# 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

```

Before you join other nodes, deploy the CNI in 06!  If you don't, there is sometimes an issue where the br0 adapter will use the crio CNI configuration.