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Prerequisites

Before you can deploy your first Edka cluster, you’ll need a few things set up. This guide will walk you through each prerequisite.

Hetzner Cloud Account

Edka deploys your infrastructure on Hetzner Cloud, which offers excellent performance at competitive prices (often over 70% less than AWS or GCP).

  1. Visit Hetzner Cloud and create an account
  2. Provide payment information (credit card or PayPal)
  3. Create a new project for your Edka-managed resources

Hetzner API Token

Edka needs an API token to provision and manage resources in your Hetzner account:

  1. Log in to the Hetzner Cloud Console
  2. Select your project
  3. Navigate to Security > API Tokens
  4. Click Generate API Token
  5. Select Read & Write permissions
  6. Copy the generated token and store it securely (you’ll only see it once)

Note: We recommend to create a dedicated project for your Edka managed resources.

Git Repository (Optional)

Only required for GitOps integrations.

GitHub

  1. Create a GitHub account if you don’t have one
  2. Create a new repository for your application
  3. Push your application code and Kubernetes manifests to this repository. You can use our blueprint repository as a starting point.

GitLab (Coming Soon)

Support for GitLab is coming soon.

Container Registry (Optional)

You’ll need a container registry to store your application images. Edka supports:

  • GitHub Container Registry
  • Docker Hub
  • AWS ECR
  • Google Artifact Registry

Please check our Container Registry page for detailed instructions for each registry.

Note: For public images, no registry integration is required.

Secrets Management (Optional)

For secure handling of secrets, and hybrid environments, Edka integrates with several external secrets providers thru External Secrets Operator as an add-on. This allows you to sync secrets from your external provider directly into your Kubernetes cluster.:

Domain Name (Optional)

If you want to expose your applications to the internet with custom domains:

  1. Register a domain with any domain registrar
  2. Set up a DNS provider (Cloudflare recommended)
  3. Be prepared to configure DNS records to point to your Edka Kubernetes cluster ingress endpoint

Next Steps

Once you have these in place, you’re ready to create your first cluster!