1. Container Engine for Kubernetes
  2. OKE Workflow
  3. User Tasks

User Tasks

Perform the following tasks on your local system:

  1. Configure OCI CLI access. See Using the OCI CLI in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance User Guide. If you already have OCI CLIinstalled, use oci -v to check the version. The minimum required version for using OKE is 3.15.1.

  2. Install the Kubernetes client command line tool, kubectl. See Install kubectl. If you already have kubectl installed, ensure the version is within one minor version of the Kubernetes version that you are using. See Supported Versions of Kubernetes.

Perform the following tasks in the Compute Enclave or on your local system:

  1. Create network resources: VCN, subnets, internet gateway, NAT gateway, route tables, and security lists. See Creating Network Resources.

  2. Create an OKE cluster. See Creating an OKE Cluster.

  3. Create a Kubernetes configuration file for the cluster. See Creating a Kubernetes Configuration File.

  4. Create a Kubernetes Dashboard to manage the cluster and to manage and troubleshoot applications running in the cluster. On the https://kubernetes.io/ site, see Deploy and Access the Kubernetes Dashboard.

  5. Create a worker node pool. See Creating an OKE Worker Node Pool.

  6. Configure any registries or repositories that the worker nodes need.

  7. Configure any proxies that are needed on your worker nodes. See Configuring a Proxy.

  8. Create a service to expose containerized applications outside the Private Cloud Appliance. See Exposing Containerized Applications.

  9. Create persistent storage for applications to use. See Adding Storage for Containerized Applications.