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Appliance Installation

The appliance install will deploy self-hosted Palette and PaletteAI on the same cluster using bare metal or edge devices. The installation is broken into three parts:

  1. Prepare Infrastructure

  2. Prepare Helm Chart Values

  3. Deploy Cluster and Install PaletteAI

We recommend reviewing each section sequentially to ensure a successful installation. Start by reviewing the following hardware requirements.

Hardware Requirements​

  • You can deploy the PaletteAI appliance on a single node or a multi-node cluster. We recommend deploying the PaletteAI appliance on a multi-node cluster for production workloads.

    • Single node requirements:

      • 12 CPUs
      • 24 GB of RAM
      • Two disks: 350GB and 500GB
      • The first disk must be at least 350 GB and is used for the ISO stack. The device is specified in the user-data file during the ISO creation process.
      • The second disk must be at least 500 GB and is used for the storage pool. The default device is selected automatically but may be overridden through a user-data file.

    • Multi-node cluster requirements for each node:

      • 6 CPUs
      • 8 GB of RAM
      • Two disks: 350GB and 500GB
      • The first disk must be at least 350 GB and is used for the ISO stack. The device is specified in the user-data file during the ISO creation process.
      • The second disk must be at least 500 GB and is used for the storage pool. The default device is selected automatically but may be overridden through a user-data file.
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      The second disk is wiped as part of the installation process. If using an existing disk, ensure that you back up any important data before proceeding.

  • Network connectivity to internet to download the required images.

    • TCP/443 - Must be open between all Palette nodes and accessible for user connections to the Palette management cluster.

    • TCP/6443 - Outbound traffic from the Palette management cluster to the deployed cluster's Kubernetes API server.

  • Relevant permissions to install Palette on the nodes, including permission to attach or mount an ISO and set nodes to boot from it.

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The PaletteAI ISO, used to create your Kubernetes cluster and install PaletteAI on it, is built off of the Palette Management Appliance ISO. For additional installation options, refer to the official Palette documentation site.

Next Steps​

Once you have the necessary hardware set up, you can begin preparing your infrastructure.