Cluster Operations

Cluster Operations - Creating

You can use a few different methods to create a Kubernetes cluster with the Cluster API driver for Magnum. We cover a few different methods in this section.

You can create clusters using several different methods which all end up using the Magnum API. You can either use the OpenStack CLI, OpenStack Horizon dashboard, Terraform, Ansible or the Magnum API directly.

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The OpenStack CLI is the easiest way to create a Kubernetes cluster from your terminal directly. You can use the openstack coe cluster create command to create a Kubernetes cluster with the Cluster API driver for Magnum.

Before you get started, you'll have to make sure that you have the cluster templates you want to use available in your environment. You can create them using the OpenStack CLI:

export OS_DISTRO=ubuntu # you can change this to "flatcar" if you want to use Flatcar
for version in v1.24.16 v1.25.12 v1.26.7 v1.27.4; do \
  [[ "${OS_DISTRO}" == "ubuntu" ]] && IMAGE_NAME="ubuntu-2204-kube-${version}" || IMAGE_NAME="flatcar-kube-${version}"; \
  curl -LO https://object-storage.public.mtl1.vexxhost.net/swift/v1/a91f106f55e64246babde7402c21b87a/magnum-capi/${IMAGE_NAME}.qcow2; \
  openstack image create ${IMAGE_NAME} --disk-format=qcow2 --container-format=bare --property os_distro=${OS_DISTRO} --file=${IMAGE_NAME}.qcow2; \
  openstack coe cluster template create \
      --image $(openstack image show ${IMAGE_NAME} -c id -f value) \
      --external-network public \
      --dns-nameserver 8.8.8.8 \
      --master-lb-enabled \
      --master-flavor m1.medium \
      --flavor m1.medium \
      --network-driver calico \
      --docker-storage-driver overlay2 \
      --coe kubernetes \
      --label kube_tag=${version} \
      k8s-${version};
done;

The OpenStack Horizon dashboard is the easiest way to create a Kubernetes using a simple web interface. In order to get started, you can review the list of current cluster templates in your environment by navigating using the left sidebar to Project > Container Infra > Cluster Templates.

At this point, you should have a ready cluster and you can proceed to the Accessing section to learn how to access the cluster.