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To install the control-plane nodes:
The system boots automatically into the PXE network and displays the PXE menu, as shown in the following figure:
[core@bootstrap ~]$ journalctl -b -f -u release-image.service -u bootkube.service
-- Logs begin at Mon 2021-03-15 22:11:04 UTC. --
Mar 15 23:08:05 bootstrap.demo.lab bootkube.sh[18339]: I0315 23:08:05.513817 1 waitforceo.go:67] waiting on condition EtcdRunningInCluster in etcd CR /cluster to be True.
Mar 15 23:08:06 bootstrap.demo.lab bootkube.sh[18339]: I0315 23:08:06.629107 1 waitforceo.go:64] Cluster etcd operator bootstrapped successfully
Mar 15 23:08:06 bootstrap.demo.lab bootkube.sh[18339]: I0315 23:08:06.629469 1 waitforceo.go:58] cluster-etcd-operator bootstrap etcd bootkube.service complete
To complete the bootstrap process:
[core@csah-pri ~]$ ./openshift-install --dir=openshift wait-for bootstrap-complete --log-level debug
DEBUG OpenShift Installer 4.6.20
DEBUG Built from commit 9c86c823fff234c104f574eaf25953485edfe4b1
INFO Waiting up to 20m0s for the Kubernetes API at https://api.ocp.demo.lab:6443...
INFO API v1.19.0+2f3101c up
INFO Waiting up to 30m0s for bootstrapping to complete...
DEBUG Bootstrap status: complete
INFO It is now safe to remove the bootstrap resources
INFO Time elapsed: 0s
[core@csah-pri ~]$ oc get nodes
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
ctl-1.demo.lab Ready master 3h18m v1.19.0+8d12420
ctl-2.demo.lab Ready master 175m v1.19.0+8d12420
ctl-3.demo.lab Ready master 175m v1.19.0+8d12420
Note: In a 3-node cluster, each control plane node has an additional ROLE worker along with the master node.
Note: In a 5+ node cluster, compute nodes must be in the Ready state before the cluster operator AVAILABLE state is displayed as True.