Quick start for Astra
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This page provides a high-level overview of the steps that you need to complete to get started with Astra. The links within each step take you to a page that provides more details.
Review Kubernetes cluster requirements
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Astra supports Kubernetes clusters that are managed by Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
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Clusters must be running a healthy state, with at least one online worker node, in a region where Cloud Volumes Service is supported.
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The cluster must reside on a VPC that is peered to Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud (more on this in the next step).
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The cluster must be running Kubernetes version 1.17 or later.
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The image type for each worker node must be Ubuntu.
Set up Google Cloud
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Set up a Google Cloud account and project.
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Purchase Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud from the Marketplace.
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Enable the required APIs.
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Create a service account that has the required permissions.
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Create a service account key.
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Set up network peering from your VPC to Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud.
Complete the Astra registration
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Create a NetApp Cloud Central account.
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Specify your NetApp Cloud Central email ID when creating your Astra account from the Astra product page.
Add your first compute
After you log in, click Add Compute to start managing compute with Astra.