AWS Air-gapped Prerequisites

Air-gapped installation prerequisites

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you must have:

• Linux machine (bastion) that has access to the existing VPC.

• The dkp binary on the bastion.

• Docker version 18.09.2 or later installed on the bastion.

• kubectl for interacting with the running cluster on the bastion.

• Valid AWS account with credentials configured.

• An existing docker registry.

• Ability to download artifacts from the internet and then copy those onto your bootstrap machine.

• An AWS Air-Gapped Machine Image

Configure AWS prerequisites

1. Follow the steps in IAM Policy Configuration.

2. Export the AWS region where you want to deploy the cluster:
   

   CODE

   export AWS_REGION=us-west-2

3. Export the AWS profile with the credentials you want to use to create the Kubernetes cluster:
   

   CODE

   export AWS_PROFILE=<profile>