System requirements for the seed node

The seed node is necessary only to deploy the management cluster. When the bootstrap is complete, the bootstrap node can be redeployed and its resources can be reused for the managed cluster workloads.

The minimum reference system requirements for a baremetal-based bootstrap seed node are as follows:

• Basic server on Ubuntu 20.04 with the following configuration:

  • Kernel version 4.15.0-76.86 or later

  • 8 GB of RAM

  • 4 CPU

  • 10 GB of free disk space for the bootstrap cluster cache

• No DHCP or TFTP servers on any NIC networks

• Routable access IPMI network for the hardware servers. For more details, see Host networking.

• Internet access for downloading of all required artifacts