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This document describes the installation of Kubernetes, Docker or Containerd, Mongodb applications on RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 9.x operating systems. It can also be applied to Rocky Linux 9.x distributions.
If possible, always use the latest version of your chosen operating system and install the latest versions of servers and packages to be installed with internet access.

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Kubernetes, Mongodb and Elasticsearch installation files for Rhel 9.x operating system:
https://fss.apinizer.com/index.php/s/HZztMxazPsJY09P

sudo tar xvf K8S-1.31-Rhel9.x-Offline.tar

# Firewall is turned off
sudo systemctl stop firewalld
sudo systemctl disable firewalld

# SELinux is disabled to prevent communication problems on servers.
sudo setenforce 0
sudo sed -i 's/^SELINUX=enforcing$/SELINUX=permissive/' /etc/selinux/config

# Swap is turned off and the swap line in /etc/fstab file is deleted to prevent it from restarting.
sudo swapoff -a
sudo vi /etc/fstab

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1) Installing Containerd and Required Packages

sudo yum install -y --cacheonly --disablerepo=* required_rpms/*.rpm --skip-broken

#containerd module settings
sudo mkdir -p /etc/containerd
sudo containerd config default | sudo tee /etc/containerd/config.toml
sudo sed -i 's/SystemdCgroup = false/SystemdCgroup = true/g' /etc/containerd/config.toml

#starting containerd module
sudo systemctl restart containerd
sudo systemctl enable containerd
systemctl status containerd
runc conflictsIf containerd service is not found after installations are completed, package conflicts can be checked with the following command.
[apinizer@redhat ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh required_rpms/containerd.io-1.6.32-3.1.el8.x86_64.rpm
warning: required_rpms/containerd.io-1.6.32-3.1.el8.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA512 Signature, key ID 621e9f35: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
        runc conflicts with containerd.io-1.6.32-3.1.el8.x86_64
        runc is obsoleted by containerd.io-1.6.32-3.1.el8.x86_64
If there is a package conflict:
sudo yum remove -y runc
# Installation is done again.
sudo yum install -y --cacheonly --disablerepo=* required_rpms/*.rpm --skip-broken

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2) Installing Kubernetes Packages

sudo modprobe overlay
sudo modprobe br_netfilter
sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/k8s.conf <<EOF
overlay
br_netfilter
EOF
sudo vi /etc/sysctl.d/k8s.conf
Add the following content: 
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables=1
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables=1
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog=40000
net.core.somaxconn=40000
net.core.wmem_default=8388608
net.core.rmem_default=8388608
net.ipv4.tcp_sack=1
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=1
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout=15
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl=30
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse=1
net.ipv4.tcp_moderate_rcvbuf=1
net.core.rmem_max=134217728
net.core.wmem_max=134217728
net.ipv4.tcp_mem=134217728 134217728 134217728
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=4096 277750 134217728
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=4096 277750 134217728
net.core.netdev_max_backlog=300000

sudo sysctl --system

sudo yum install -y --cacheonly --disablerepo=* kube_rpms/*.rpm --skip-broken

systemctl enable --now kubelet.service
#Kubernetes installation check
kubectl version --client && kubeadm version

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3) Installing Kubernetes Images

sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/kube-apiserver-v1.31.4.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/kube-controller-manager-v1.31.4.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/kube-scheduler-v1.31.4.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/kube-proxy-v1.31.4.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/pause-3.10.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/etcd-3.5.15-0.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/coredns-v1.11.3.tar
You can decide which package to use for Overlay Network installation and install only that, it is recommended to install flannel by default. 
#Flannel packages
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/flannel-cni-plugin-v1.6.0.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/flannel-v0.26.1.tar

#Calico packages
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/calico-kube-controllers-v3.30.2.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/calico-cni-v3.30.2.tar
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import kube_images/calico-node-v3.30.2.tar
Although Kubernetes uses pause 3.10, containerd stays at 3.8 and this situation may cause the cluster not to start during kubeadm init operation. To fix this, you can change the pause version to 3.10 in the configuration file in /etc/containerd.

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4) Kubeadm Init

Since this Node is the first Node in the cluster, it will be selected as Kubernetes Control Plane. 
sudo kubeadm init --pod-network-cidr="10.244.0.0/16" --control-plane-endpoint="<MASTER_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS>" --upload-certs --kubernetes-version=v1.31.4

mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config
sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config
To include worker node in cluster: You can run the following command on master node to get the command to include in cluster as output. 
kubeadm token create --print-join-command

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5) Creating Flannel

ls
Confirm that kube-flannel.yml coming from the .tar file you downloaded at the beginning of the document is found using the command. 
kubectl apply -f flannel_yaml/kube-flannel.yml

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6) Installing Apinizer Images

sudo tar xvf 2025.01.4.tar

sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import manager-2025.01.4.tar apinizercloud/manager:2025.01.4
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import worker-2025.01.4.tar apinizercloud/worker:2025.01.4
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import cache-2025.01.4.tar apinizercloud/cache:2025.01.4
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import integration-2025.01.4.tar apinizercloud/integration:2025.01.4
sudo ctr --namespace k8s.io images import portal-2025.01.4.tar apinizercloud/portal:2025.01.4

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7) Installing MongoDB

Performs installations found in mongo_rpms directory. 
sudo yum install -y --cacheonly --disablerepo=* mongo_rpms/*.rpm --skip-broken
You can continue from MongoDB Installation on Red Hat Operating System document for MongoDB configurations after installation. (You can skip installation step 2.1.)

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8) Elasticsearch Installation

sudo mkdir /opt/elasticsearch
# Move the file inside the offline installation folders.
sudo mv elasticsearch/elasticsearch-7.9.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz /opt/elasticsearch/
cd /opt/elasticsearch
sudo tar -xzf elasticsearch-7.9.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
After moving the installation file from its directory to /opt/elasticsearch/ folder, you can perform configurations from Elasticsearch Installation on Red Hat Operating System page.

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9) Apinizer Installation

You can perform Apinizer installation from Apinizer Installation and Configuration page.