Step-By-Step Install

KLTS provides a way to install source packages based on Deb and RPM. You can choose the installation method that suits your system.

Before installation, ensure that your Preparation is good enough.

Set the KLTS source package

• Red Hat-based distributions
• Debian-based distributions

VERSION=1.18.20-lts.2
cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/klts.repo
[klts]
name=klts
baseurl=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/klts-io/kubernetes-lts/rpm-v${VERSION}/\$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
[klts-others]
name=klts-others
baseurl=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/klts-io/others/rpm/\$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
EOF

yum makecache

VERSION=1.18.20-lts.2
cat << EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/klts.list
deb [trusted=yes] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/klts-io/kubernetes-lts/deb-v${VERSION} stable main
deb [trusted=yes] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/klts-io/others/deb stable main
EOF

apt-get update

Install

• Red Hat-based distributions
• Debian-based distributions

yum install kubeadm kubelet kubectl

apt-get install kubeadm kubelet kubectl

Auto-start Kubelet on boot

Run the following code to start Kubelet on boot:

systemctl enable kubelet

Pull the dependency image

Run the following code to pull the dependency image:

VERSION=1.18.20-lts.2
REPOS=ghcr.io/klts-io/kubernetes-lts
kubeadm config images pull --image-repository ${REPOS} --kubernetes-version v${VERSION}

All subsequent operations on Kubeadm need to include --image-repository and --kubernetes-version to actively specify the image.

Initialize the control plane node

Run the following code to initialize the control plane node:

VERSION=1.18.20-lts.2
REPOS=ghcr.io/klts-io/kubernetes-lts
kubeadm init --image-repository ${REPOS} --kubernetes-version v${VERSION}

For details see Create a cluster with kubeadm.