Documentation Index

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Quick start

Overview

Documentation Index

Command-line interface

CLI argument explanations
CLI reference
Commands
- miscellaneous CLI-related remarks
Experimental features
- list of and how to enable experimental flags in the CLI
kubectl
- how to point kubectl to your kops cluster

Advanced / Detailed List of Configurations

API / Configuration References

API Usage Guides

kops cluster API definitions
- overview of some of the API value to customize a kops cluster
kops instance groups API
- overview of some of the API value to customize a kops groups of k8s nodes
Using Manifests and Customizing via the API

Operations

Cluster addon manager
Cluster addons
Cluster configuration management
Cluster desired configuration creation from template
Cluster upgrades and migrations
etcd volume encryption setup
etcd backup/restore
GPU setup
High Availability
InstanceGroup Images
- how to use other image for cluster nodes, and information on available/tested images
k8s upgrading
kops updating
kube-up to kops upgrade
Label management
- for cluster nodes
Secret management
Service Account Token Volume Projection
Moving from a Single Master to Multiple HA Masters
Upgrading Kubernetes
Working with Instance Groups
Running kops in a CI environment

Networking

`kops` design documents

Security

Bastion setup
IAM roles
MFA setup
- how to set up MFA for kops
Security
- overview of secret storage, SSH credentials etc.

Inspection

Download kops configuration
- methods to download the current generated kops configuration
Get AWS subdomain NS records

Development