K3s Lightweight Kubernetes on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — Support & Quick Start

At a glance

Application ports	6443 (Kubernetes API), 80/443 (Traefik ingress)
Version	K3s v1.31 (Kubernetes 1.31)
Platform	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Quick start

1. SSH into the VM with the username and key you chose at deploy.
2. K3s is running as a systemd service; verify with `sudo kubectl get nodes`.
3. Copy `/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml` (rewrite the server IP) to use kubectl from your workstation, and deploy workloads with kubectl or Helm.

Looking for a generated credential?

Some images generate a one-time admin credential at first boot. List whichever credential file your VM created:

sudo ls /var/lib/*/admin-password /opt/*/admin-password /root/*credential* /root/.*-initial-password 2>/dev/null

Still stuck?

Email support@dcassociatesgroup.com (response within 1 business day) or send a message via the contact form. Include the offer name, VM size, region, and any log output — sudo journalctl -u <service> -n 100 usually tells the story.