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kubeadm reference

This document provides information on how to use kubeadm’s advanced options.

Running kubeadm init bootstraps a Kubernetes cluster. This consists of the following steps:

kubeadm runs a series of pre-flight checks to validate the system state before making changes. Some checks only trigger warnings, others are considered errors and will exit kubeadm until the problem is corrected or the user specifies --skip-preflight-checks.
kubeadm generates a token that additional nodes can use to register themselves with the master in future. Optionally, the user can provide a token.
kubeadm generates a self-signed CA using openssl to provision identities for each node in the cluster, and for the API server to secure communication with clients.
Outputting a kubeconfig file for the kubelet to use to connect to the API server, as well as an additional kubeconfig file for administration.
kubeadm generates Kubernetes resource manifests for the API server, controller manager and scheduler, and placing them in /etc/kubernetes/manifests. The kubelet watches this directory for static resources to create on startup. These are the core components of Kubernetes, and once they are up and running we can use kubectl to set up or manage any additional components.
kubeadm installs some add-on components, such as DNS or discovery, via the API server.

Running kubeadm join on each node in the cluster consists of the following steps:

Use the token to talk to the API server and securely get the root CA certificate.
Creates a local key pair. Prepares a certificate signing request (CSR) and sends that off to the API server for signing.
Configures the local kubelet to connect to the API server

Usage

Fields that support multiple values do so either with comma separation, or by specifying the flag multiple times.

`kubeadm init`

It is usually sufficient to run kubeadm init without any flags, but in some cases you might like to override the default behaviour. Here we specify all the flags that can be used to customise the Kubernetes installation.

--api-advertise-addresses (multiple values are allowed)
--api-external-dns-names (multiple values are allowed)

By default, kubeadm init automatically detects IP addresses and uses these to generate certificates for the API server. This uses the IP address of the default network interface. If you would like to access the API server through a different IP address, or through a hostname, you can override these defaults with --api-advertise-addresses and --api-external-dns-names. For example, to generate certificates that verify the API server at addresses 10.100.245.1 and 100.123.121.1, you could use --api-advertise-addresses=10.100.245.1,100.123.121.1. To allow it to be accessed with a hostname, --api-external-dns-names=kubernetes.example.com,kube.example.com Specifying --api-advertise-addresses disables auto detection of IP addresses.

--cloud-provider

Currently, kubeadm init does not provide autodetection of cloud provider. This means that load balancing and persistent volumes are not supported out of the box. You can specify a cloud provider using --cloud-provider. Valid values are the ones supported by controller-manager, namely "aws", "azure", "cloudstack", "gce", "mesos", "openstack", "ovirt", "rackspace", "vsphere". In order to provide additional configuration for the cloud provider, you should create a /etc/kubernetes/cloud-config file manually, before running kubeadm init. kubeadm automatically picks those settings up and ensures other nodes are configured correctly. The exact format and content of the file /etc/kubernetes/cloud-config depends on the type you specified for --cloud-provider; see the appropriate documentation for your cloud provider for details. You must also set the --cloud-provider and --cloud-config parameters yourself by editing the /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf file appropriately.

--external-etcd-cafile etcd certificate authority file
--external-etcd-endpoints (multiple values are allowed)
--external-etcd-certfile etcd client certificate file
--external-etcd-keyfile etcd client key file

By default, kubeadm deploys a single node etcd cluster on the master to store Kubernetes state. This means that any failure on the master node requires you to rebuild your cluster from scratch. Currently kubeadm init does not support automatic deployment of a highly available etcd cluster. If you would like to use your own etcd cluster, you can override this behaviour with --external-etcd-endpoints. kubeadm supports etcd client authentication using the --external-etcd-cafile, --external-etcd-certfile and --external-etcd-keyfile flags.

--pod-network-cidr

For certain networking solutions the Kubernetes master can also play a role in allocating network ranges (CIDRs) to each node. This includes many cloud providers and flannel. You can specify a subnet range that will be broken down and handed out to each node with the --pod-network-cidr flag. This should be a minimum of a /16 so controller-manager is able to assign /24 subnets to each node in the cluster. If you are using flannel with this manifest you should use --pod-network-cidr=10.244.0.0/16. Most CNI based networking solutions do not require this flag.

--service-cidr (default ‘10.96.0.0/12’)

You can use the --service-cidr flag to override the subnet Kubernetes uses to assign pods IP addresses. If you do, you will also need to update the /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf file to reflect this change else DNS will not function correctly.

--service-dns-domain (default ‘cluster.local’)

By default, kubeadm init deploys a cluster that assigns services with DNS names <service_name>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local. You can use the --service-dns-domain to change the DNS name suffix. Again, you will need to update the /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf file accordingly else DNS will not function correctly.

--skip-preflight-checks

By default, kubeadm runs a series of preflight checks to validate the system before making any changes. Advanced users can use this flag to bypass these if necessary.

--token

By default, kubeadm init automatically generates the token used to initialise each new node. If you would like to manually specify this token, you can use the --token flag. The token must be of the format <6 character string>.<16 character string>.

--use-kubernetes-version (default ‘v1.5.1’) the kubernetes version to initialise

kubeadm was originally built for Kubernetes version v1.4.0, older versions are not supported. With this flag you can try any future version, e.g. v1.6.0-beta.1 whenever it comes out (check releases page for a full list of available versions).

`kubeadm join`

When you use kubeadm join, you must supply the token used to secure cluster boostrap as a mandatory flag, and the master IP address as a mandatory argument.

Here’s an example on how to use it:

kubeadm join --token=the_secret_token 192.168.1.1

--skip-preflight-checks

By default, kubeadm runs a series of preflight checks to validate the system before making any changes. Advanced users can use this flag to bypass these if necessary.

--token=<token>

By default, when kubeadm init runs, a token is generated and revealed in the output. That’s the token you should use here.

Using kubeadm with a configuration file

WARNING: kubeadm is in alpha and the configuration API syntax will likely change before GA.

It’s possible to configure kubeadm with a configuration file instead of command line flags, and some more advanced features may only be available as configuration file options.

Sample Master Configuration

apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1alpha1
kind: MasterConfiguration
api:
  advertiseAddresses:
  - <address1|string>
  - <address2|string>
  bindPort: <int>
  externalDNSNames:
  - <dnsname1|string>
  - <dnsname2|string>
authorizationMode: <string>
cloudProvider: <string>
discovery:
  bindPort: <int>
etcd:
  endpoints:
  - <endpoint1|string>
  - <endpoint2|string>
  caFile: <path|string>
  certFile: <path|string>
  keyFile: <path|string>
kubernetesVersion: <string>
networking:
  dnsDomain: <string>
  serviceSubnet: <cidr>
  podSubnet: <cidr>
secrets:
  givenToken: <token|string>

Sample Node Configuration

apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1alpha1
kind: NodeConfiguration
apiPort: <int>
discoveryPort: <int>
masterAddresses:
- <master1>
secrets:
  givenToken: <token|string>

Automating kubeadm

Rather than copying the token you obtained from kubeadm init to each node, as in the basic kubeadm tutorials, you can parallelize the token distribution for easier automation. To implement this automation, you must know the IP address that the master will have after it is started.

Generate a token. This token must have the form <6 character string>.<16 character string>.

Kubeadm can pre-generate a token for you:
```
$ kubeadm token generate
```
Start both the master node and the worker nodes concurrently with this token. As they come up they should find each other and form the cluster.

Once the cluster is up, you can grab the admin credentials from the master node at /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf and use that to talk to the cluster.

Environment variables

There are some environment variables that modify the way that kubeadm works. Most users will have no need to set these. These environment variables are a short-term solution, eventually they will be integrated in the kubeadm configuration file.

Variable	Default	Description
`KUBE_KUBERNETES_DIR`	`/etc/kubernetes`	Where most configuration files are written to and read from
`KUBE_HOST_PKI_PATH`	`/etc/kubernetes/pki`	Directory for master PKI assets
`KUBE_HOST_ETCD_PATH`	`/var/lib/etcd`	Local etcd state for Kubernetes cluster
`KUBE_HYPERKUBE_IMAGE`	``	If set, use a single hyperkube image with this name. If not set, individual images per server component will be used.
`KUBE_DISCOVERY_IMAGE`	`gcr.io/google_containers/kube-discovery-<arch>:1.0`	The bootstrap discovery helper image to use.
`KUBE_ETCD_IMAGE`	`gcr.io/google_containers/etcd-<arch>:2.2.5`	The etcd container image to use.
`KUBE_REPO_PREFIX`	`gcr.io/google_containers`	The image prefix for all images that are used.

If you want to use kubeadm with an http proxy, you may need to configure it to support http_proxy, https_proxy, or no_proxy.

For example, if your kube master node IP address is 10.18.17.16 and you have proxy support both http/https on 10.18.17.16 port 8080, you can use the following command:

You can using following command

export PROXY_PORT=8080
export PROXY_IP=10.18.17.16
export http_proxy=http://$PROXY_IP:$PROXY_PORT
export HTTP_PROXY=$http_proxy
export https_proxy=$http_proxy
export HTTPS_PROXY=$http_proxy
export no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com,example.com,10.18.17.16"

Remember to change proxy_ip and add a kube master node IP address to no_proxy.

Releases and release notes

If you already have kubeadm installed and want to upgrade, run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade or yum update to get the latest version of kubeadm.

Refer to the CHANGELOG.md for more information.

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