Kubeflow Deployment Process

Understanding the Kubeflow deployment process

The deployment process is controlled by the following commands:

• kustomize build - Use kustomize to generate configuration files defining the various resources for your deployment. .
• kubectl apply - Apply the resources created by kustomize build to the kubenetes cluster

Repository layout

IBM manifests repository contains the following files and directories:

• iks-single directory: A kustomize file for single-user deployment

• iks-multi directory: A kustomize file for multi-user deployment

• others Other files are used to compose Kubeflow resources

Kubeflow installation

Starting from Kubeflow 1.3, the official installation documentation uses a combination of kustomize and kubectl to install Kubeflow.

Install kubectl and kustomize

• Install kubectl
• Download kustomize 3.2.0

To use the kustomize binary, you need to make it executable and move it to your path.

To add kustomize to your global path, run the following commands:

wget https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/v3.2.0/<distribution>
chmod +x <distribution>
mv <distribution> /usr/local/bin/kustomize

Your machine might already have kustomize installed. If you want to temporarily add this version of kustomize to your path, run the following commands:

wget https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/v3.2.0/<distribution>
chmod +x <distribution>
mv <distribution> /some/path/kustomize
# /some/path should not already be in path. 
export PATH=/some/path:$PATH
# order is important here. $PATH needs to be the last thing. We are trying to put our kustomize before the kustomize installtion in system.

Next Steps

1. Check Kubeflow Compatibility
2. Go here for installing Kubeflow on IKS
3. Go here for installing Kubeflow on IBM OpenShift