diff --git a/ansible/roles/k8s_control/defaults/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/k8s_control/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f21b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/k8s_control/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+k8s_control_master_node: kube01.balsillie.net
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/k8s_control/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/k8s_control/tasks/main.yaml
index c06feb2..5ccd060 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/k8s_control/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/k8s_control/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,28 @@
     regexp: '^(.*)SystemdCgroup = false$'
     line: '            SystemdCgroup = true'
     backrefs: true
-    state: present
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+    state: present
+
+- name: enable and start containerd service
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: containerd
+    state: restarted
+    enabled: true
+
+- name: kubeadm init
+  when: ansible_host == {{ k8s_control_master_node }}
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: |
+      kubeadm init \
+      --apiserver-advertise-address="" \
+      --apiserver-cert-extra-sans="" \
+      --node-name k8s-master \
+      --pod-network-cidr=192.168.0.0/16
+    creates: /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
+
+- name: join remaining nodes
+  when: ansible_host != {{ k8s_control_master_node }}
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: |
+
+    creates: