Quick start for Astra Control Center
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.
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Astra works with Kubernetes clusters with a Trident-configured ONTAP storage backend or an Astra Data Store storage backend.
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Clusters must be running in a healthy state, with at least three online worker nodes.
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The cluster must be running Kubernetes.
Learn more about the Astra Control Center requirements.
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Download Astra Control Center from the NetApp Support Site Astra Control Center Downloads page.
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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.
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Add an Astra Control license and any supporting ONTAP licenses.
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Add a Kubernetes cluster and Astra Control Center discovers details.
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Add an ONTAP storage backend.
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Optionally, add an object store bucket that will store your app backups.
Learn more about the initial setup process.
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After you finish setting up Astra Control Center, here's what you might do next:
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Manage an app. Learn more about how to manage apps.
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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.
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Manage accounts (including users, roles, LDAP for user authentication, credentials, repository connections, and more). Learn more about how to manage users.
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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.
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