diff --git a/docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/local-ui/cluster-management/create-cluster.md b/docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/local-ui/cluster-management/create-cluster.md index 3800996694..c97c862905 100644 --- a/docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/local-ui/cluster-management/create-cluster.md +++ b/docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/local-ui/cluster-management/create-cluster.md @@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ cluster using Local UI. ISO during EdgeForge. For more information, refer to [Upload Content Bundle](./upload-content-bundle.md) and [Build Edge Artifacts with Content Bundle](../../edgeforge-workflow/palette-canvos/build-artifacts.md). +- You must ensure that the Edge host has a stable IP address. You have the following options to achieve a stable IP + address: + + - Use a static IP address. Contact your network administrator to assign the Edge host a static IP address. + - Use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) reservations to reserve an IP address in a DHCP network. Contact your + network administrator to reserve IP addresses for your Edge hosts in a DHCP network. + - Enable network overlay on your Edge cluster. Network overlay can only be enabled during cluster creation. For more + information about network overlay, refer to [Enable Overlay Network](../../networking/vxlan-overlay.md). + ## Create Local Cluster 1. Log into the local UI by visiting the 5080 port of your Edge device's IP address or domain name. For more diff --git a/docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/site-deployment/site-installation/cluster-deployment.md b/docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/site-deployment/site-installation/cluster-deployment.md index 1757eab63b..78e09c8d2d 100644 --- a/docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/site-deployment/site-installation/cluster-deployment.md +++ b/docs/docs-content/clusters/edge/site-deployment/site-installation/cluster-deployment.md @@ -8,8 +8,15 @@ tags: ["edge"] --- To complete the Edge Installation process, an Edge host must become a member of a host cluster. You can add an Edge host -to an existing host cluster of type Edge Native, or you can create a new host cluster for Edge hosts and make the Edge -host a member. +to an existing Edge cluster, or you can create a new host cluster for Edge hosts and make the Edge host a member. + +:::info + +Procedures described on this page apply to Edge hosts with a connection to a Palette instance only. To learn how to +create a cluster using an Edge host that does not have a connection to a Palette instance (an air-gapped Edge host), +refer to [Create Cluster with Local UI](../../local-ui/cluster-management/create-cluster.md). + +::: Select the workflow that best fits your needs. @@ -27,7 +34,18 @@ Use the following steps to create a new host cluster so that you can add Edge ho ### Prerequisites -- A registered Edge host. +- One or more registered Edge host. For more information about Edge host registration, refer to + [Edge Host Registration](./edge-host-registration.md). + +- If you are using more than one Edge host to form a cluster, the hosts in the same cluster must be on the same network. + +- You must ensure that the Edge hosts have stable IP addresses. You have the following options to do achieve stable IP + addressing for Edge hosts: + - Use static IP addresses. Contact your network administrator to assign the Edge host a static IP address. + - Use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) reservations to reserve an IP address in a DHCP network. Contact your + network administrator to reserve IP addresses for your Edge hosts in a DHCP network. + - Enable network overlay on your Edge cluster. Network overlay can only be enabled during cluster creation. For more + information about network overlay, refer to [Enable Overlay Network](../../networking/vxlan-overlay.md). ### Create Cluster @@ -185,15 +203,25 @@ node pool. ### Prerequisites -- A registered Edge host. +- An existing Edge cluster. + +- One or more registered Edge host on the same network as your existing cluster. For more information about Edge host + registration, refer to [Edge Host Registration](./edge-host-registration.md). + +- You must ensure that the Edge hosts have stable IP addresses. You have the following options to do achieve stable IP + addressing for Edge hosts: -- A host cluster of type Edge Native. + - Use static IP addresses. Contact your network administrator to assign the Edge host a static IP address. + - Use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) reservations to reserve an IP address in a DHCP network. Contact your + network administrator to reserve IP addresses for your Edge hosts in a DHCP network. + - Your Edge cluster has enabled network overlay. Network overlay can only be enabled during cluster creation. For more + information about network overlay, refer to [Enable Overlay Network](../../networking/vxlan-overlay.md). :::warning When adding a new Edge host to an existing cluster, ensure you are not creating a scenario where [etcd](https://etcd.io/) could fail in establishing a quorum. Quorum failures typically result when there is an even -number of nodes. To learn more, check out the resource from the etcd documentation titled +number of control plane nodes. To learn more, check out the resource from the etcd documentation titled [Why an odd number of cluster members](https://etcd.io/docs/v3.3/faq/#why-an-odd-number-of-cluster-members). :::