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Version: v1.11.0

Installation

The easiest way to get started with Volcano is to download the release package from GitHub and follow the following steps:

Prerequisites

  • Kubernetes 1.12+ with CRD support.

Installation Modes

  • Install with YAML files
  • Install from code
  • Install with Helm

Install with YAML files

Install Volcano on an existing Kubernetes cluster. This way is both available for x86_64 and arm64 architecture.

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/volcano-sh/volcano/master/installer/volcano-development.yaml

You can also replace master of above url with specific tag/branch (such as release-1.10 branch for latest v1.10.x version, v1.10.0 tag for v1.10.0 version) to install Volcano with specific version.

Install from code

If you don't have a Kubernetes cluster, try one-click install from code base.This way is only available for x86_64 temporarily.

git clone https://github.com/volcano-sh/volcano.git

cd volcano

./hack/local-up-volcano.sh

Install with Helm

This document guides how to install the latest version of volcano.

Use Helm charts to install Volcano with the following command.

helm repo add volcano-sh https://volcano-sh.github.io/helm-charts

helm repo update

helm install volcano volcano-sh/volcano -n volcano-system --create-namespace

The output is as follows after executing the above command.

NAME: volcano
LAST DEPLOYED: Tue Sep 29 10:18:44 2024
NAMESPACE: volcano-system
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
Thank you for installing volcano.

Your release is named volcano.

For more information on volcano, visit:
https://volcano.sh/

Verify status of Volcano components.

# kubectl get all -n volcano-system
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
pod/volcano-admission-5bd5756f79-p89tx 1/1 Running 0 6m10s
pod/volcano-admission-init-d4dns 0/1 Completed 0 6m10s
pod/volcano-controllers-687948d9c8-bd28m 1/1 Running 0 6m10s
pod/volcano-scheduler-94998fc64-9df5g 1/1 Running 0 6m10s


NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
service/volcano-admission-service ClusterIP 10.96.140.22 <none> 443/TCP 6m10s


NAME READY UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE
deployment.apps/volcano-admission 1/1 1 1 6m10s
deployment.apps/volcano-controllers 1/1 1 1 6m10s
deployment.apps/volcano-scheduler 1/1 1 1 6m10s

NAME DESIRED CURRENT READY AGE
replicaset.apps/volcano-admission-5bd5756f79 1 1 1 6m10s
replicaset.apps/volcano-controllers-687948d9c8 1 1 1 6m10s
replicaset.apps/volcano-scheduler-94998fc64 1 1 1 6m10s



NAME COMPLETIONS DURATION AGE
job.batch/volcano-admission-init 1/1 28s 6m10s

After the configuration is complete, you can use Volcano to deploy the AI/ML and big data workloads.