Getting Started with Karpenter
Set up a cluster and add Karpenter
Getting Started
Choose from different methods to get started with Karpenter
To get started with Karpenter, the Getting Started with Karpenter guide provides an end-to-end procedure for creating a cluster (with eksctl) and adding Karpenter.
See the AKS Node autoprovisioning article on how to use Karpenter on Azure’s AKS or go to the Karpenter provider for Azure open source repository for self-hosting on Azure and additional information.
If you prefer, the following instructions use Terraform to create a cluster and add Karpenter:
- Amazon EKS Blueprints for Terraform: Follow a basic Getting Started guide and also add modules and add-ons. This includes a Karpenter add-on that lets you bypass the instructions in this guide for setting up Karpenter.
Although not supported, you could also try Karpenter on other Kubernetes distributions running on AWS. For example:
- kOps: These instructions describe how to create a kOps Kubernetes cluster in AWS that includes Karpenter.
Learn more about Karpenter and how to get started below.