# Installation

Use the nano editor to open the /boot/firmware/cmdline.txt file.
```
sudo nano /boot/firmware/cmdline.txt
```
Opening the cmdline.txt file
Enter the following flags at the end of the first line:
```
cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory
```
Then reboot

***Installation***
```
sudo apt install snapd -y
sudo snap install microk8s --classic
sudo usermod -a -G microk8s $USER
mkdir -p ~/.kube
chmod 0700 ~/.kube
su - $USER
```

***Deploying***
```
microk8s start
microk8s enable dashboard
#create token
microk8s kubectl create token default
#start the dashboard
microk8s kubectl --address 0.0.0.0 port-forward -n kube-system service/kubernetes-dashboard 10443:443

```