# 05-Cluster-Bootstrap Assumption is that an external load balancer is already configured for the cluster control plane IP address. Initialize the cluster ```bash sudo kubeadm init --config cluster-config.yaml --upload-certs ``` Copy kubectl config ```bash mkdir -p $HOME/.kube sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config ``` Join other control nodes, then join other worker nodes