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Deployment & Getting Started

Quick Start​

Getting started with Cloud Orbiter requires signing up and becoming an authorized user. The platform is delivered as a SaaS-based management console — no local installation required for the control plane.

Steps to get started:

  1. Visit the Cloud Orbiter platform and click Request For Demo
  2. Fill in the registration form with your organization details
  3. The Coredge sales team will contact you to configure your account
  4. Receive login credentials and begin managing your infrastructure

Tenant Registration​

Cloud Orbiter is designed to support multiple tenants. Each tenant is an organization that registers with the platform to manage its own infrastructure and applications independently.

Registration Process​

  1. Click the Request For Demo button on the platform homepage
  2. Fill in the required details in the registration form
  3. The Coredge sales team will review your request and configure the platform for your organization
  4. After registration, a default project is created automatically for your tenant
  5. Log in with provided credentials and begin onboarding clusters and users

Project Setup​

Projects in Cloud Orbiter organize and isolate infrastructure and application resources within a tenant.

Creating a Project​

  1. Log in to your Cloud Orbiter account
  2. Click the Projects tab on the dashboard
  3. Click New Project
  4. Enter a project name and optional description
  5. Click Create

Assigning Users to a Project​

  1. Navigate to the project
  2. Click Settings → Users and Groups
  3. Click Add User
  4. Enter the user's email address or select a group
  5. Click Save

Onboarding Clusters​

Cloud Orbiter supports several cluster onboarding methods:

MethodUse CaseSteps
Create ClusterNew clusters on existing nodes or cloud accountsSelect provider, configure nodes, create
Import Cluster (Brownfield)Existing Kubernetes clusters from any providerDownload bootstrap YAML, apply to cluster
Edge ClusterClusters at remote or isolated edge sitesAdd host, create host group, onboard cluster
Public Cloud (EKS/AKS/GKE)Managed Kubernetes on AWS, Azure, or Google CloudOnboard cloud account, create cluster
CKP ClusterCoredge Kubernetes Platform — custom K8s distributionAdd hosts, create host groups, create CKP cluster

CKP (Coredge Kubernetes Platform) Installation​

CKP is a custom Kubernetes distribution built from upstream Kubernetes, preconfigured with all features needed to build production clusters. It supports cloud, bare metal, edge, and IoT deployments with Enterprise support aligned to community release versions.

Step 1 — Add Hosts​

  1. Log in to Cloud Orbiter
  2. Click Hosts from the left navigation panel
  3. Follow the on-screen steps to onboard a new machine host
  4. Run the provided commands on the target host machine
  5. The host appears under Pending Machine Host Requests — click Review
  6. Click the three-dot menu on the host request and select Approve
  7. Confirmed hosts show Provisioned Status: Available and Connection Status: Connected

Step 2 — Create Host Groups​

  1. Click the Host Groups tab
  2. Click + Create Host Group
  3. Enter a name and optional description
  4. Click Create
  5. To assign a host to the group: click the host → Actions → Assign Groups → select the group → Save

Step 3 — Create a CKP Cluster​

  1. Go to Clusters from the left navigation panel
  2. Click + Add Cluster → Create Cluster
  3. Select CKP as the Kubernetes distribution → Next
  4. Enter cluster name and description → Next
  5. Configure:
    • Kubernetes Version
    • Networking and Networking Version
    • Provider Config: BringYourOwnHost
  6. Click Next and configure:
    • Number of Master Nodes and Master Host Group
    • Virtual IP for the control plane
    • Number of Worker Nodes and Worker Host Group
  7. Click Create

A cluster state dashboard appears, tracking provisioning progress in real time.

Cloud Account Onboarding​

To create clusters on public clouds, first onboard your cloud provider account:

AWS​

Settings: Admin view → Infrastructure Provider → Add Account (AWS)

Required credentials:

  • Access Key
  • Secret Key

Azure​

Settings: Admin view → Infrastructure Provider → Add Account (Azure)

Required credentials:

  • Tenant ID
  • Subscription ID
  • Client ID
  • Client Secret

Google Cloud​

Settings: Admin view → Infrastructure Provider → Add Account (Google Cloud)

Required credentials:

  • Google credential JSON file (upload)

After adding credentials, Cloud Orbiter validates them and enables cluster creation on the respective cloud provider.