diff --git a/installers/full_install_osm.sh b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
index 9497fd4..8f092fb 100755
--- a/installers/full_install_osm.sh
+++ b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
@@ -180,16 +180,16 @@
     key_location=$CLIENT_REPOSITORY_BASE/$CLIENT_RELEASE/$CLIENT_REPOSITORY_KEY
     curl $key_location | sudo APT_KEY_DONT_WARN_ON_DANGEROUS_USAGE=1 apt-key add -
     sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb [arch=amd64] $CLIENT_REPOSITORY_BASE/$CLIENT_RELEASE $CLIENT_REPOSITORY osmclient IM"
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
+    sudo apt-get -y update
+    sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python3-pip
     sudo -H LC_ALL=C python3 -m pip install -U pip
     sudo -H LC_ALL=C python3 -m pip install -U python-magic pyangbind verboselogs
-    sudo apt-get install -y python3-osm-im python3-osmclient
+    sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y python3-osm-im python3-osmclient
     if [ -f /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/osm_im/requirements.txt ]; then
         python3 -m pip install -r /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/osm_im/requirements.txt
     fi
     if [ -f /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/osmclient/requirements.txt ]; then
-        sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libmagic1
+        sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libmagic1
         python3 -m pip install -r /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/osmclient/requirements.txt
     fi
     [ -z "$INSTALL_LIGHTWEIGHT" ] && export OSM_HOSTNAME=`lxc list | awk '($2=="SO-ub"){print $6}'`
diff --git a/installers/install_docker_ce.sh b/installers/install_docker_ce.sh
index 5c0cc6d..e5c2f44 100755
--- a/installers/install_docker_ce.sh
+++ b/installers/install_docker_ce.sh
@@ -18,37 +18,24 @@
 function install_docker_ce() {
     # installs and configures Docker CE
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
+    echo "Removing previous installation of docker ..."
+    for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done
     echo "Installing Docker CE ..."
-    sudo apt-get -qq update
-    sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common
-    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo APT_KEY_DONT_WARN_ON_DANGEROUS_USAGE=1 apt-key add -
-    sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
-    sudo apt-get -qq update
+    sudo apt-get -y update
+    sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates software-properties-common gnupg
+    sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+    sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+    echo "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+    "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
+    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+    sudo apt-get -y update
     sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
-#    echo "Reconfiguring Docker to use systemd as cgroup driver"
-#    if [ ! -f /etc/docker/daemon.json ]; then
-#        sudo bash -c "cat <<EOF > /etc/docker/daemon.json
-#{
-#  \"exec-opts\": [\"native.cgroupdriver=systemd\"],
-#  \"log-driver\": \"json-file\",
-#  \"log-opts\": {
-#    \"max-size\": \"100m\"
-#  },
-#  \"storage-driver\": \"overlay2\"
-#}
-#EOF"
-#    else
-#        sudo sed -i "s|native.cgroupdriver=cgroupfs|native.cgroupdriver=systemd|" /etc/docker/daemon.json
-#    fi
+
     echo "Adding user to group 'docker'"
     sudo groupadd -f docker
     sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
-    sleep 2
-    #sudo systemctl enable docker
-    #sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-    #sudo systemctl restart docker
-    sudo service docker restart
-    echo "... restarted Docker service"
+
     if [ -n "${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}" ]; then
         echo "Configuring docker proxy ..."
         if [ -f /etc/docker/daemon.json ]; then
@@ -83,24 +70,24 @@
 EOF"
     fi
     if [ -n "${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}" ] || [ -n "${OSM_BEHIND_PROXY}" ] ; then
-        #sudo systemctl enable docker
         sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-        #sudo systemctl restart docker
-        sudo service docker restart
-        echo "... restarted Docker service again"
+        sudo systemctl restart docker
+        echo "... restarted Docker service"
     fi
 
+    echo "Configuring containerd to expose CRI, use systemd cgroup and use DOCKER_PROXY_URL as registry mirror"
+    sudo mv /etc/containerd/config.toml /etc/containerd/config.toml.orig 2>/dev/null
+    sudo bash -c "containerd config default > /etc/containerd/config.toml"
+    sudo sed -i 's/SystemdCgroup = false/SystemdCgroup = true/' /etc/containerd/config.toml
     if [ -n "${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}" ]; then
-        echo "Configuring containerd"
-        sudo mv /etc/containerd/config.toml /etc/containerd/config.toml.orig 2>/dev/null
-        sudo bash -c "containerd config default > /etc/containerd/config.toml"
         sudo sed -i "s#\[plugins.\"io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri\".registry.mirrors\]#\[plugins.\"io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri\".registry.mirrors\]\n        \[plugins.\"io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri\".registry.mirrors.\"docker.io\"\]\n          endpoint = \[\"${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}\"\]\n        \[plugins.\"io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri\".registry.mirrors.\"registry.hub.docker.com\"]\n          endpoint = \[\"${DOCKER_PROXY_URL}\"]#" /etc/containerd/config.toml
-        sudo diff /etc/containerd/config.toml.orig /etc/containerd/config.toml
-        sudo service containerd restart
     fi
+    sudo systemctl restart containerd
 
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || ! echo "File: /etc/docker/daemon.json" || cat /etc/docker/daemon.json
-    sg docker -c "docker version" || FATAL "Docker installation failed"
+    echo "Testing Docker CE installation ..."
+    sg docker -c "docker version" || FATAL_TRACK docker_ce "Docker installation failed. Cannot run docker version"
+    sg docker -c "docker run --rm hello-world" || FATAL_TRACK docker_ce "Docker installation failed. Cannot run hello-world"
     echo "... Docker CE installation done"
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
     return 0
diff --git a/installers/install_kubeadm_cluster.sh b/installers/install_kubeadm_cluster.sh
index d57dec7..6855d9f 100755
--- a/installers/install_kubeadm_cluster.sh
+++ b/installers/install_kubeadm_cluster.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 set +eux
 
-K8S_VERSION=1.23.3-00
+K8S_VERSION=1.26.5-00
 
 # installs kubernetes packages
 function install_kube() {
@@ -23,16 +23,13 @@
     # Kubernetes releases can be found here: https://kubernetes.io/releases/
     # To check other available versions, run the following command
     # curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/dists/kubernetes-xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages | grep Version | awk '{print $2}'
-    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
-    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
-    curl -fsSL https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
-    sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main"
-    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl
+    sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+    curl -fsSL https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg
+    echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
+    sudo apt-get -y update
     echo "Installing Kubernetes Packages ..."
     sudo apt-get install -y kubelet=${K8S_VERSION} kubeadm=${K8S_VERSION} kubectl=${K8S_VERSION}
-    cat << EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/default/kubelet
-KUBELET_EXTRA_ARGS="--cgroup-driver=cgroupfs"
-EOF
     sudo apt-mark hold kubelet kubeadm kubectl
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
 }
@@ -75,6 +72,7 @@
 # test kubernetes installation
 function check_and_track_init_k8s() {
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
+    echo "Reading existing namespaces"
     kubectl get ns || FATAL_TRACK k8scluster "Failed getting namespaces"
     track k8scluster init_k8s_ok
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
@@ -96,8 +94,8 @@
 # taints K8s master node
 function taint_master_node() {
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
-    K8S_MASTER=$(kubectl get nodes | awk '$3~/master/'| awk '{print $1}')
-    kubectl taint node $K8S_MASTER node-role.kubernetes.io/master:NoSchedule-
+    K8S_MASTER=$(kubectl get nodes | awk '$3~/control-plane/'| awk '{print $1; exit}')
+    kubectl taint node $K8S_MASTER node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane:NoSchedule-
     sleep 5
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
 }
@@ -134,11 +132,8 @@
 
 function install_k8s_storageclass() {
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
-    echo "Installing open-iscsi"
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install open-iscsi
-    sudo systemctl enable --now iscsid
-    OPENEBS_VERSION="3.1.0"
+    # Openebs versions can be found here: https://github.com/openebs/openebs/releases
+    OPENEBS_VERSION="3.7.0"
     echo "Installing OpenEBS"
     helm repo add openebs https://openebs.github.io/charts
     helm repo update
@@ -170,17 +165,27 @@
 function install_helm_metallb() {
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
     echo "Installing MetalLB"
-    METALLB_VERSION="0.11.0"
-    METALLB_IP_RANGE="$DEFAULT_IP/32"
-    echo "configInline:
-  address-pools:
-   - name: default
-     protocol: layer2
-     addresses:
-     - $METALLB_IP_RANGE" | sudo tee -a ${OSM_CLUSTER_WORK_DIR}/metallb-config.yaml
+    METALLB_VERSION="0.13.10"
     helm repo add metallb https://metallb.github.io/metallb
     helm repo update
-    helm install --create-namespace --namespace metallb-system metallb metallb/metallb --version ${METALLB_VERSION} -f ${OSM_CLUSTER_WORK_DIR}/metallb-config.yaml
+    helm install --create-namespace --namespace metallb-system metallb metallb/metallb --version ${METALLB_VERSION}
+    [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
+}
+
+function configure_ipaddresspool_metallb() {
+    [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
+    echo "Creating IP address pool manifest: ${OSM_CLUSTER_WORK_DIR}/metallb-ipaddrpool.yaml"
+    METALLB_IP_RANGE="$DEFAULT_IP/32"
+    echo "apiVersion: metallb.io/v1beta1
+kind: IPAddressPool
+metadata:
+  name: first-pool
+  namespace: metallb-system
+spec:
+  addresses:
+  - ${METALLB_IP_RANGE}" | sudo tee -a ${OSM_CLUSTER_WORK_DIR}/metallb-ipaddrpool.yaml
+    echo "Applying IP address pool manifest: kubectl apply -f ${OSM_CLUSTER_WORK_DIR}/metallb-ipaddrpool.yaml"
+    kubectl apply -f ${OSM_CLUSTER_WORK_DIR}/metallb-ipaddrpool.yaml || FATAL_TRACK k8scluster "Cannot create IP address Pool in MetalLB"
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
 }
 
@@ -229,8 +234,8 @@
 
         # State of MetalLB
         METALLB_STATE=$(kubectl get pod -n ${METALLB_NAMESPACE} --no-headers 2>&1)
-        METALLB_READY=$(echo "${METALLB_STATE}" | awk '$2=="1/1" || $2=="2/2" {printf ("%s\t%s\t\n", $1, $2)}')
-        METALLB_NOT_READY=$(echo "${METALLB_STATE}" | awk '$2!="1/1" && $2!="2/2" {printf ("%s\t%s\t\n", $1, $2)}')
+        METALLB_READY=$(echo "${METALLB_STATE}" | awk '$2=="1/1" || $2=="4/4" {printf ("%s\t%s\t\n", $1, $2)}')
+        METALLB_NOT_READY=$(echo "${METALLB_STATE}" | awk '$2!="1/1" && $2!="4/4" {printf ("%s\t%s\t\n", $1, $2)}')
         COUNT_METALLB_READY=$(echo "${METALLB_READY}" | grep -v -e '^$' | wc -l)
         COUNT_METALLB_NOT_READY=$(echo "${METALLB_NOT_READY}" | grep -v -e '^$' | wc -l)
 
@@ -300,7 +305,8 @@
 #removes osm deployments and services
 function remove_k8s_namespace() {
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
-    kubectl delete ns $1 2>&1 >/dev/null
+    echo "Deleting existing namespace $1: kubectl delete ns $1"
+    kubectl delete ns $1 2>/dev/null
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
 }
 
@@ -359,11 +365,12 @@
     track k8scluster uninstall_k8s_monitoring_ok
 fi
 
-remove_k8s_namespace osm
 deploy_cni_provider
 taint_master_node
 check_and_track_k8s_ready_before_helm
 
+remove_k8s_namespace osm
+
 install_helm
 track k8scluster install_helm_ok
 
@@ -375,4 +382,4 @@
 track k8scluster k8s_certmanager_ok
 check_for_readiness
 track k8scluster k8s_ready_ok
-
+configure_ipaddresspool_metallb