Create a Kubernetes cluster

Create a K3s cluster from Containers, Clusters, Create Cluster.

Prerequisites

• BYOA secrets configured
• For MySQL or PostgreSQL datastore: a Ready database cluster of that engine

To create a cluster

1. Choose Containers, Clusters, Create Cluster.
2. For Name, enter a DNS label: lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens; max 30 characters; no leading or trailing hyphen.
3. For Datastore type, choose Embedded etcd, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
4. Choose a K3s version and control-plane count. For embedded etcd, use an odd count.
5. Choose an availability zone and control-plane server type.
6. (Optional) Enable a control-plane NoSchedule taint.
7. For an external datastore, choose the database cluster and its security group.
8. Choose Save.

Wait until Status is Ready before attaching node pools or downloading kubeconfig.

Next steps

• Create and attach a node pool
• Open API access