Prerequisites¶

Before getting started with Percona Everest, we recommend that you:

Install Helm v3 to install Percona Everest using Helm.
Install yq to install Percona Everest using Helm.

Verify that you have access to the Kubernetes cluster that you want to use with Everest. By default, Everest uses the kubeconfig file available under ~/.kube/config. Run the following command:

kubectl get nodes

Expected output

    NAME                                       STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION
    gke-<name>-default-pool-75d48bfc-bx8g      Ready    <none>   11h   v1.26.7-gke.500
    gke-<name>-default-pool-75d48bfc-c2df      Ready    <none>   11h   v1.26.7-gke.500
    gke-<name>-default-pool-75d48bfc-zl7k      Ready    <none>   11h   v1.26.7-gke.500

Before you install Percona Everest¶

You can install Percona Everest using one of the following methods:

Helm charts
Percona Everest CLI, which connects Percona Everest to your Kubernetes cluster.

Once you’ve installed Percona Everest, you can easily log into the Percona Everest UI by following the setup instructions in the next section.

Important

Percona Everest assists with installing all the necessary operators and required packages, but does not currently help with spinning up a publicly accessible Kubernetes cluster.

We recommend setting up Percona Everest on the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Percona Everest may not work as expected on local Kubernetes installations (minikube, kind, k3d, or similar products) due to network issues.

Create EKS cluster Create GKE cluster

Next steps¶

Start by installing Percona Everest:

Install Percona Everest

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