Perform pre-deployment configuration

• Configure networking
  • IP considerations
  • Open ports to incoming traffic
  • Calico networking
  • Enable ESP traffic
  • Avoid firewall conflicts
  • DNS entry in hosts file
• Preconfigure an SLES installation
• Verify the timeout settings
• Configure time synchronization
• Configure a load balancer
• Configure IPVS
• Use an External Certificate Authority
• Customize named volumes
• Configure kernel parameters
  • kernel.<subtree>
  • net.bridge.bridge-nf-<subtree>
  • net.fan.<subtree>
  • net.ipv4.<subtree>
  • net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_<subtree>
  • net.nf_conntrack_<subtree>
  • vm.overcommit_<subtree>