Prerequisites

Air-gapped installation prerequisites

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you must have:

  • Linux machine (bastion) that has access to the existing VPC.
  • The dkp binary on the bastion.
  • Docker version 18.09.2 or later installed on the bastion.
  • kubectl for interacting with the running cluster on the bastion.
  • Valid AWS account with credentials configured.

Configure AWS prerequisites

  1. Follow the steps in IAM Policy Configuration.

  2. Export the AWS region where you want to deploy the cluster:

    export AWS_REGION=us-west-2

  3. Export the AWS profile with the credentials you want to use to create the Kubernetes cluster:

    export AWS_PROFILE=<profile>