Getting Started

Login in into the PCD UI and click on top left to switch to the Kubernetes Clusters view.

If you have logged in for the first time, you will see a getting started page. Click on Create Cluster button to start creating your first cluster.

The cluster creation process provides you a form to provide the details of your Kubernetes cluster. Lets look at the those details:

• Cluster Architecture

  • This section provides you details about the resource capacity available in your tenant, that shall help you to estimate the number of Kubernetes Worker nodes VMs you can create.

• Server, Storage, and Network

  • This section lets you configure your node groups. Node groups are a logical entity that lets you create a template for a set of Kubernetes worker nodes. Each node groups can be configured to have a defined number of number of nodes with Networking and Storage properties along.

    • Note: This release of PCD uses default Storage configured for the VMs in the PCD. Configuration of the Storage will be enabled in the next release.

  • Auto-scaling: PCD deploys Kubernetes Cluster auto-scalar for each cluster in PCD management plane. You can enable/disable and configure maximum number of nodes to which the node group can scale to.

• Configure your Cluster

  • Choose the Kubernetes Version for you cluster.

  • Choose which add-ons you want to enable or disable. PCD Kubernetes support 2 types of add-ons

    • Core Add-ons

      • The add-ons are critical for the functionality of your Kubernetes cluster, which include CNI, CoreDNS etc.

    • Other Add-ons

      • These are add-ons supported and managed by PCD to extend the capabilities of Kubernetes and provides services such as Load-Balancing services etc.

      • This release of PCD Kubernetes Clusters support only MetalLB.

      • Note: PCD only deploys MetalLB controllers on the Kubernetes Cluster and you still have to configure MetalLB after the cluster creation is complete.

Provide a name for the cluster and click on the Deploy Cluster Button**.** It usually takes 10-15 minutes to bring the complete cluster up, but it can take longer based on the number of node groups and worker nodes configured.

You can see the cluster status on the All Cluster Dashboard or select the name of the cluster in per cluster view and dive deeper into the cluster details.