Deploy an index cluster
Qlik Big Data Index is deployed in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) using Kubernetes. You can deploy the cluster in a number of Kubernetes environments:
- Amazon EKS (Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Non-managed Kubernetes environments
Deploy the environment in the following order
Deployment architecture
Understand the Qlik Big Data Index architecture, and the different pod types..
System requirements for Qlik Big Data Index deployment
Make sure that your environment fulfills the system requirements. You need access to the following hardware, software and information to be able to prepare the environment for deployment.
Preparing an index cluster deployment
You need to make some preparations before you can deploy the Qlik Big Data Index cluster with Helm.
Deploying the index cluster
Start the deployment by installing the Qlik Big Data Index Helm chart.
Create a secure communication path
Secure communication between Qlik Sense and the index cluster
When you have deployed the index cluster, the communication is not encrypted by default. We recommend that you ensure that the communication between Qlik Sense and the index cluster is secure.
Next step after the deployment
Index the data
The index is the main element of Qlik Big Data Index. Before you can index the data, you need to prepare the data using a schema, and connect to the data with a specific connector.