Quick Start Guide
- Product:
- Oracle Cloud Native Environment
- Document Type:
- Quick Start Guide
- Version:
- F96192-11
- Last Publish Date:
- August 2024
- Tools Used:
- DITA XML, Oxygen XML Editor, Git, Draw.io
Overview
The Oracle Cloud Native Environment Quick Start Guide provides streamlined procedures for deploying a development or test Kubernetes cluster using the libvirt provider on a single KVM host. This guide is designed to get users from zero to a running Kubernetes cluster in the shortest time possible, covering CLI installation and initial configuration, single-node KVM host setup with libvirt, simple Kubernetes cluster creation, basic cluster verification, and next steps for expanding to production deployments.
Target Audience
Developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers who want to quickly evaluate Oracle CNE or set up development environments. Assumes Linux system administration skills and basic virtualization knowledge.
Key Features
Minimal Prerequisites: Focuses on single-host deployment requiring only a Linux system with KVM/libvirt capabilities.
Task-Focused: Every section leads directly to a working configuration. No conceptual deep-dives that slow down initial deployment.
Tested Procedures: All commands tested on Oracle Linux 8 and 9 to ensure reliability.
Documentation Challenge
Quick Start guides must balance speed with completeness. Users want to get running quickly but also need enough information to troubleshoot if something goes wrong.
Solution: Provided streamlined procedures with clear expected outputs at each step, plus links to detailed troubleshooting and conceptual information for users who need more depth.
Single Source
By design, no information should ever be repeated to ensure the minimum maintenance is required for the documentation set.
Solution: Single source most of the information in this small guide from other areas. Very little is original. It’s essentially all pulled from other books!