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title: "Comment by Tormod Haugene on \"Speeding up using MicroK8s\" | Hashnode"
description: "A big gottcha here: the "tokens" generated by microk8s join are one time use only . Therefore, if you run into e.g the /etc/hosts error when trying th"
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Comment [Speeding up using MicroK8s](https://hashnode.com/posts/speeding-up-using-microk8s/63f4b96ef338bec1cf2dd5e4)

[Tormod Haugene](https://hashnode.com/@stormod)

[Jul 17, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/speeding-up-using-microk8s/63f4b96ef338bec1cf2dd5e4/comment/64b4f8fbd139b7a4d98524a8)

A big gottcha here: the "tokens" generated by `microk8s join` are _one time use only_.

Therefore, if you run into e.g the /etc/hosts error when trying the join command, you must re-run the `microk8s add-node` command to get a new token.

[Aayush Sharma](https://hashnode.com/@SuperAayush)

[Jul 24, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/speeding-up-using-microk8s/63f4b96ef338bec1cf2dd5e4/comment/64b4f8fbd139b7a4d98524a8#reply-64be648e78585e13c897c5dc)

Is this what you meant [Tormod Haugene](https://hashnode.com/@stormod):

Get a new microk8s join link by again running "microk8s add-node" in the initial VM and paste it into the VM whose node is to be added.