Installing K10

K10 is available in two main editions, FREE K10 and Enterprise. The Kasten product page contains a comparison of the two K10 editions, also described below, but both editions use the same container images and follow an identical install process.

• FREE: The default K10 Starter edition, provided at no charge and intended for evaluation or for use in smaller or non-production clusters, is functionally the same as the Enterprise edition but limited from a support and scale perspective.

• Enterprise: Customers choosing to upgrade to the Enterprise edition can obtain a license key from Kasten or install from cloud marketplaces.

The documentation below covers installing both Kasten K10 editions on a variety of public cloud and on-premises environments, storage integration, security key management, license upgrades, and other advanced installation options.

• Install Requirements
  • Prerequisites
  • Pre-flight Checks
  • K10 Image Source Repositories
• Installing K10 on Kubernetes
  • Installing K10 on AWS
  • Installing K10 on AWS Marketplace for Containers Anywhere
  • Installing K10 on AWS EKS using EKS Add-on
  • Installing K10 on Azure
  • Installing K10 on Red Hat OpenShift
  • Installing K10 on Google Cloud
  • Installing K10 on DigitalOcean
  • Installing K10 on VMware vSphere
  • SUSE Rancher Apps & Marketplace Based Installation
  • Installing K10 on K3S
  • Installing K10 on Other Kubernetes Distributions
• Storage Integration
  • Direct Provider Integration
  • Container Storage Interface (CSI)
  • AWS Storage
  • Azure Managed Disks
  • Pure Storage
  • NetApp Trident
  • Google Persistent Disk
  • Ceph
  • Cinder/OpenStack
  • vSphere
  • Portworx
  • Veeam Backup
• Generic Storage Backup and Restore
  • Activating Generic Storage Backup
  • Using Sidecars
  • End-to-End Example
  • Generic Storage Backup and Restore on Unmounted PVCs
• Restricted Use of Generic Storage Backup
• Shareable Volume Backup and Restore
  • Supported storage providers
  • Prerequisites
• Air-Gapped Install
  • Air-Gapped K10 Installation
  • Preparing K10 Container Images for Air-Gapped Use
  • Obtaining Older K10 Versions
• Installing K10 with Iron Bank Images
  • Registry1
  • Installing K10
  • Using Iron Bank K10 Images in an Air-Gapped Environment
  • Implementing Iron Bank for K10 Disaster Recovery
• Installing K10 with Google Workload Identity Federation
  • Installing K10
  • Creating a Location Profile with Google Workload Identity Federation
  • Restoring K10 with Google Workload Identity Federation
• Advanced Install Options
  • FREE K10 Edition and Licensing
  • Manually Creating or Using an Existing Service Account
  • Pinning K10 to Specific Nodes
  • Using Trusted Root Certificate Authority Certificates for TLS
  • Running K10 Containers as a Specific User
  • Using Kubernetes Endpoints for Service Discovery
  • Configuring Prometheus
  • Complete List of K10 Helm Options
• Configuring K10 Encryption
  • Bootstrapping Passkeys Before Install
  • PassKey Management
• Upgrading K10
  • Upgrade Assistant
  • Upgrading Helm-Installed K10
  • Upgrading on the Google Cloud Marketplace
  • Upgrading on the AWS Marketplace
  • Upgrading an Operator installed K10
• Production Deployment Checklist
  • Pre-Install
  • Post-Install