Installation Overview

The general installation process is as follows:

1. Plan your installation, as described in Planning Overview and subsequent articles.
2. Verify that the resources being used meet all of the following requirements and recommendations:
   • Browser Requirements
   • Host Requirements (be sure to see the Sizing Considerations, which are recommendations to ensure that you are allocating the appropriate resources to the deployment).
   • Operating System Requirements
   • Network Requirements
   • Configuration Requirements
   • Restricted Sudo Requirements
   • If you will be using an air-gap configuration, in which Kubernetes hosts, clusters, and tenants do not have connections to the Internet, see Kubernetes Air-Gap Requirements.
3. Install the operating system on the host(s) you will be using.
4. If any of the host(s) include GPUs, then install the GPU drivers as described in GPU Driver Installation.
5. Determine which installer bundle you need, as described in Bundles.
6. Obtain the installer bundle, as directed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
7. If needed, add an SSL certificate to permit access to the web interface via https:// instead of unsecured http://, as described in Adding an SSL Certificate.
8. Use the pre-check script to verify that the machine that will become the Controller host is ready to receive the installation. See Using the Pre-Check Script.
9. If you are upgrading to HPE Ezmeral Container Platform, follow the instructions for upgrading the platform.
10. Determine how you will install HPE Ezmeral Container Platform on the Controller host from the command line interface. Your available options are:
    • Standard Installation
    • Using the Pre-Check Config File
11. After the installation bundle completes, access the web interface to continue setup, as described in Platform Controller Setup.
12. License HPE Ezmeral Container Platform, as described in Licensing.
13. Validate the installation as described in Validating the Installation. This will probably involve installing a Worker host (see Kubernetes Worker Installation Overview and/or EPIC Worker Installation Overview) and may involve installing a Gateway host (see Gateway Installation Tab).

You are now ready to begin using HPE Ezmeral Container Platform!