Kubernetes Cluster Installation
Prerequisities
| Action | Notes |
|---|---|
| Basic CentOS 7 Installation | the kubernetes cluster is based on the standard install of Centos 7 for all systems/nodes |
| Ethernet Device Configuration | for BeeGFS (and for convenience) rename network devices to eth* |
| CUDA + NVIDIA drivers | if the node has a GPU, install the drivers and libraries |
| Ceph Storage Cluster | install the parallel filesystem components as needed |
| Docker Installation | Docker is required for all nodes |
| IP Tables config | set up the system config to use IP Tables properly |
Kubernetes Cluster
Full instructions for creating a cluster using kubeadm are located in the kubernetes documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/create-cluster-kubeadm/
| Kubernetes Controller | install kubernetes cluster controller |
| Kubernetes Nodes | install kubernetes nodes |
| IP Controller | set up load balancer to assign IP addresses when needed |
| Metrics Server | install metrics collection for the dashboard |
| k8dash Dashboard | install the web GUI dashboard<ref>the original/default kubernetes dashboard installation instructions are located at kubernetes Dashboard</ref> |
| Rook Storage for Kubernetes | dynamic storage provisioning |
| helm installation | kubernetes package installer |
Final Configuration
Now load the rest of the packages for each cluster:
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