Creating a cluster

Question 1

What are the 10 major steps in setting up a control-plane node?

Answer 1

1. Turn of swap
2. Load br_netfilter and overlay modules
3. Install containerd
4. Install runc
5. Install cni-plugins package
6. Generate a container config (config.toml) and edit it.
7. Restart containerd
8. Install kubelet, kubeadm and kubectl
9. Initiate the node (kubeadm init –pod-network-cidr=172.16.0.0/16
10. Install network plugin (calico, cillium or whatever).

Question 2

What are the 9 major steps in setting up a worker node?

Answer 2

1. Turn of swap
2. Load br_netfilter and overlay modules
3. Install containerd
4. Install runc
5. Install cni-plugins package
6. Generate a container config (config.toml) and edit it.
7. Restart containerd
8. Install kubelet, kubeadm and kubectl
9. Join the cluster (kubeadm join …)