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After you set up your environment and install Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA), create a cluster.

This document describes how to set up a ROSA cluster. Alternatively, you can create a ROSA cluster with AWS PrivateLink.

AWS Security Token Service (STS) is the recommended credential mode for installing and interacting with clusters on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) because it provides enhanced security.

Creating your cluster

You can create a Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) cluster using the ROSA CLI (rosa).

Prerequisites

You have installed Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.

AWS Shared VPCs are not currently supported for ROSA installs.

Procedure
  1. You can create a cluster using the default settings or by specifying custom settings using the interactive mode. To view other options when creating a cluster, enter the rosa create cluster --help command.

    Creating a cluster can take up to 40 minutes.

    Multiple availability zones (AZ) are recommended for production workloads. The default is a single availability zone. Use --help for an example of how to set this option manually or use interactive mode to be prompted for this setting.

    • To create your cluster with the default cluster settings:

      $ rosa create cluster --cluster-name=<cluster_name>
      Example output
      I: Creating cluster with identifier '1de87g7c30g75qechgh7l5b2bha6r04e' and name 'rh-rosa-test-cluster1'
      I: To view list of clusters and their status, run `rosa list clusters`
      I: Cluster 'rh-rosa-test-cluster1' has been created.
      I: Once the cluster is 'Ready' you will need to add an Identity Provider and define the list of cluster administrators. See `rosa create idp --help` and `rosa create user --help` for more information.
      I: To determine when your cluster is Ready, run `rosa describe cluster rh-rosa-test-cluster1`.
    • To create a cluster using interactive prompts:

      $ rosa create cluster --interactive
    • To configure your networking IP ranges, you can use the following default ranges. For more information when using manual mode, use the rosa create cluster --help | grep cidr command. In interactive mode, you are prompted for the settings.

      • Node CIDR: 10.0.0.0/16

      • Service CIDR: 172.30.0.0/16

      • Pod CIDR: 10.128.0.0/14

  2. Enter the following command to check the status of your cluster. During cluster creation, the State field from the output will transition from pending to installing, and finally to ready.

    $ rosa describe cluster --cluster=<cluster_name>
    Example output
    Name: rh-rosa-test-cluster1
    OpenShift Version: 4.6.8
    DNS: *.example.com
    ID: uniqueidnumber
    External ID: uniqueexternalidnumber
    AWS Account: 123456789101
    API URL: https://api.rh-rosa-test-cluster1.example.org:6443
    Console URL: https://console-openshift-console.apps.rh-rosa-test-cluster1.example.or
    Nodes: Master: 3, Infra: 2, Compute: 2
    Region: us-west-2
    Multi-AZ: false
    State: ready
    Channel Group: stable
    Private: No
    Created: Jan 15 2021 16:30:55 UTC
    Details Page: https://console.redhat.com/examplename/details/idnumber

    If installation fails or the State field does not change to ready after 40 minutes, check the installation troubleshooting documentation for more details.

  3. Track the progress of the cluster creation by watching the OpenShift installer logs:

    $ rosa logs install --cluster=<cluster_name> --watch