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CentOS Stream 10: Add Control Plane Node

Add additional Control Plane nodes for high availability in a multi-node Kubernetes cluster on CentOS Stream 10.

May 24, 2026 8 min read
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Add new Control Plane Nodes to existing Kubernetes Cluster.

This example is based on the cluster environment like follows.

It adds [dlp-1.srv.world (10.0.0.31)] as Control Plane Node to this cluster.

*Note

When etcd is started on the Control Plane, the fault tolerance of etcd is 0 for 1-2 units, so in a configuration with 2 Control Planes,

if one of them goes down, it will no longer be possible to connect to etcd and the cluster will not be able to be used normally.

+----------------------+   +----------------------+

|  [ ctrl.srv.world ]  |   |   [ dlp.srv.world ]  |

|     Manager Node     |   |     Control Plane    |

+-----------+----------+   +-----------+----------+

        eth0|10.0.0.25             eth0|10.0.0.30

            |                          |

------------+--------------------------+-----------

            |                          |

        eth0|10.0.0.51             eth0|10.0.0.52

+-----------+----------+   +-----------+----------+

| [ node01.srv.world ] |   | [ node02.srv.world ] |

|     Worker Node#1    |   |     Worker Node#2    |

+----------------------+   +----------------------+

Step 1

On a new Node, Configure common settings to join in Cluster.

Step 2

Add proxy setting for new Control Plane on Manager Node.

[root@ctrl ~]# vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

<span class="color2"># add new Control Plane</span>

stream {

    upstream k8s-api {

        server 10.0.0.30:6443;

        <span class="color1">server 10.0.0.31:6443;</span>

    }

    server {

        listen 6443;

        proxy_pass k8s-api;

    }

}

[root@ctrl ~]# systemctl reload nginx

Step 3

Confirm join command on existing Control Plane Node and also transfer certificate files to new Node with any user.

[root@dlp ~]# cd /etc/kubernetes/pki

[root@dlp pki]# tar czvf kube-certs.tar.gz sa.pub sa.key ca.crt ca.key front-proxy-ca.crt front-proxy-ca.key etcd/ca.crt etcd/ca.key

[root@dlp pki]# scp kube-certs.tar.gz centos@10.0.0.31:/tmp

[root@dlp pki]# kubeadm token create --print-join-command

kubeadm join 10.0.0.25:6443 --token m4wviz.1szeu4oamqneo8l5 --discovery-token-ca-cert-hash sha256:f7ed0f751e3370eb32367ee7b38ec48c5e48a997ca6935045b573c3b57df5b3e

Step 4

Run join command you confirmed on a new Node with [--control-plane] option.

copy certificates transferred from existing Control Plane

[root@dlp-1 ~]# mkdir /etc/kubernetes/pki

[root@dlp-1 ~]# tar zxvf /tmp/kube-certs.tar.gz -C /etc/kubernetes/pki

[root@dlp-1 ~]# kubeadm join 10.0.0.25:6443 --token m4wviz.1szeu4oamqneo8l5 \

--discovery-token-ca-cert-hash sha256:f7ed0f751e3370eb32367ee7b38ec48c5e48a997ca6935045b573c3b57df5b3e \

--control-plane

[preflight] Running pre-flight checks

[preflight] Reading configuration from the cluster...

[preflight] FYI: You can look at this config file with 'kubectl -n kube-system get cm kubeadm-config -o yaml'

[preflight] Running pre-flight checks before initializing the new control plane instance

[preflight] Pulling images required for setting up a Kubernetes cluster

[preflight] This might take a minute or two, depending on the speed of your internet connection

[preflight] You can also perform this action beforehand using 'kubeadm config images pull'

[certs] Using certificateDir folder "/etc/kubernetes/pki"

[certs] Generating "etcd/peer" certificate and key

[certs] etcd/peer serving cert is signed for DNS names [localhost www.srv.world] and IPs [10.0.0.31 127.0.0.1 ::1]

[certs] Generating "apiserver-etcd-client" certificate and key

[certs] Generating "etcd/server" certificate and key

[certs] etcd/server serving cert is signed for DNS names [localhost www.srv.world] and IPs [10.0.0.31 127.0.0.1 ::1]

[certs] Generating "etcd/healthcheck-client" certificate and key

[certs] Generating "apiserver-kubelet-client" certificate and key

[certs] Generating "apiserver" certificate and key

[certs] apiserver serving cert is signed for DNS names [kubernetes kubernetes.default kubernetes.default.svc kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local www.srv.world] and IPs [10.96.0.1 10.0.0.31 10.0.0.25]

.....

.....

This node has joined the cluster and a new control plane instance was created:

* Certificate signing request was sent to apiserver and approval was received.

* The Kubelet was informed of the new secure connection details.

* Control plane label and taint were applied to the new node.

* The Kubernetes control plane instances scaled up.

* A new etcd member was added to the local/stacked etcd cluster.

To start administering your cluster from this node, you need to run the following as a regular user:

        mkdir -p $HOME/.kube

        sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config

        sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config

Run 'kubectl get nodes' to see this node join the cluster.

Step 5

Verify settings on Manager Node. That's OK if the status of new Node turns to [STATUS = Ready].

[root@ctrl ~]# kubectl get nodes

NAME               STATUS   ROLES           AGE   VERSION

dlp-1.srv.world    Ready    control-plane   69s   v1.31.9

dlp.srv.world      Ready    control-plane   66m   v1.31.9

node01.srv.world   Ready    <none>          61m   v1.31.9

node02.srv.world   Ready    <none>          60m   v1.31.9

[root@ctrl ~]# kubectl get pods -A -o wide | grep dlp-1

kube-system            calico-node-m9cc9                                      1/1     Running   0          2m7s   10.0.0.31         dlp-1.srv.world      <none>           <none>

kube-system            etcd-www.srv.world                                     1/1     Running   0          2m7s   10.0.0.31         dlp-1.srv.world      <none>           <none>

kube-system            kube-apiserver-www.srv.world                           1/1     Running   0          2m7s   10.0.0.31         dlp-1.srv.world      <none>           <none>

kube-system            kube-controller-manager-www.srv.world                  1/1     Running   0          2m7s   10.0.0.31         dlp-1.srv.world      <none>           <none>

kube-system            kube-proxy-4r2xt                                       1/1     Running   0          2m7s   10.0.0.31         dlp-1.srv.world      <none>           <none>

kube-system            kube-scheduler-www.srv.world                           1/1     Running   0          2m7s   10.0.0.31         dlp-1.srv.world      <none>           <none>