SIG Cluster Lifecycle: kubeadm Deep Dive

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kubeadm provides a repeatable bootstrap: install Docker and kubeadm packages, run kubeadm init / kubeadm join, then apply a CNI like weave-net and optional storage (example: Dotmesh) to get a 3-node cluster. Upgrades are improving but historically manual; work targets self-hosted control plane and a pilot light sentinel for reliable HA and easier upgrades, with dynamic component config planned in 1.11. Enterprise use covers pre-pull images, package choices, proxies, no-proxy ranges and configurable preflight checks for air‑gapped installs.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 7:45Corkscrew
3. 8:32Selfhosting
4. 16:55Alexander
5. 17:28The Problem
6. 18:05The Solution
7. 21:08Version Labels
8. 22:35Docker Images
9. 23:43Network
10. 24:35Container Runtime
11. 24:53kubeadm
12. 26:13Questions

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