Create a managed edge cluster

This topic describes how to create a managed edge cluster in the Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) console. Managed edge clusters are designed to bring cloud computing to edges (clients). Managed edge clusters can be created, managed, and maintained in the ACK console. ACK is a platform that is developed based on the edge computing infrastructure and integrated with cloud computing and edge computing.

1. Log on to the Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters.
3. In the upper-right corner of the Clusters page, click Create Kubernetes cluster.
4. In the Select Cluster Template dialog box, find Edge Cluster and click Create in the Managed Clusters section.
   The Managed Edge Kubernetes page appears.
5. Configure the cluster.

   Configure basic settings of the cluster.

   Parameter	Description
   Cluster Name	Enter a name for the ACK cluster. Note The name must be 1 to 63 characters in length. It can contain digits, letters, and hyphens (-).
   Region	Select a region to deploy the ACK cluster.
   Resource Group	Move the pointer over All Resources at the top of the page and select the resource group to which the ACK cluster belongs. The name of the selected resource group appears on the page.
   Kubernetes Version	The supported Kubernetes versions.
   VPC	Select a virtual private cloud (VPC) to deploy the ACK cluster. Shared VPCs and standard VPCs are supported. Shared VPC: The owner of a VPC (resource owner) can share vSwitches in the VPC under the account of the owner with other accounts in the same organization. Standard VPC: The owner of a VPC (resource owner) cannot share vSwitches in the VPC under the account of the owner with other accounts. Note ACK clusters support only VPCs. You can select a VPC from the drop-down list. If no VPC is available, click Create VPC to create one. For more information, see Create a VPC.
   VSwitch	Select vSwitches. You can select up to three vSwitches that are deployed in different zones. If no vSwitch is available, click Create VSwitch to create one. For more information, see Create a VSwitch.
   Pod CIDR Block	If you select Flannel, you must set Pod CIDR Block. The CIDR blocks specified by Pod CIDR Block and Service CIDR cannot overlap with that of the VPC or existing ACK clusters in the VPC. The CIDR Block cannot be modified after it is specified. The Service CIDR block cannot overlap with the Pod CIDR block. For more information about network segmentation of ACK clusters, see Assign CIDR blocks to resources in a Kubernetes cluster under a VPC.
   Service CIDR
   IP Addresses per Node	If you select Flannel, you must set the number of IP addresses per node. Note IP Addresses per Node specifies the maximum number of IP addresses that can be assigned to each node. We recommend that you use the default value.
   Configure SNAT	By default, an ACK cluster cannot be accessed over the Internet. If the VPC that you select for the ACK cluster cannot access the Internet, you can select Configure SNAT for VPC. Then, ACK creates a Network Address Translation (NAT) gateway and configures Source Network Address Translation (SNAT) entries to enable Internet access for the VPC.
   Public Access	By default, an internal-facing SLB instance is created for the API server. You can modify the specifications of the SLB instance. For more information, see Specification. Notice If you delete the SLB instance, you cannot access the API server. Select or clear Expose API Server with EIP. The ACK API server provides multiple HTTP-based RESTful APIs, which can be used to create, delete, modify, query, and monitor resources such as pods and Services. If you select this check box, an elastic IP address (EIP) is created and attached to a public-facing Server Load Balancer (SLB) instance. Port 6443 used by the API server is opened on master nodes. You can connect to and manage the ACK cluster by using kubeconfig over the Internet. If you clear this check box, no EIP is created. You can connect to and manage the ACK cluster only by using kubeconfig from within the VPC. Note Edge nodes need to call the API over the Internet. If you clear Expose API Server with EIP, the edge nodes cannot be connected to the edge cluster. As a result, the created cluster cannot be used in edge computing scenarios.
   RDS Whitelist	Set the Relational Database Service (RDS) whitelist. Add the IP addresses of nodes in the ACK cluster to the RDS whitelist. Note To enable an RDS instance to access the ACK cluster, you must deploy the RDS instance in the VPC where the ACK cluster is deployed.
   Security Group	You can select Create Basic Security Group, Create Advanced Security Group, or Select Existing Security Group. For more information, see Overview.

   Advanced settings

   Parameter	Description
   Labels	Add labels to nodes. Enter a key and a value, and then click Add. Note Key is required. Value is optional. Keys are not case-sensitive. A key must be 1 to 64 characters in length, and cannot start with aliyun, http://, or https://. Values are not case-sensitive. A value must be 1 to 128 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://. This parameter can be empty. The keys of labels that are added to the same resource must be unique. If you add a label with a used key, the label overwrites the one that uses the same key. You can add up to 20 labels to each resource. If you add more than 20 labels to a resource, all labels become invalid. You must remove unused labels for the remaining labels to take effect.
   Deletion Protection	Specify whether to enable deletion protection. If you select this check box, the ACK cluster cannot be deleted in the console or by calling the API. This prevents user errors.

6. Click Next:Worker Configurations to configure worker nodes.
   Note In a managed edge cluster, you must configure at least one worker node to deploy components.

   Parameter	Description
   Instance Type	You can select multiple instance types. For more information, see Instance families. Note To use advanced features such as logging, monitoring, and reverse tunneling, you must deploy the related components in the cloud. Therefore, you must create at least one ECS instance-based worker node to deploy these components.
   Selected Types	The selected instance types are displayed.
   Quantity	Specify the number of worker nodes to be created.
   System Disk	Set the system disks of worker nodes. SSDs and ultra disks are supported.
   Mount Data Disk	Enhanced SSDs, SSDs, and ultra disks are supported. Note You can select Enable Backup to back up disk data.
   Logon Type	Note You must set the logon type if you select Install the CloudMonitor Agent on ECS Nodes or Enable Log Service.
   Key Pair

7. Click Next:Component Configurations to configure components.

   Parameter	Description
   CloudMonitor Agent	Specify whether to install the Cloud Monitor agent. After the Cloud Monitor agent is installed on ECS nodes, you can view monitoring information about the nodes in the Cloud Monitor console.
   Log Service	Specify whether to enable Log Service. You can select an existing Log Service project or create a new one. By default, Enable Log Service is selected. When you create an application, you can perform a few steps to enable Log Service. For more information, see Use Log Service to collect container logs. You can also select or clear Collect Logs of Control Plane Components. If you select this check box, logs of components on the ACK control plane are collected to the Log Service project under your account. For more information, see 收集托管集群控制平面组件日志. Note By default, Collect Logs of Control Plane Components is selected for a professional managed Kubernetes cluster.
   Workflow Engine	Specify whether to enable Alibaba Cloud Genomics Compute Service (AGS). If you select this check box, the system automatically installs the AGS workflow plug-in when the system creates the ACK cluster. If you clear this check box, you must manually install the AGS workflow plug-in. For more information, see Introduction to AGS CLI.

8. Click Next:Confirm Order.
9. Read and select Terms of Service and click Create Cluster.
   Note It takes about 10 minutes to create a managed edge cluster.

Result

After the cluster is created, you can find the newly created cluster on the Clusters page in the ACK console.

Click View Logs in the Actions column. On the Log Information page, you can view cluster logs. To view detailed log information, click Stack events.

On the Clusters page, find the newly created cluster and click Details in the Actions column. On the details page of the cluster, you can click the Basic Information tab to view the basic information about the cluster and click the Connection Information tab to view the information about how to connect to the cluster.

The following information is displayed.

• API Server Public Endpoint: the IP address and port that the Kubernetes API server uses to provide services over the Internet. It allows you to manage the cluster by using kubectl or other tools on the client.
• API Server Internal Endpoint: the IP address and port that the Kubernetes API Server uses to provide services within the cluster.
• Testing Domain: the domain name that is used for service testing. The suffix of the domain is <cluster_id>.<region_id>.alicontainer.com.
  Note To rebind the domain name, click Rebind Domain Name.

You can use kubectl and run the kubectl get node command to connect to the cluster and view the information about the nodes in the cluster. For more information, see Use kubectl to connect to an ACK cluster.