Before You Start

Infrastructure Requirements

The following Nutanix environment components are required.

Table 1: Nutanix Environment
Component	Version or Type	Purpose
Nutanix AHV	10.0.1.1 or later	Container orchestration platform
Nutanix AOS	7.3.0.5 or later	Event-driven automation and execution
Prism Central	7.3	Centralized management console for Nutanix environments
Network Access	Prism Central accessible via HTTPS (port 9440)	Container image management
Credentials	Admin user credentials	API access

Table 2: Apstra Environment
Component	Version or Type	Purpose
Apstra	6.0 or 6.1	Container orchestration platform
Day-0 Onboarding	Devices are discovered and blueprints are created.	Devices are onboarded
Network Access	Apstra server accessible via HTTPS (port 443)	Access the Apstra server
Credentials	Admin user credentials	API access
Blueprints	N/A	Blueprints should be created already

Table 3: Existing Kubernetes Cluster
Component	Version or Type	Purpose
Kubernetes	1.31 or later	Container orchestration platform
kubectl	Connected and configured to cluster per Kubernetes 1.31 or later	Command-line tool for communicating with a Kubernetes cluster's control plane
Storage	Persistent volume support (local-path, NFS, or other)	Store data from Ansible AWS
Helm	3.0 or later	Package manager for Kubernetes

Table 4: Using a Script to Create a Kubernetes Cluster
Component	Version or Type	Purpose
Linux Server	Ubuntu 20.04 or later, CentOS 8 or later, or RHEL 8 or later	Required for Kubernetes cluster
Resources	Minimum 2 CPU cores, 4GB RAM, 20GB storage	Install Kubernetes
Root/Sudo Access	N/A	Required for Kubernetes installation
Python	3.10 or later (Script is installed if it isn't already)	Required to execute installed scripts
Internet Access	Minimum 4 CPU cores, 8GB RAM, 50GB storage	Required to download Kubernetes components

The following components must have network connectivity:

For existing Kubernetes users, the following software is required:

Note:

The k8s_deploy.sh script will automatically install kubectl, Helm, and Docker.

k8s_deploy.sh

For existing Kubernetes users, you'll need the following software installed:

Git

Used to clone repositories
kubectl

Kubernetes command-line tool (configured)
Helm

Package manager for Kubernetes v3.0 and later
Docker

(Optional) If deploying service as Docker container
Bash

(Optional) If deploying service as Docker container

Shell environment for running scripts

For new Kubernetes users, you'll need the following software installed:

You need to create the following credentials: