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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.