Create a CKS Cluster
Create and access CKS Clusters
Create a Cluster using the Cloud Console
CKS Clusters are created using the Cloud Console. To create a new Cluster, open the Cloud Console dashboard. The Cluster dashboard is the home page of the Cloud Console, and the first dashboard shown. From here, you can view and manage deployed Clusters, or create new ones.
Cluster statuses
The three cards at the top of the page provide information about the status of your current clusters:
| Card name | Description |
|---|---|
| Quota | Displays the number of Clusters your organization has deployed over the upper limit of Clusters it is allowed to create (via its quota). Represented as count/quota. If you have not yet created any Clusters, and you have no quota assigned, the status presented is No Quota. |
| Healthy | Displays the number of healthy Clusters deployed. In a healthy cluster, all control plane elements, servers, and Pods are in a healthy state. The Cluster is stable and responsive, and can manage workloads. |
| Unhealthy | Displays the number of unhealthy clusters. A Cluster can be unhealthy for many reasons, including control plane issues, unresponsive nodes, failing pods, network failures, or storage problems. |
If you do not yet have any clusters, this dashboard will be empty. To begin creating a Cluster, click the Create Cluster button to open the Cluster creation form.
The Cluster creation form has two parts. The left side of the form is a simple GUI form, while on the right side is a corresponding YAML editor. As you enter values into the dashboard, the values update accordingly in the YAML editor. You can also edit the YAML directly to adjust the Cluster configuration.
| Value | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | String | The name of the Cluster. Cluster names must begin and end with a letter or number, such as foo123. |
| Region | Dropdown | The Region where the Cluster deploys, such as US-EAST-04 |
| Version | Dropdown | The Cluster's Kubernetes version. All supported versions of Kubernetes are listed in this dropdown menu. |
| Labels | Dictionary | The key-value pairs for any desired Kubernetes labels. |
After completing the form, click the Submit button at the bottom of the form to begin creating the Cluster.
The main Cluster creation dashboard page shows the new Cluster in the Provisioning state.
When a Cluster is ready, its status changes to Healthy. If there are configuration or deployment issues, the Cluster's status changes to Unhealthy.
View Cluster manifests
Clicking the vertical ellipses menu beside the Cluster name provides additional options for that Cluster, including the View Details option. Clicking this will show the Cluster's current manifest, as well as its age, location, name, and state. To return to the dashboard, close the panel.
