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Quick start for Astra Control Center

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This page provides a high-level overview of the steps needed to get started with Astra Control Center. The links within each step take you to a page that provides more details.

Try it out! If you want to try Astra Control Center, you can use a 90-day evaluation license. See licensing information for details.

One Review Kubernetes cluster requirements

  • Astra works with Kubernetes clusters with a Trident-configured ONTAP storage backend or an Astra Data Store storage backend.

  • Clusters must be running in a healthy state, with at least three online worker nodes.

  • The cluster must be running Kubernetes.

Learn more about the Astra Control Center requirements.

Two Download and install Astra Control Center

  • Download Astra Control Center from the NetApp Support Site Astra Control Center Downloads page.

  • Install Astra Control Center in your local environment.

    Optionally, install Astra Control Center using Red Hat OperatorHub.

    Optionally, install Astra Control Center with a Cloud Volumes ONTAP storage backend.

Learn more about installing Astra Control Center.

Three Complete some initial setup tasks

  • Add an Astra Control license and any supporting ONTAP licenses.

  • Add a Kubernetes cluster and Astra Control Center discovers details.

  • Add an ONTAP storage backend.

  • Optionally, add an object store bucket that will store your app backups.

Learn more about the initial setup process.

Four Use Astra Control Center

After you finish setting up Astra Control Center, here's what you might do next:

  • Manage an app. Learn more about how to manage apps.

  • Protect apps by configuring protection policies for apps, replicating apps to remote systems, and cloning and migrating apps. Learn more about how to protect apps.

  • Manage accounts (including users, roles, LDAP for user authentication, credentials, repository connections, and more). Learn more about how to manage users.

  • Optionally, connect to NetApp Cloud Insights to display metrics on the health of your system, capacity, and throughput inside the Astra Control Center UI. Learn more about connecting to Cloud Insights.

Five Continue from this Quick Start

Install Astra Control Center.

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