kubectl get nodes

If you are transitioning from a vSphere environment or need a deep dive, consider these guides: Kubernetes for vSphere Administrators

# Set SystemdCgroup to true (Critical for Kubernetes 1.25+) sudo sed -i 's/SystemdCgroup = false/SystemdCgroup = true/g' /etc/containerd/config.toml

On each worker, run the saved kubeadm join command (add --v=5 for verbose if needed).

echo \ "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

: Run kind get kubeconfig --name to get your connection details for kubectl [4]. Method 2: Manual VM Setup (Best for Learning)