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This guide walks you through creating your first Cluster, connecting to it, and running a Workload. For the full reference on each step, see Clusters and Node Pools.

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Prerequisites

  • A verified account with a payment method.
  • A project selected in the dashboard.
  • At least one VLAN left in your team’s quota. Each Cluster uses one VLAN, and the quota is shared by every project in the team. If the quota is full, Cluster creation fails. Check usage or request an increase on Resource Limits.
  • kubectl installed on your machine.
1

Create a Cluster

Open the dashboard, select a project, and go to LKS in the sidebar. Click Create Cluster and set:
  • Location: the region where the Cluster runs.
  • Cluster name: 3-63 lowercase letters, numbers, or hyphens, starting and ending with a letter or number.
  • Kubernetes version: the newest available version is selected by default.
  • Node Pools: add at least one Node Pool, choose a Plan, and set the number of Nodes.
Review the hourly price and click Create Cluster. Provisioning takes a few minutes. See Clusters and Node Pools for all options.
2

Connect with kubectl

Once the Cluster is Active, open its Overview tab. Under Cluster access, click Download kubeconfig.Point kubectl at the file and list your Nodes:
You should see your Nodes listed, all in the Ready state.
3

Deploy a Workload

Apply a small Deployment to confirm the Cluster runs your Workloads:
Check that the Pods are running:

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Next steps

  • Expose your Workload to the Internet with a LoadBalancer Service. See Exposing Workloads.
  • Add, scale, or tune worker capacity. See Node Pools.