Alauda Container Platform

Overview

Use the Install section to plan and complete an 4.4 installation.

The installation deploys Core and the required Aligned Extensions on the global cluster. Core provides the platform management plane, cluster management, users and roles, and Extension management frameworks. The required Aligned Extensions provide the Web Console and other platform-facing capabilities. For the platform architecture and definitions of global cluster and workload cluster, see Architecture and Glossary.

The Core Package and the required Aligned Extension packages are separate downloads. Before starting the installer, copy the eight required Extension packages listed in Download into the plugins/ directory of the extracted Core Package. Other Extensions are installed after the platform installation through the Extend workflow.

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Core installation does not support direct installation of the global cluster into an existing Kubernetes environment. Prepare new nodes that meet the hardware, network, storage, and OS requirements before you start installation.

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Installation Scope

The installation provides the platform management plane and the required Aligned Extensions. After the installation is verified, you can create or connect workload clusters and install additional Extensions according to your platform scenario.

Installation Path

The procedure described in this section installs the global cluster onto a traditional operating system such as Ubuntu or RHEL. If the global cluster uses Alauda OS, see Installing the global Cluster on Immutable Infrastructure instead.

The following work is outside this installation flow:

  • Creating workload clusters.
  • Connecting existing Kubernetes clusters.
  • Uploading and installing Extensions other than the eight required Aligned Extensions.
  • Installing optional Operators or Cluster Plugins.
  • Configuring optional platform capabilities such as storage, monitoring, backup, registry, or identity integrations.

Installation Workflow

The installation follows this high-level path:

  1. Plan. Choose the deployment architecture and confirm install-time decisions.
  2. Prepare for installation. Prepare resources, network access, storage, and nodes.
  3. Download. Download the Core Package and the Common ACP Extensions package set separately from the Customer Portal.
  4. Installing. Extract the Core Package, copy the eight required Aligned Extension packages into plugins/, start the installer, and configure installation parameters.
  5. Validation. Confirm that the platform Web UI, Core, required Aligned Extensions, and Pods are healthy.
  6. Next Steps. Install the Product Docs plugin and follow scenario-based next steps.

The Customer Portal is the official source for installation packages. For download requirements and package architecture options, see Download.

Separate Downloads

The Core Package does not contain the required Aligned Extension packages. Download them separately and manually copy only the eight packages listed in Download into the plugins/ directory of the extracted Core Package before starting the installer.