# K3s software requirements

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/k3s-software-requirements/18100>\
**Category:** k3s, k3OS, and k3d\
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/k3s-software-requirements/18100 "2020-08-05T15:04:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ruben\_Schwarz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/ruben_schwarz/32/6583_2.png) [@Ruben\_Schwarz](https://forums.suse.com/u/Ruben_Schwarz)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/k3s-software-requirements/18100/1 "2020-08-05T15:04:36Z")

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Hi,

we are planning to integrate k3s in our custom hardware which is running a yocto linux.

I already run the check-config script and everything looks fine:

```
~# k3s check-config

Verifying binaries in /var/lib/rancher/k3s/data/8011f49500ebc684b93002b5cd24ec03c4ca28a52ec274cd5f35e8077d5a08a7/bin:
- sha256sum: good
- links: good

System:
- /usr/sbin iptables v1.6.2: older than v1.8
- swap: disabled
- routes: ok

Limits:
- /proc/sys/kernel/keys/root_maxkeys: 1000000

modprobe: module configs not found in modules.dep
info: reading kernel config from /proc/config.gz ...

Generally Necessary:
- cgroup hierarchy: properly mounted [/sys/fs/cgroup]
- CONFIG_NAMESPACES: enabled
- CONFIG_NET_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_PID_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_IPC_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_UTS_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUPS: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED: enabled
- CONFIG_CPUSETS: enabled
- CONFIG_MEMCG: enabled
- CONFIG_KEYS: enabled
- CONFIG_VETH: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_BRIDGE: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ADDRTYPE: enabled
- CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK: enabled
- CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_IPVS: enabled
- CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_NF_NAT: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED: enabled
- CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE: enabled

Optional Features:
- CONFIG_USER_NS: enabled
- CONFIG_SECCOMP: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_PIDS: enabled
- CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP: enabled
- CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB: enabled
- CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP: enabled
- CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO: enabled
- CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH: enabled
- CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED: enabled
- CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED: enabled
- CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT: enabled (as module)
- CONFIG_IP_SET: enabled
- CONFIG_IP_VS: enabled
- CONFIG_IP_VS_NFCT: enabled
- CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_TCP: enabled
- CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_UDP: enabled
- CONFIG_IP_VS_RR: enabled
- CONFIG_EXT4_FS: enabled
- CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL: enabled
- CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY: enabled
- Network Drivers:
  - "overlay":
    - CONFIG_VXLAN: enabled
      Optional (for encrypted networks):
      - CONFIG_CRYPTO: enabled
      - CONFIG_CRYPTO_AEAD: enabled
      - CONFIG_CRYPTO_GCM: enabled
      - CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEQIV: enabled
      - CONFIG_CRYPTO_GHASH: enabled
      - CONFIG_XFRM: enabled
      - CONFIG_XFRM_USER: enabled
      - CONFIG_XFRM_ALGO: enabled
      - CONFIG_INET_ESP: enabled
      - CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT: enabled
- Storage Drivers:
  - "overlay":
    - CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS: enabled (as module)

STATUS: pass

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Are there any other requirements to run k3s server successfully? What software packages are expected in user space?

Thanks in advance and best regards  
Ruben

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**Author:** ![cjellick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/cjellick/32/2876_2.png) [@cjellick](https://forums.suse.com/u/cjellick)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/k3s-software-requirements/18100/2 "2020-08-05T19:35:34Z")

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One of the design goals of k3s is to bring its own user space software packages. You should in theory be good, but the things we need are the things packaged and built by this project: [https://github.com/rancher/k3s-root](https://github.com/rancher/k3s-root)

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**Author:** ![Ruben\_Schwarz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/ruben_schwarz/32/6583_2.png) [@Ruben\_Schwarz](https://forums.suse.com/u/Ruben_Schwarz)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/k3s-software-requirements/18100/3 "2020-08-06T06:53:43Z")

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Just to understand correctly: The things from k3s-root are packaged with k3s and installed when I run the install script?  
Or should they be provided by OS?

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**Author:** ![Ruben\_Schwarz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/ruben_schwarz/32/6583_2.png) [@Ruben\_Schwarz](https://forums.suse.com/u/Ruben_Schwarz)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/k3s-software-requirements/18100/4 "2020-08-06T09:36:34Z")

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And, one more question:

This is the output I get after installation

> root@SOCP3001-00000003:~# kubectl get pods -A  
> NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE  
> kube-system helm-install-traefik-5xjmp 0/1 Evicted 0 3m20s  
> kube-system helm-install-traefik-zlgmp 0/1 Evicted 0 2m55s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-xcx2s 0/1 Evicted 0 3m19s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-85gd5 0/1 Evicted 0 2m52s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-9twlt 0/1 Evicted 0 2m52s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-ngrsg 0/1 Evicted 0 2m52s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-x8spb 0/1 Evicted 0 2m52s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-ssffv 0/1 Evicted 0 2m52s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-jlwgh 0/1 Evicted 0 2m51s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-qg7bj 0/1 Evicted 0 2m50s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-gdstz 0/1 Evicted 0 2m49s  
> kube-system local-path-provisioner-6d59f47c7-wnr76 0/1 Evicted 0 3m19s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-txzkk 0/1 Evicted 0 2m49s  
> kube-system local-path-provisioner-6d59f47c7-mgcq7 0/1 Evicted 0 2m49s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-sgpk7 0/1 Evicted 0 2m48s  
> kube-system local-path-provisioner-6d59f47c7-4bmqg 0/1 Evicted 0 2m47s  
> kube-system coredns-8655855d6-tkxh8 0/1 Evicted 0 3m19s  
> kube-system coredns-8655855d6-72pgz 0/1 Pending 0 2m45s  
> kube-system helm-install-traefik-qq5gq 0/1 Pending 0 2m45s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-jhb5b 0/1 Evicted 0 2m46s  
> kube-system metrics-server-7566d596c8-hdgsm 0/1 Pending 0 2m44s  
> kube-system local-path-provisioner-6d59f47c7-v7ws6 0/1 Evicted 0 2m46s  
> kube-system local-path-provisioner-6d59f47c7-btwdh 0/1 Pending 0 2m44s

I have a lot of evicted pods. For me this looks like my system runs out of resources. But I don’t understand why. If anybody has an idea and give me a hint…

Cheers  
Ruben
