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title: "kubeadm"
date: 2018-10-29T19:40:55-07:00
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[`kubeadm`](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cmd/kubeadm) handles the installation and configuration of Kubernetes.
This is done to stay as close as possible to upstream Kubernetes best practices and recommendations.
By integrating with `kubeadm` natively, the development and operational ecosystem is familiar to all Kubernetes users.

Kubeadm configuration is defined in the userdata under the `services.kubeadm` section.