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// *nodes/nodes/nodes-nodes-adding-node-iso.adoc

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= Adding one or more nodes using a configuration file

You can add one or more nodes to your cluster by using the `nodes-config.yaml` file to specify configurations for the new nodes.

.Prerequisites

* You have installed the OpenShift CLI (`oc`)
* You have installed the Rsync utility
* You have an active connection to your target cluster
* You have a kubeconfig file available

.Procedure

. Create a new YAML file that contains configurations for the nodes you are adding and is named `nodes-config.yaml`. You must provide a MAC address for each new node.
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In the following example file, two new workers are described with an initial static network configuration:
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.Example `nodes-config.yaml` file
[source,yaml]
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hosts:
- hostname: extra-worker-1
  rootDeviceHints:
   deviceName: /dev/sda
  interfaces:
   - macAddress: 00:00:00:00:00:00
     name: eth0
  networkConfig:
   interfaces:
     - name: eth0
       type: ethernet
       state: up
       mac-address: 00:00:00:00:00:00
       ipv4:
         enabled: true
         address:
           - ip: 192.168.122.2
             prefix-length: 23
         dhcp: false
- hostname: extra-worker-2
  rootDeviceHints:
   deviceName: /dev/sda
  interfaces:
   - macAddress: 00:00:00:00:00:02
     name: eth0
  networkConfig:
   interfaces:
     - name: eth0
       type: ethernet
       state: up
       mac-address: 00:00:00:00:00:02
       ipv4:
         enabled: true
         address:
           - ip: 192.168.122.3
             prefix-length: 23
         dhcp: false
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. Generate the ISO image by running the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc adm node-image create nodes-config.yaml
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[IMPORTANT]
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In order for the `create` command to fetch a release image that matches the target cluster version, you must specify a valid pull secret.
You can specify the pull secret either by using the `--registry-config` flag or by setting the `REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE` environment variable beforehand.
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[NOTE]
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If the directory of the `nodes-config.yaml` file is not specified by using the `--dir` flag, the tool looks for the file in the current directory.
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. Verify that a new `node.<arch>.iso` file is present in the asset directory.
The asset directory is your current directory, unless you specified a different one when creating the ISO image.

. Boot the selected node with the generated ISO image.

. Track progress of the node creation by running the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc adm node-image monitor --ip-addresses <ip_addresses>
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where:

`<ip_addresses>`:: Specifies a list of the IP addresses of the nodes that are being added.
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[NOTE]
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If reverse DNS entries are not available for your node, the `oc adm node-image monitor` command skips checks for pending certificate signing requests (CSRs).
If these checks are skipped, you must manually check for CSRs by running the `oc get csr` command.
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. Approve the CSRs by running the following command for each CSR:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc adm certificate approve <csr_name>
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