Kubernetes Cluster Setup and Configuration Guide
Disable Swap
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sudo swapoff -a
sudo sed -i '/ swap / s/^/#/' /etc/fstab
sudo sed -i '/ swap / s/^/#/' /etc/fstab
sudo swapon --show
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Set Hostname
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sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "ngt-master"
exec bash
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Edit Host File
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publicIP=$(curl -s http://checkip.amazonaws.com)
echo "$publicIP ngt-master" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts > /dev/null
echo "Added $publicIP ngt-master to /etc/hosts"
ping -c 4 ngt-master
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Set Up the IPV4 Bridge on All Nodes
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cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/k8s.conf
overlay
br_netfilter
EOF
sudo modprobe overlay
sudo modprobe br_netfilter
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Apply Sysctl Params Required by Setup
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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
sudo sysctl --system
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Install Main Components
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sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl
curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.30/deb/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg
sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg
echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.30/deb/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y kubectl
sudo apt install -y kubelet kubeadm kubectl
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Install Docker
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sudo apt install docker.io
sudo mkdir /etc/containerd
sudo sh -c "containerd config default > /etc/containerd/config.toml"
sudo sed -i 's/ SystemdCgroup = false/ SystemdCgroup = true/' /etc/containerd/config.toml
sudo systemctl restart containerd.service
sudo systemctl restart kubelet.service
sudo systemctl enable kubelet.service
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Initialize the Kubernetes Cluster on the Master Node
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sudo kubeadm config images pull
sudo kubeadm init --pod-network-cidr=10.10.0.0/16
mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config
sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config
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kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/v3.26.1/manifests/tigera-operator.yaml
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/v3.26.1/manifests/custom-resources.yaml -O
sed -i 's/cidr: 192\.168\.0\.0\/16/cidr: 10.10.0.0\/16/g' custom-resources.yaml
kubectl create -f custom-resources.yaml
kubectl taint nodes --all node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane-
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sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install nfs-kernel-server
sudo systemctl status nfs-server
sudo mkdir /exports
sudo mkdir /exports/data
sudo mkdir /exports/nginx
sudo vi /etc/exports
/exports/data <IPADDRESS>(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
/exports/nginx <IPADDRESS>(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
sudo exportfs -ar
sudo exportfs -v
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Auto NFS
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helm repo add nfs-subdir-external-provisioner https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/
helm install nfs-subdir-external-provisioner nfs-subdir-external-provisioner/nfs-subdir-external-provisioner \
--set nfs.server=<nfs-server-ip> \
--set nfs.path=/exported/path
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Define a Storage Class for NFS
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apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
name: nfs-client
reclaimPolicy: Delete
mountOptions:
- hard
- nfsvers=4.1
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Troubleshooting
If you face system disk issues, you may refer to this post by Praveen Kumar Muppala, and the configuration should look like this image: