Install the Operator Using OLM

We recommend using Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) to run and manage the Aerospike Kubernetes Operator in production environments.

To begin, create a new Kubernetes cluster on the platform of your choice, and configure kubectl to use that cluster. See the Requirements page for Kubernetes version and other requirements. You can use an existing Kubernetes cluster as long at it meets the minimum requirements.

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In some situations you may prefer to install Aerospike clusters via Helm rather than through the operator. In these cases, you must use Helm to install the Operator, rather than OLM.

Based on your Kubernetes distribution see:

• OpenShift
• Vanilla Kubernetes
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)