bigheader: "Setup"
abstract: "Instructions for setting up a Kubernetes cluster."
landing_page: /docs/setup/index/
toc:
- docs/setup/index.md
- docs/setup/pick-right-solution.md

- title: Downloading Kubernetes
  landing_page: /docs/setup/release/notes/
  section:
  - docs/setup/release/notes.md
  - docs/setup/building-from-source.md

- title: Version 1.10 Troubleshooting
  landing page: /docs/reference/pvc-finalizer-downgrade-issue/
  section:
  - docs/reference/pvc-finalizer-downgrade-issue.md

- title: Independent Solutions
  landing_page: /docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/
  section:
  - docs/getting-started-guides/minikube.md

  - title: Bootstrapping Clusters with kubeadm
    section:
    - docs/setup/independent/install-kubeadm.md
    - docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md
    - docs/setup/independent/troubleshooting-kubeadm.md
    - docs/setup/independent/high-availability.md

  - docs/getting-started-guides/scratch.md
  - docs/getting-started-guides/alternatives.md

- title: Hosted Solutions
  landing_page: /docs/setup/pick-right-solution/#hosted-solutions
  section:
  - title: Running Kubernetes on Google Kubernetes Engine
    path: https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/before-you-begin/
  - title: Running Kubernetes on Azure Container Service
    path: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-service/container-service-kubernetes-walkthrough
  - title: Running Kubernetes on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    path: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-getting-started

- title: Turn-key Cloud Solutions
  landing_page: /docs/getting-started-guides/alibaba-cloud/
  section:
  - docs/getting-started-guides/alibaba-cloud.md
  - docs/getting-started-guides/aws.md
  - docs/getting-started-guides/azure.md
  - docs/getting-started-guides/clc.md
  - docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md
  - title: Running Kubernetes on IBM Cloud
    path: https://github.com/patrocinio/kubernetes-softlayer

- title: Custom Solutions
  landing_page: /docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/index/
  section:
  - title: Custom Cloud Solutions
    section:
    - docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/index.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/index.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/kops.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/kubespray.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/running-cloud-controller.md

  - title: On-Premises VMs
    section:
    - docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/index.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/cloudstack.md
    - title: VMware vSphere
      path: https://vmware.github.io/vsphere-storage-for-kubernetes/documentation/
    - docs/getting-started-guides/dcos.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/ovirt.md

    - title: Bare Metal
      section:
      - docs/getting-started-guides/fedora/fedora_manual_config.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/fedora/flannel_multi_node_cluster.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/index.md
      - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/index.md

      - title: Ubuntu
        section:
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/index.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/validation.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/backups.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/upgrades.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/scaling.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/installation.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/monitoring.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/networking.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/security.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/storage.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/troubleshooting.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/decommissioning.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/operational-considerations.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/glossary.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/local.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/logging.md
        - docs/getting-started-guides/ubuntu/rancher.md
    - docs/getting-started-guides/windows/index.md

  - docs/admin/node-conformance.md

- title: User Journeys
  landing_page: /docs/home/
  section:

  - title: Application Developer
    section:
    - docs/user-journeys/users/application-developer/foundational.md
    - docs/user-journeys/users/application-developer/intermediate.md
    - docs/user-journeys/users/application-developer/advanced.md
  - title: Cluster Operator
    section:
    - docs/user-journeys/users/cluster-operator/foundational.md
    - docs/user-journeys/users/cluster-operator/intermediate.md

  - title: Docs Contributor
    path: /docs/home/?path=contributors&persona=docs-contributor&level=foundational
  - title: Code Contributor
    path: /docs/home/?path=contributors&persona=code-contributor&level=foundational
  - title: Community Contributor
    path: /docs/home/?path=contributors&persona=community-contributor&level=foundational

- title: Installing Addons
  path: /docs/concepts/cluster-administration/addons/

- title: Building Large Clusters
  path: /docs/admin/cluster-large/

- title: Running in Multiple Zones
  path: /docs/setup/best-practices/multiple-zones/

- title: Building High-Availability Clusters
  path: /docs/admin/high-availability/building/

- docs/setup/version-skew-policy.md