Tutorial: Install and Configure Portworx on a Bare-Metal Kubernetes Cluster

We looked at the architecture of Portworx in the last part of this series. In this installment, I will walk you through the steps involved in installing and configuring a Portworx storage cluster on a three-node Kubernetes cluster running on bare metal (i.e. not a managed Kubernetes service).

Exploring the Environment

I recently set up a lab with two bare-metal Kubernetes clusters running on Intel NUC machines. With each cluster running one master and three nodes, the machine configuration is identical across the nodes and clusters. Each Intel NUC is powered by an eighth-gen i7 CPU, 32GB RAM, and 256GB NVMe storage. I have also added 64GB external storage through the ThunderBolt/USB-C port.

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