How to Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster with kubeadm on Rocky Linux 10
In this article, you'll learn how to deploy a 3-node Kubernetes cluster with kubeadm on Rocky Linux 10, from control plane setup to joining worker nodes.
— Ravi Saive — 14 min read
You set up a Kubernetes cluster once, hit 4 confusing errors, paste a fix from a forum, and the cluster starts working.
But the next time something breaks, you have no idea where to look because you never understood what the steps were actually doing. That gap is what this guide closes.
Every step here has a reason behind it, and every common error is flagged right where you'll hit it.
The article is tested on Rocky Linux 10 with Kubernetes 1.36 and containerd 1.7, but the same instructions work on AlmaLinux 10 and RHEL 10.