Installing Kubernetes

Abstract

Given that – apart from the hardware – Kubernetes is the base layer of every Azure Arc-enabled Data Services deployment, you will need at least one Kubernetes Cluster to deploy to. Without going into too much detail, we will be showing you how to deploy a Cluster using a kubeadm (a self-installed Kubernetes flavor running on Linux). This is not the only option (see Chapter 2 for a list of supported options). The whole idea of Azure Arc-enabled Data Services is to be able to deploy services to any infrastructure in any cloud – but we want to provide you an easy option to get started. The deployment process explained in the following chapters is the same regardless of which target platform you choose.