Install Kubernetes Components - Kubeadm, Kubectl, Kubelet

Fri, 14 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Goals

Install kubeadm, kubectl and kubelet on Debian-based Linux
Freeze their versions to avoid automatic updates

Installation

curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add - (1)

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list (2)
deb https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main
EOF

sudo apt-get update (3)

sudo apt-get install -y kubelet=1.15.7-00 kubeadm=1.15.7-00 kubectl=1.15.7-00 (4)

sudo apt-mark hold kubelet kubeadm kubectl (5)

Add the GPG key

Add the kubernetes repo to the sources list

Update the index

Install kubelet, kubeadm and kubectl

It’s important to use the same version for kubelet, kubeadm and kubectl.

Kubeadm on Micha Kops' Tech Notes

Install Kubernetes Components - Kubeadm, Kubectl, Kubelet

Installation