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Install Yugabyte Platform software - Kubernetes

Install Yugabyte Platform on a Kubernetes Cluster

You install Yugabyte Platform on a Kubernetes cluster as follows:

Create a namespace by executing the following kubectl create namespace command:
```
kubectl create namespace yb-platform
```
Apply the Yugabyte Platform secret that you obtained from Yugabyte by running the following kubectl create command:
```
$ kubectl create -f yugabyte-k8s-secret.yml -n yb-platform
```
Expect the following output notifying you that the secret was created:
```
secret/yugabyte-k8s-pull-secret created
```

Run the following helm repo add command to clone the YugabyteDB charts repository:

$ helm repo add yugabytedb https://charts.yugabyte.com

A message similar to the following should appear:

"yugabytedb" has been added to your repositories

To search for the available chart version, run this command:

$ helm search repo yugabytedb/yugaware -l

The latest Helm Chart version and App version will be displayed:

NAME               	CHART VERSION	APP VERSION	DESRIPTION
yugabytedb/yugabyte	2.3.3        	2.3.3.0	YugabyteDB is the high-performance distributed ..

Run the following helm install command to install Yugabyte Platform (yugaware) Helm chart:
```
helm install yw-test yugabytedb/yugaware --version 2.3.3 -n yb-platform --wait
```
Optionally, set the TLS version for Nginx frontend by using ssl_protocols operational directive in the Helm installation, as follows:
```
helm install yw-test yugabytedb/yugaware --version 2.3.3 -n yb-platform --wait --set tls.sslProtocols="TLSv1.2"
```

Use the following command to check the service:

kubectl get svc -n yb-platform

The following output should appear:

NAME                  TYPE           CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP    PORT(S)                       AGE
yw-test-yugaware-ui   LoadBalancer   10.111.241.9   34.93.169.64   80:32006/TCP,9090:30691/TCP   2m12s

Customization

To change CPU & memory resources:

helm install yw-test yugabytedb/yugaware -n yb-platform \
  --set yugaware.resources.requests.cpu=2 \
  --set yugaware.resources.requests.memory=4Gi \
  --set yugaware.resources.limits.cpu=2 \
  --set yugaware.resources.limits.memory=4Gi

To disable the internet/public facing LB.

Provide the annotations to YW service for disabling the Public facing LB. Every cloud has different annontations to disable the LB. Use the following docs links to know more.

Example-

For GKE lower then v1.17

helm install yw-test yugabytedb/yugaware -n yb-platform \
  --set yugaware.service.annotations."cloud\.google\.com\/load-balancer-type"="Internal"

Delete the Helm Installation of Yugabyte Platform

To delete the Helm installation, run the following command:

helm uninstall yw-test -n yb-platform