clusters-intro.adoc

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Clusters

NetApp Kubernetes Service (NKS) lets you create and manage clusters at the provider of your choice. If you don’t have an NKS account, sign up for a free 30-day trial with no credit card required at https://nks.netapp.io.

Create a Cluster

To create a Kubernetes cluster in NKS, click the +CREATE CLUSTER button. Customize any defaults you want, including changing the region, size and number of nodes, adding packaged Helm charts, etc. Then NKS will create your cluster on the provider of your choice.

Note	Before you create a Kubernetes cluster with NKS, you will need to add your provider credentials.

For step-by-step instructions, see our guides by provider:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Azure

• Azure NetApp Files (ANF)

• FlexPod

• Google Compute Engine (GCE)

• NetApp HCI

• VMware

Cluster Lifecycle

Learn how to manage existing clusters.

• Add a Master Node

• Add a Node Pool

• Upgrade Kubernetes

• Using the Kubernetes Cloud Backup

• Migrate a Cluster

Accessing Clusters

Although you can perform many tasks directly through the NKS UI, there are some cases when you will want to interact with your cluster(s) more directly.

• SSH to a Node in an NKS Cluster

• Install Kubectl

• Terraform on NKS