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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.

Multi-datacenter cluster¶

To span a ScyllaDB cluster across several datacenters, follow Deploy a multi-datacenter ScyllaDB cluster. This requires multiple interconnected Kubernetes clusters — see Provision infrastructure for guides on preparing them.

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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  • 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
      • Multi-DC
        • Set up multiple GKE clusters
        • Set up multiple EKS clusters
    • 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
    • Deploy a multi-datacenter ScyllaDB cluster
    • 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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