Kubernetes

Worker lifecycle is more than kubeadm join. A safe procedure validates versions, protects workload availability with drain, handles DaemonSets and local data explicitly, deletes the Node object, and resets the host.

kubectl is the supported command-line client for the Kubernetes API. This guide installs the v1.36 package from pkgs.k8s.io, configures shell completion, validates kubeconfig permissions, and shows how to switch contexts safely.

Kubernetes talks to a CRI-compatible runtime rather than Docker Engine. This lab installs containerd, enables required kernel settings, generates a clean configuration, enables systemd cgroups, and validates the CRI endpoint.

Kubernetes is a reconciliation system: you declare a desired state through the API, and controllers continuously work to make the cluster match it. This guide maps every major component to the request…