Question: Is it possible to add additional control plane nodes after initializing the k0s cluster?

[vyas-n]

Hey Folks,

I currently have a k0s cluster deployed using k0sctl with the following topology:

• node1 (controller+worker)
• node2 (worker)
• node3 (worker)

And I wondered if it's possible to add the following nodes to make the control plane HA:

• node4 (controller)
• node5 (controller)

I've previously added worker nodes this way no problem, I just don't know if control plane nodes can be joined the same way.

Is this possible using k0sctl?

[kke]

It should be, but there is a bug that may prevent doing so in some conditions which will be fixed by #714

[twz123]

NB: If you're going from single-node control plane to HA control plane, you need to have some sort of load balancing in place, then, and a restart of all workers (including the controller+worker) node is required to pick that up (in case of NLLB). In case of using spec.api.externalAddress, it might even be necessary to rejoin the workers, or manually adjust the k0s worker's kubeconfig files, to point to the new address.

[kke]

Hmm, maybe some of those could/should be automated or at least detected in k0sctl?