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Deploy ScyllaDB¶

This section covers deploying and configuring ScyllaDB clusters on Kubernetes.

Deployment paths¶

Supported platform (production)¶

If you are running on a supported platform, follow a reference deployment. Reference deployments are end-to-end guides that walk you through node preparation, operator configuration, and deploying a production-ready ScyllaDB cluster.

The reference deployment guides link to Before you deploy for node preparation steps — you do not need to follow those pages separately.

Generic or development cluster¶

If you want a quick development cluster on any Kubernetes distribution, use Deploy your first cluster. This guide deploys a minimal ScyllaDB cluster and is not intended for production use. For production, complete the Before you deploy steps first.

Further configuration¶

After your cluster is running, see these guides for additional setup:

  • Set up networking — expose ScyllaDB outside the Kubernetes cluster.

  • Install ScyllaDB Manager — enable automated backups, repairs, and restore.

  • Set up monitoring — integrate with Prometheus and Grafana.

  • Production checklist — verify your deployment is production-ready.

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  • master
    • master
    • v1.21
    • v1.20
    • v1.19
    • v1.18
  • Get Started
    • What Is ScyllaDB Operator?
    • ScyllaDB Concepts on Kubernetes
  • Install Operator
    • Provision infrastructure
      • Set up a GKE cluster for ScyllaDB
      • Set up an EKS cluster for ScyllaDB
      • Set up an OKE cluster for ScyllaDB
      • Set up an OpenShift cluster for ScyllaDB
    • Install with GitOps
    • Install with Helm
    • Install on OpenShift
  • Deploy ScyllaDB
    • Before you deploy
      • Set up dedicated node pools
      • Configure CPU pinning
      • Configure nodes
      • Configure ScyllaDB Operator
    • Deploy your first cluster
    • Reference deployments
      • Reference deployment: GKE
      • Reference deployment: EKS
      • Reference deployment: OKE
      • Reference deployment: OpenShift
    • Install ScyllaDB Manager
    • Set up networking
      • Configure external access
      • IPv6 networking
        • Getting started with IPv6 networking
        • Configure dual-stack networking
        • Configure IPv6-only networking
        • Migrate clusters to IPv6
        • Troubleshoot IPv6 networking issues
        • IPv6 networking concepts
    • Set up monitoring
      • Set up ScyllaDB Monitoring
      • Set up ScyllaDB Monitoring on OpenShift
      • Expose Grafana
    • Production checklist
  • Connect Your App
    • Connect via CQL
    • Alternator (DynamoDB API)
    • Discovery endpoint
  • Understand
    • Storage
    • Tuning
    • ScyllaDB Manager
    • Networking
    • ScyllaDB Monitoring overview
    • Bootstrap synchronisation
    • Automatic data cleanup
    • Sidecar and pod anatomy
    • Ignition
    • Pod disruption budgets
    • Security
    • StatefulSets and racks
  • Operate
    • Scale, add, remove racks
    • Replace nodes
    • Expand storage volumes
    • Use maintenance mode
    • Back up and restore
    • Restore from backup
    • Perform a rolling restart
    • Migrate a rack to a new node pool
    • Pass additional ScyllaDB arguments
    • Configure precomputed IO properties
  • Upgrade
    • Upgrading ScyllaDB Operator
    • Upgrading ScyllaDB clusters
  • Troubleshoot
    • Investigate pod restarts
    • Change log level on a live cluster
    • Recover from a failed node replace
    • Troubleshoot performance
    • Collect debugging information
      • Collect data with must-gather
      • must-gather contents
      • Query system tables for debugging
    • Collect core dumps
  • Reference
    • API Reference
      • scylla.scylladb.com
        • NodeConfig (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • RemoteKubernetesCluster (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • RemoteOwner (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaCluster (scylla.scylladb.com/v1)
        • ScyllaDBCluster (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBDatacenterNodesStatusReport (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBDatacenter (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBManagerClusterRegistration (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBManagerTask (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBMonitoring (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaOperatorConfig (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
    • Feature gates
    • IPv6 configuration reference
    • Releases
    • Known issues
    • Conditions reference
    • nodetool alternatives
  • Contributing to ScyllaDB Operator
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