Installation guides

Version 1.7 (unsupported)

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Planning your installation

• Hardware requirements

  Provide the right hardware for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Installation prerequisites overview

  Get an overview of prerequisites for installing Google Distributed Cloud.

• Network requirements

  Understand the internal and external network requirements for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Choosing deployment models

  Get an overview of installation and the choices you need to make for different deployment models.

• Understanding preflight checks

  Run a variety of preflight checks to help ensure the integrity of your cluster installations and resource changes.

Configuring services and software

• Enabling Google services

  Set up Google service accounts and APIs for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Configuring CentOS

  Prepare your CentOS operating system for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

  Prepare Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Configuring Ubuntu

  Prepare Ubuntu for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Use a private package repository server

  Use your own private package repository server and avoid adding package repositories to each bare metal machine in your Google Distributed Cloud deployment.

• Configure your clusters to use OpenStack

  Configure Google Distributed Cloud to run on the OpenStack Kubernetes Cloud Provider.

• Change your container runtime

  Configure Google Distributed Cloud to use the containerd, instead of Docker as the container runtime.

Configuring load balancers

• Overview of load balancers

  Review load balancer options for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Configuring bundled load balancing

  Configure bundled load balancing in Google Distributed Cloud.

• Configuring manual load balancing

  Set up load balancers manually in Google Distributed Cloud.

Configuring storage

• Storage overview

  Review the supported storage options for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Configuring local storage

  Configure local volumes for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Installing a Container Storage Interface driver

  Install and verify a CSI driver for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Setting the default StorageClass

  Set the default StorageClass for Google Distributed Cloud.

Creating clusters

• Creating clusters: overview

  Identify the cluster options available to you with Google Distributed Cloud.

• Creating administration clusters

  Create and deploy admin clusters in Google Distributed Cloud for managing user clusters and workloads.

• Creating user clusters

  Create and deploy user clusters in Google Distributed Cloud to deploy workloads.

• Creating hybrid clusters

  Create and deploy hybrid clusters in Google Distributed Cloud. Hybrid clusters act as administration clusters that can also run workloads and manage other user clusters.

• Creating standalone clusters

  Create and deploy standalone clusters in Google Distributed Cloud. Standalone clusters administer and run workloads in a single individual cluster, but can't provision or manage other clusters.

Configuring identity and security

• Identity management with OpenID Connect (OIDC) in Google Distributed Cloud

  Get an overview of OIDC authentication for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Authenticating with OIDC

  Configure your identity with OIDC for Google Distributed Cloud.

• Authenticating with OIDC and AD FS

  Configure your identity with OIDC and AD FS in Google Distributed Cloud.

• Authenticating with OIDC and Google

  Configure your identity with OIDC in Google Distributed Cloud and use Google as the OpenID Provider.

• Installing behind a proxy server

  Configure Google Distributed Cloud behind a proxy server.