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Installing a three-node cluster on Nutanix

In OpenShift Container Platform version 4.19, you can install a three-node cluster on Nutanix. A three-node cluster consists of three control plane machines, which also act as compute machines. This type of cluster provides a smaller, more resource efficient cluster, for cluster administrators and developers to use for testing, development, and production.

Configuring a three-node cluster

To configure a three-node cluster, set the number of worker nodes to 0 in the install-config.yaml file before you deploy the cluster.

Setting the number of worker nodes to 0 ensures that the control plane machines are schedulable. This allows application workloads to be scheduled to run from the control plane nodes.

Note

Because application workloads run from control plane nodes, additional subscriptions are required, as the control plane nodes are considered to be compute nodes.

Prerequisites

  • You have an existing install-config.yaml file.

Procedure

  • Set the number of compute replicas to 0 in your install-config.yaml file, as shown in the following compute stanza:

    Example install-config.yaml file for a three-node cluster
    apiVersion: v1
baseDomain: example.com
compute:
- name: worker
  platform: {}
  replicas: 0
# ...

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