Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration tool that helps manage containerized applications. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Kubernetes on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before installing Kubernetes, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to update the system to ensure that all packages are up-to-date.
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Kubernetes requires curl to be installed, so we will install curl using the following command.
sudo apk add curl
To install kubectl, run the following command.
curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
Make the kubectl binary executable using the following command.
sudo chmod +x kubectl
Move the downloaded kubectl binary into PATH using the following command.
sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
To install kubeadm and kubelet, run the following command.
sudo apk add kubeadm kubelet
Run the following command to initialize Kubernetes.
sudo kubeadm init
Wait for the initialization to complete. Once done, copy the kubectl configuration file to your home directory.
mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config
sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config
Run the following command to run Kubernetes.
kubectl apply -f https://docs.projectcalico.org/manifests/calico.yaml
You have now successfully installed Kubernetes on Alpine Linux Latest. With Kubernetes, you can manage your containerized applications with ease.
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