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Certified Kubernetes Administrator CKA (Kubernetes v1.35 curriculum) · Domain 1: Cluster Architecture, Installation and Configuration

Kubeadm init (pod network CIDR, control-plane endpoint), installing a CNI plugin, kubeadm join and bootstrap tokens

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Once hosts are prepared, kubeadm init turns the first machine into a control plane node. It generates a certificate authority and certificates, writes kubeconfig files, creates static Pod manifests for the API server, etcd, scheduler and controller-manager, starts them through the kubelet, and installs CoreDNS and kube-proxy.

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