pf9-kube Fails to Start on Master Node(s)

Problem

  • Cluster stays in a Pending state after creation.

  • One of the Master nodes is reporting as "Offline" or in an "Error Authorizing State"

  • In the Flannel logs on the node located at /var/log/pf9/kube/flannel.log, the following error can be observed.

{"log":"E1010 XX:XX:XX.583282 1 main.go:280] Error registering network: failed to acquire lease: out of subnets\n","stream":"stderr","time":"XXXX-XX-XXTXX:XX:XX.1234Z"}

Environment

  • Platform9 Managed Kubernetes - v3.6.0 and Higher

Cause

  • The container CIDR parameter specified during the cluster creation was too small.

Resolution

  1. Delete the existing cluster and try deploying a fresh cluster with Container CIDR values as /16.

  2. Verify that cluster creation completes successfully and all the nodes become Ready.


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