Creating the management cluster

The type of cluster you create for as a k0rdent management cluster is going to depend on how you're going to use it. For example, a simple single-node k0s install is sufficient for testing and evaluation, but you will want a multi-node, etcd-backed cluster such as one created using EKS for production.

In a production environment, you will always want to ensure that your management cluster is backed up. There are a few caveats and things you need to take into account when backing up k0rdent. More info can be found in the guide at use Velero as a backup provider.

• Create a single node k0s cluster
• Create a multinode EKS cluster