# Install k3s offline

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/install-k3s-offline/16280>\
**Category:** k3s, k3OS, and k3d\
**Created:** [January 11, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-k3s-offline/16280 "2020-01-11T01:11:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![developer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/developer/32/5626_2.png) [@developer](https://forums.suse.com/u/developer)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-k3s-offline/16280/1 "2020-01-11T01:11:10Z")

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I am new to Kubernetes. I would like to install k3s in an offline manner using k3s binary. I can just download install.sh as well and execute it offline to install k3s, is that correct? When and why would I need airgap images?

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**Author:** ![superseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/superseb/32/2424_2.png) [@superseb](https://forums.suse.com/u/superseb)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/install-k3s-offline/16280/2 "2020-01-13T14:11:26Z")

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Please see [https://rancher.com/docs/k3s/latest/en/installation/airgap/](https://rancher.com/docs/k3s/latest/en/installation/airgap/) for airgap installation.