Adding Linux worker nodes | Kubernetes

This page explains how to add Linux worker nodes to a kubeadm cluster.
To add new Linux worker nodes to your cluster do the following for each machine:
If you do not have the token, you can get it by running the following command on the control plane node:
The output is similar to this:
By default, node join tokens expire after 24 hours. If you are joining a node to the cluster after the current token has expired, you can create a new token by running the following command on the control plane node:
The output is similar to this:
To print a kubeadm join command while also generating a new token you can use:
If you don't have the value of --discovery-token-ca-cert-hash, you can get it by running the following commands on the control plane node:
The output is similar to:
The output of the kubeadm join command should look something like:
A few seconds later, you should notice this node in the output from kubectl get nodes. (for example, run kubectl on a control plane node).
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