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Issue description

Cluster is not getting synced for DO240 course, its stuck at Waiting for API....

Tried many times re-provisioning the lab but still the same.

Steps to reproduce:

Create a new lab environment 

Workaround:

Create the following bash script on the workstation and execute it to set the date back:

#!/bin/bash
# SSH into "utility" and run commands on each target node
ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null lab@utility << 'EOF'
  for node in 192.168.50.10 192.168.50.11 192.168.50.12; do
    echo "Running command on $node..."
    ssh -i ~/.ssh/lab_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null core@$node "sudo date -s 'Thu Feb 13 11:34:49 UTC 2025' && sudo systemctl restart kubelet"
  done
EOF

Note that this workaround must be re-applied if the environment is rebooted or if the environment is shutdown (or auto-stopped) and started again.

Expected result: