kubectl get nodes
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