k0sctl

k0sctl is defined as a command-line bootstrapping and management tool for k0s kubernetes clusters. In this section, you’ll use k0sctl to create a k0s cluster on Multipass VMs and perform some day 2 operations on it.

Before moving to the cluster creation step, install k0sctl on your local machine. Then, check all the available commands running k0sctl without any parameters.

$ k0sctl
NAME:
   k0sctl - k0s cluster management tool

USAGE:
   k0sctl [global options] command [command options]

COMMANDS:
   version     Output k0sctl version
   apply       Apply a k0sctl configuration
   kubeconfig  Output the admin kubeconfig of the cluster
   init        Create a configuration template
   reset       Remove traces of k0s from all of the hosts
   backup      Take backup of existing clusters state
   config      Configuration related sub-commands
   completion  
   help, h     Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --debug, -d  Enable debug logging (default: false) [$DEBUG]
   --trace      Enable trace logging (default: false) [$TRACE]
   --no-redact  Do not hide sensitive information in the output (default: false)
   --help, -h   show help

We will illustrate several of those commands in the following steps.

Cluster creation →