Installation Overview

In an environment with Kubernetes already installed, installing and configuring NCP typically involve the following steps. To perform the steps successfully, you must be familiar with
NSX
and Kubernetes installation and administration.
  1. Install
    NSX
    .
  2. Create an overlay transport zone.
  3. Create an overlay logical switch and connect the Kubernetes nodes to the switch.
  4. Create a tier-0 logical router.
  5. Create IP blocks for Kubernetes pods.
  6. Create IP pools for SNAT (source network address translation).
  7. Install NSX CNI (container network interface) plugin on each node.
  8. Install OVS (Open vSwitch) on each node.
  9. Configure
    NSX
    networking for Kubernetes nodes.
  10. Install NSX node agent as a DaemonSet.
  11. Install NCP as a ReplicationController.
  12. Mount security certificates in the NCP pod.