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Quick Start

Wave installs on any conformant Kubernetes 1.26+, including Red Hat OpenShift 4.13+. Pick your platform to begin.

Licensing

Wave is free under 200 vCPUs cluster-wide. Above 200 vCPUs, paid licensing applies.

  • AWS Marketplace (Metered): no license key (AWS Marketplace subscription required). Pay-as-you-go billing kicks in only above 200 vCPUs.
  • All other methods (AWS Marketplace BYOL, Red Hat Catalog, GHCR): free-tier clusters still need a no-cost license key unless using AWS Marketplace Metered. Request a free key for clusters under 200 vCPUs, or contact us for paid licensing above the threshold.

Pick your platform

Amazon EKS

For EKS clusters.

Methods: AWS Marketplace (Metered & BYOL), GHCR.

Red Hat OpenShift

For OpenShift 4.13+ clusters.

Methods: Operator (OperatorHub), Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog, GHCR.

Generic Kubernetes

AKS, GKE, OKD, Rancher, self-managed, air-gapped.

Method: GHCR.

Pre-flight checklist

  • kubectl configured for the target cluster.
  • helm 3 installed.
  • Cluster admin permissions to create the wave-autoscale namespace and ClusterRoles.
  • A StorageClass available for new PVCs, or an existing PVC ready to mount.
  • A plan for accessing the web console, port-forward to :3025 works for first install; ingress is optional.

After install

Important: Before You BeginAmazon EKS