Get started with Kurator Cluster API

In this tutorial we’ll cover the basics of how to use Cluster API to provision Kubernetes clusters.

Create a vanilla cluster with Cluster API

Apply the cluster manifest:

kubectl apply -f examples/cluster/quickstart.yaml

Wait the control plane is up:

kubectl get cluster -w

Retrieve the cluster’s Kubeconfig:

clusterctl get kubeconfig quickstart > /root/.kube/quickstart.kubeconfig

Check node state:

kubectl --kubeconfig=/root/.kube/quickstart.kubeconfig get nodes

Cleanup

IMPORTANT: In order to ensure a proper cleanup of your infrastructure you must always delete the cluster object. Deleting the entire cluster template with kubectl delete -f capi-quickstart.yaml might lead to pending resources to be cleaned up manually.

kubectl delete cluster --all

Uninstall cluster operator:

helm uninstall kurator-cluster-operator -n kurator-system

Optional, clean CRDs:

kubectl delete crd $(kubectl get crds | grep cluster.x-k8s.io | awk '{print $1}')
kubectl delete crd $(kubectl get crds | grep kurator.dev | awk '{print $1}')

Optional, delete namespace:

kubectl delete ns kurator-system

Optional, unintall cert manager:

helm uninstall -n cert-manager cert-manager

Optional, shutdown cluster:

kind delete cluster --name kurator