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Prerequisites#

To deploy MSR on a Single-Host using Helm ensure that your environment meets the following requirements.

Host environment#

  • Kubernetes 1.10+ Cluster MSR runs on an existing MKE or other Kubernetes cluster.

  • Kubernetes storage backend with ReadWriteOnce (RWO) support A storage backend that provides volumes to MSR 4 components (for example, CephFS, AWS EFS, Azure Files). The hostPath is also supported for testing or development purposes, it is not recommended for production environments due to limitations in scalability, data persistence, and portability.

Management workstation#

Use a laptop or virtual machine running Linux, Windows, or macOS, configured to manage Kubernetes and install MSR and its dependencies:

  • Helm 2.8.0+ - Required for installing MSR components, and other dependencies.

  • kubectl - Install a kubectl version that matches your Kubernetes cluster.

Kubernetes client access#

Obtain and install a Kubernetes client bundle or kubeconfig with embedded certificates on your management workstation to allow kubectl and Helm to manage your cluster. This depends on your Kubernetes distribution and configuration.

For MKE 3.8 host cluster, refer to Download the client bundle for more information.