Create Clusters

INFO

To learn about Clusters and the shared responsibility model, see Clusters.

Create a Cluster

1. Go to Clusters → Create Cluster
2. Configure the properties as desired:

Configuration Property	Description	Default	Required/Mandatory	Can be changed after creation
name	human readable name for your cluster. must be unique within your organization		Mandatory	No
version	defines the Kubernetes minor version to be used. the patch version is managed by the platform.	1.33	Mandatory	Yes
pod_cidr	sets the network CIDR for the Pods within your Kubernetes cluster	10.36.0.0/16	Mandatory	No
service_cidr	sets the network CIDR for the Services within your Kubernetes cluster	10.36.0.0/16	Mandatory	No
dns_service_ip	sets the service ip for the Kubernetes DNS Service (coredns)	10.96.0.10	Mandatory	No
Addon: kube-proxy	whether kube-proxy should be installed. unselect if you want to use a CNI that replaces kube-proxy (i.e. Cilium)	yes	Mandatory	No
Addon: core-dns	whether core-dns should be installed. unselect if you like to deploy & configure CoreDNS yourself.	yes	Mandatory	No

3. Hit Create Cluster

Wait some minutes for your cluster to become ready.

Connect to the Cluster

Once your cluster is ready, grab the .kubeconfig (Admin) file from the Info page, which will grant you full access to the cluster.

$ export KUBECONFIG=/path/to/my/cluster.kubeconfig
$ kubectl cluster-info
Kubernetes control plane is running at ...

$ kubectl get nodes
# no nodes created yet

Before starting to deploy workloads, Machine Pools and Machines must be created and assigned.

INFO

meltcloud Clusters do not come with any CNI preinstalled. To put your Nodes into ready state, a CNI must be configured and deployed first!