Installation

This guide describes how to set up a MetalK8s cluster. It offers general requirements and describes sizing, configuration, and deployment. It also explains major concepts central to MetalK8s architecture, and shows how to access various services after completing the setup.

• Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Choosing a Deployment Architecture
  • Concepts
  • Additional Notes
• Prerequisites
  • Proxies
  • Linux Kernel Version
  • Provisioning
• Deployment of the Bootstrap node
  • Preparation
  • Configuration
  • SSH Provisioning
  • Installation
• Cluster expansion
  • Defining an Architecture
  • Adding a Node with the MetalK8s GUI
  • Adding a Node from the Command-line
  • Checking Cluster Health
• Post-Installation Procedure
  • Provision Storage for Prometheus Services
  • Changing credentials
  • Validating the deployment
• Accessing Cluster Services
  • MetalK8s GUI
  • Grafana
  • Salt