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    Environment Requirements

    This page summarizes the some requirements for installing and using KubeSphere.

    System Requirements

    System Minimum Requirements (Each node)
    Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 CPU: 2 Cores, Memory: 4 GB, Disk Space: 40 GB
    Debian Buster, Stretch CPU: 2 Cores, Memory: 4 GB, Disk Space: 40 GB
    CentOS 7.x CPU: 2 Cores, Memory: 4 GB, Disk Space: 40 GB
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 CPU: 2 Cores, Memory: 4 GB, Disk Space: 40 GB
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 /openSUSE Leap 15.2 CPU: 2 Cores, Memory: 4 GB, Disk Space: 40 GB

    Dependency Requirements

    Dependency Kubernetes Version ≥ 1.18 Kubernetes Version < 1.18
    socat Required Optional but recommended
    conntrack Required Optional but recommended
    ebtables Optional but recommended Optional but recommended
    ipset Optional but recommended Optional but recommended

    Container Runtime Requirements

    Supported Container Runtime Version
    Docker 19.3.8+
    containerd Latest
    CRI-O (experimental, not fully tested) Latest
    iSula (experimental, not fully tested) Latest

    Network Requirements

    • Make sure the DNS address in /etc/resolv.conf is available. Otherwise, it may cause some issues of DNS in the cluster.
    • If your network configuration uses firewall rules or security groups, you must ensure infrastructure components can communicate with each other through specific ports. It is recommended that you turn off the firewall. For more information, see Port Requirements.
    • Supported CNI plugins: Calico and Flannel. Others (such as Cilium and Kube-OVN) may also work but note that they have not been fully tested.

    Supported Kubernetes Versions

    Installation Tool KubeSphere version Supported Kubernetes versions
    KubeKey 3.2.0 v1.19.x, v1.20.x, v1.21.x, v1.22.x (experimental)
    ks-installer 3.2.0 v1.19.x, v1.20.x, v1.21.x, v1.22.x (experimental)

    Supported CSI Plugins

    Kubernetes has announced that in-tree volume plugins will be removed from Kubernetes in version 1.21. For more information, see Kubernetes In-Tree to CSI Volume Migration Moves to Beta. Therefore, it is recommended that you install CSI plugins instead.

    Supported CSI plugins:

    Supported Web Browsers for Accessing the Console

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