# Aerospike deployment with AKO

This section describes how to use AKO to create, deploy, and connect to an Aerospike Database Enterprise Edition (EE) cluster.

## Overview

You can create a cluster with [Helm](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/) or the Kubernetes command line tool, [`kubectl`](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/).

-   [Create a cluster with Helm](https://aerospike.com/docs/kubernetes/4.0.x/install/deploy/helm)
-   [Create a cluster with kubectl](https://aerospike.com/docs/kubernetes/4.0.x/install/deploy/kubectl)

Once you have an Aerospike cluster up and running, [connect to it](https://aerospike.com/docs/kubernetes/4.0.x/install/deploy/connect). From there, you can [configure your Aerospike deployment](https://aerospike.com/docs/kubernetes/4.0.x/manage/configure/overview) and [monitor your Kubernetes cluster](https://aerospike.com/docs/kubernetes/4.0.x/observe/clusters).

You can also use AKO to [upgrade your current version of Aerospike Database](https://aerospike.com/docs/kubernetes/4.0.x/install/deploy/upgrade-aerospike) or [delete the Aerospike cluster](https://aerospike.com/docs/kubernetes/4.0.x/install/deploy/delete) entirely.