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ScyllaDB Docs ScyllaDB Operator Quickstarts Deploying ScyllaDB on EKS

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Deploying ScyllaDB on EKS¶

This is a quickstart guide to help you set up a basic EKS cluster quickly with local NVMes and solid performance.

This is by no means a complete guide, and you should always consult your provider’s documentation.

Prerequisites¶

In this guide we’ll be using eksctl to set up the cluster, and you’ll need kubectl to talk to it.

If you don’t have those already, or are not available through your package manager, you can try these links to learn more about installing them:

  • eksctl

  • kubectl

Creating an EKS cluster¶

First, let’s create a declarative config to used with eksctl

curl --fail --retry 5 --retry-all-errors -o 'clusterconfig.eksctl.yaml' -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scylladb/scylla-operator/v1.20/examples/eks/clusterconfig.eksctl.yaml

With the config ready, we can easily create an EKS cluster by running

eksctl create cluster -f=clusterconfig.eksctl.yaml

Deploying ScyllaDB Operator¶

To deploy ScyllaDB Operator follow the installation guide.

Creating ScyllaDB¶

To deploy a ScyllaDB cluster please head to our dedicated section on the topic.

Accessing ScyllaDB¶

We also hve a whole section dedicated to how you can access the ScyllaDB cluster you’ve just created.

Deleting the EKS cluster¶

Once you are done, you can delete the EKS cluster using the following command:

eksctl delete cluster -f=clusterconfig.eksctl.yaml

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