---
name: "kubeadm-init-phase-preflight"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kubeadm"
version: "1.37.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kubeadm-init-phase-preflight"
---

# kubeadm-init-phase-preflight(1)

Run pre-flight checks

Eric Paris Jan 2015

## NAME

kubeadm init phase preflight - Run pre-flight checks

## SYNOPSIS

**kubeadm init phase preflight** \[OPTIONS\]

## DESCRIPTION

Run pre-flight checks for kubeadm init.

## OPTIONS

**--config**=""\
 	Path to a kubeadm configuration file.

**--cri-socket**=""\
 	Path to the CRI socket to connect. If empty kubeadm will try to auto-detect this value; use this option only if you have more than one CRI installed or if you have non-standard CRI socket.

**--dry-run**=false\
 	Don't apply any changes; just output what would be done.

**--ignore-preflight-errors**=\[\]\
 	A list of checks whose errors will be shown as warnings. Example: 'IsPrivilegedUser,Swap'. Value 'all' ignores errors from all checks.

**--image-repository**="registry.k8s.io"\
 	Choose a container registry to pull control plane images from

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**--rootfs**=""\
 	The path to the 'real' host root filesystem. This will cause kubeadm to chroot into the provided path.

**--version**=false\
 	\--version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version

## EXAMPLE

```
  # Run pre-flight checks for kubeadm init using a config file.
  kubeadm init phase preflight --config kubeadm-config.yaml
```

## SEE ALSO

**[kubeadm-init-phase(1)](/kubeadm-init-phase/1.md)**,

## HISTORY

January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!