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# (Optional) Adding new worker nodes

Describe new working nodes in inventory.ini file, be sure to add them to groups \[kube\_vpn\_clients] and \[kube\_node]:

```sh
[kube_vpn_clients]
node7
node8
...
[kube_node]
node7
node8
...
```

Update the VPN server configuration:

```sh
ansible-playbook playbooks/vpn_server.yaml
```

Distribute new configs to nodes:

```
ansible-playbook playbooks/vpn_clients.yaml
```

Adding new worker nodes:

```
ansible-playbook playbooks/facts.yaml
ansible-playbook playbooks/scale.yaml --limit=NODE_NAME
```

Restart system pods (execute on control-plane node):

<pre class="language-sh"><code class="lang-sh">kubectl -n kube-system rollout restart daemonset.apps/kube-flannel
<strong>kubectl -n kube-system rollout restart daemonset.apps/kube-proxy
</strong>kubectl -n ingress-nginx rollout restart deployment.apps/ingress-nginx-controller
</code></pre>