Getting Started
Let's create a INFINITY Business Cloud Container Platform in under 30 minutes.
Create An INFINITY Business Cloud Account
The first step is to create an INFINITY Business Cloud account. If you already have one you can skip this step.
Open the following URL in your browser: https://portal.goinfinity.cloud
If you already have an account for one of the supported OAuth providers the fastest way to create an INFINITY Business Cloud account is to use that by clicking on the appropriate provider button and following the instructions on screen. INFINITY Business Cloud will ask for permission to read certain account information from the chosen provider. These permissions need to be granted in order to continue the process. Supported providers are:
- GitHub
- GitLab
- StackOverflow
- Microsoft
In case you don't have an account for any of those providers or you don't want to use it you can also create an account for INFINITY Business Cloud directly by clicking the register link on the bottom of the page. To create an account you will need:
Create An INFINITY Business Cloud Container Platform
After logging in you will be presented with your empty platform overview.
To create a new Container Platform click the big "+" tile. This will open the platform wizard that will guide you through the creation of a new cluster.
The first page of the wizard allows you to specify the type of platform you want by including the appropriate extensions. Details for the available extensions can be found in the Container Platform and Data Platform reference sections.
For this example we will just deploy a bare Container Platform so click the next button without selecting any extensions.
The final screen will be used to configure the Container Platform properties. For this you will need a Hetzner Cloud API token. You can find all necessary steps for obtaining such an API token on this page. Once you enter the created API token in the appropriate field you can complete the Container Platform configuration.
Choose "Nuremberg" as the Hetzner Cloud data center where we want to create the Container Platform resources. Select the "CX21" machine type for the master and worker nodes and enter 3 in the input field for the worker node count.
The machine type and worker node count is the primary factor for determining which types of workload the Container Platform can support. The higher the resource requirements for your workload the more worker nodes and / or more powerful machine types are needed to support it.
Newly created Hetzner Cloud accounts have certain limits for the number of resources that can be created. You can see your current limits on this page. Choosing a platform configuration that exceeds the current limits will fail during provisioning.
In addition on the visible limits there is also a hiddden limit for the count of distinct volumes in Hetzner Cloud. This limit is 100 by default.
Finally choose a name for your Container Platform and click the create button in the bottom right corner of the wizard. Your platform list will now include the newly created Container Platform in the "deploying" status. After 15-20 minutes the deployment should be done.
Clicking the download button in the platform tile will allow you to download the Kubeconfig file needed to connect to the Container Platform.
Congratulations! You have just deployed your first INFINITY Business Cloud Container Platform.
Next Steps
- Download and install Lens to take a detailed look at your Container Platform
- Read the reference section to get more technical details