# Expose microk8s external IP to node

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/expose-microk8s-external-ip-to-node/21460>\
**Category:** microk8s\
**Tags:** microk8s\
**Created:** [September 29, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/expose-microk8s-external-ip-to-node/21460 "2022-09-29T15:34:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaidatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@jaidatt](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/jaidatt)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/expose-microk8s-external-ip-to-node/21460/1 "2022-09-29T15:34:37Z")

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I am trying to add new worker node in an existing microk8s cluster. So I want to expose external IP to microk8s node, By default microk8s node is taking private IP of the VM(Ubuntu).