kubeadm init on OpenStack reports: cannot use 169.254.x.x as the bind address for the API Server

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When trying to run kubeadm init on a OpenStack VM, we receive an error similar to:
cannot use 169.254.x.x as the bind address for the API Server

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16

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