Provision Cluster

In this section, you will focus on provisioning an edge node in Zededa and configuring an edge app on the node running a K3s cluster.

What Will You Do¶

In this part, you will:

Create an Edge Node
Add an Edge App to the Zededa Enterprise
Deploy the Edge App to the Edge Node

Step 1: Create Edge Node¶

In this step, we will create an Edge Node in Zededa. The Edge Node will run the K3s cluster in an Edge App, which will be provisioned in a later step.

Login to the Zededa console
Navigate to Edge Nodes
Click the + Symbol to add a new edge node
Populate the edge node details
Click Add
Wait for the edge node to become healthy

New Edge Node

Step 2: Add Edge App¶

In this step, you will add the Rafay Edge App from the Zededa Marketplace to the Zededa Enterprise. Once the Edge App is added, you will then be able to deploy the Edge App as an instance on the Edge Node.

Navigate to Marketplace
Click the dropdown arrow for "Edge Apps available for Enterprise use" section
Locate the edge app named k3s_runtime_rafay under the section "ENTER SECTION HERE"
Click Import on the edge app
Click Import Edge App

You will then see the edge app in the "Edge Apps added in enterprise" section

Add Edge App

Step 3: Deploy Edge App Instance¶

In this step, you will deploy the Edge App to the Edge Node. The Edge App will provision a K3s Cluster on the Edge Node.

Navigate to Edge App Instances
Click the + symbol to create an edge app instance
Select the previously added edge app
Select the project
Set the number of deployments to "single"
Select the edge node to deploy the app instance on
Click Next
Enter a name for the edge app instance
Click Next
Select the network interface for the edge app to use
Click Next
Click Next on the "Custom Configuration" tab
Click Deploy

You will then see the edge app being deployed to the edge node.

Add Edge App

Recap¶

Congratulations! At this point, you have successfully provisioned an edge K3s cluster using Zededa. Next, we will import the cluster into Rafay.