Install Wallaroo Community

Wallaroo Community can be installed into a Kubernetes cloud environment, or into a Kubernetes environment that meets the Wallaroo Prerequisites Guide. Organizations that use the Wallaroo Community AWS EC2 Setup Instructions procedure do not have to set up a Kubernetes environment, as it is already configured for them.

If the prerequisites are already configured, jump to Install Wallaroo to start installing.

This video demonstrates that procedure:

The procedure assumes at least a basic knowledge of Kubernetes and how to use the kubectl and kots version 1.91.3 applications.

The procedure involves the following major steps:

• Prerequisites
• Download License File
• Install Wallaroo

Prerequisites

Local Software Requirements

Before starting, verify that all local system requirements are complete as detailed in the Wallaroo Community Local System Prerequisites guide:

• kubectl: This interfaces with the Kubernetes server created in the Wallaroo environment.
• For Kots based installs:
  • kots Version 1.91.3

• Cloud Kubernetes environment has been prepared. For more information, see the Wallaroo Community Environment Setup Guide
• You have downloaded your Wallaroo Community License file. For more information, see How to Download a Wallaroo Community License

Cluster Requirements

Wallaroo is installed into a Kubernetes cloud cluster that has the following minimum requirements.

• Minimum number of nodes: 4

• Minimum Number of CPU Cores: 8

• Minimum RAM: 16 GB

  The following software or runtimes are required Wallaroo version 2023.2. Most are automatically available through the supported cloud providers.

For details on setting up your Kubernetes cloud cluster, see the How to Set Up Your Wallaroo Cloud Environment guide.

Install Wallaroo

The environment is ready, the tools are installed - let’s install Wallaroo! The following will use kubectl and kots through the following procedure:

1. Install the Wallaroo Community Edition using kots install wallaroo/ce, specifying the namespace to install. For example, if wallaroo is the namespace, then the command is:

   kubectl kots install wallaroo/ce --namespace wallaroo
   

2. Wallaroo Community Edition will be downloaded and installed into your Kubernetes environment in the namespace specified. When prompted, set the default password for the Wallaroo environment. When complete, Wallaroo Community Edition will display the URL for the Admin Console, and how to end the Admin Console from running.

   • Deploying Admin Console
   • Creating namespace ✓
   • Waiting for datastore to be ready ✓
       Enter a new password to be used for the Admin Console: •••••••••••••
     • Waiting for Admin Console to be ready ✓
   
   • Press Ctrl+C to exit
   • Go to http://localhost:8800 to access the Admin Console
   

Wallaroo Community edition will continue to run until terminated. To relaunch in the future, use the following command:

kubectl-kots admin-console --namespace wallaroo

Initial Configuration and License Upload Procedure

Once Wallaroo Community edition has been installed for the first time, we can perform initial configuration and load our Wallaroo Community license file through the following process:

1. If Wallaroo Community Edition has not started, launch it with the following command:

   ❯ kubectl-kots admin-console --namespace wallaroo
     • Press Ctrl+C to exit
     • Go to http://localhost:8800 to access the Admin Console
   

2. Enter the Wallaroo Community Admin Console address into a browser. You will be prompted for the default password as set in the step above. Enter it and select Log in.

   

3. Upload your license file.

   

4. The Configure Wallaroo Community page will be displayed which allows you to customize your Wallaroo environment. For now, scroll to the bottom and select Continue. These settings can be customized at a later date.

5. The Wallaroo Community Admin Console will run the preflight checks to verify that all of the minimum requirements are not met. This may take a few minutes. If there are any issues, Wallaroo can still be launched but may not function properly. When ready, select Continue.

   

6. The Wallaroo Community Dashboard will be displayed. There may be additional background processes that are completing their setup procedures, so there may be a few minute wait until those are complete. If everything is ready, then the Wallaroo Dashboard will show a green Ready.

   

7. Under the license information is the DNS entry for your Wallaroo instance. This is where you and other users of your Wallaroo instance can log in. In this example, the URL will be https://beautiful-horse-9537.wallaroo.community. Note that it may take a few minutes for the DNS entries to propagate and this URL to be available.

   

8. You will receive an email invitation for the email address connected to this URL with a temporary password and a link to this Wallaroo instance’s URL. Either enter the URL for your Wallaroo instance or use the link in the email.

9. To login to your new Wallaroo instance, enter the email address and temporary password associated with the license.

   

With that, Wallaroo Community edition is launched and ready for use! You can end the Admin Console from your terminal session above. From this point on you can just use the Wallaroo instance URL.

Now that your Wallaroo Community edition has been installed, let’s work with some sample models to show off what you can do. Check out either the Wallaroo 101 if this is your first time using Wallaroo, or for more examples of how to use Wallaroo see the Wallaroo Tutorials.

Troubleshooting