Is it possible to config kubeadm by non-root user on K8s 1.21.1?

[younaman]

Hello, I am a green hand of Kubernetes, Is it possible to config kubeadm by a non-root user on K8s 1.21.1? I read the official documents, it seems like the kubeadm init still run as root user? Looking forward to anyone's reply!

[neolit123]

the kubeadm command will continue to require root for the time being and same goes for the kubelet.
kubeadm executes commands like sysctl start/stop and writes to folders that require root.

there is an effort to make the containers that are deployed for the control-plane to not run as root users, but that's separate:
#2473

/kind support
/close

[k8s-ci-robot]

@neolit123: Closing this issue.

In response to this:

the kubeadm command will continue to require root for the time being and same goes for the kubelet.
kubeadm executes commands like sysctl start/stop and writes to folders that require root.

there is an effort to make the containers that are deployed for the control-plane to not run as root users, but that's separate:
#2473

/kind support
/close

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