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This section describes the basic requirements for setting up anAnthos GKE cluster (previously known asGKE On-Prem) suitable for a production environment.

A production cluster can consume significant resources because it includes more nodes and larger virtual machine configurations than a non-production setup. Also, a production cluster might be hosted in multiple zones and regions worldwide.

Creating the cluster

For information about creating Anthos GKE clusters, seeCreating admin and user clusters in the Anthos GKE on-prem 1.5 documentation.

Production cluster requirements

Use these requirements as a guide when creating your production cluster.

Software versions

Requirement	Value
Anthos GKE version	Version 1.1.1-gke.2 or later
kubectl version	Version 1.13.x or later. SeeInstall and Set Up kubectl.

Node requirements

You must configure and label two types of nodes in your cluster -- one for the stateful Cassandra pods and one for the rest of the pods, which are stateless. Configure these node types as described below:

Stateful node configuration

Requirement	Value
Minimum number of nodes	6
Node specifications	8 CPU (Minimum) 16 GB Ram (Minimum)
Kubernetes label	Name:apigee.com/apigee-nodepool Value:apigee-data SeeHow to label the worker nodes.
Storage	Dynamically provisioned.

Stateless node configuration

Requirement	Value
Minimum number of nodes	3
Node specification	8 CPU (Minimum) 16 GB Ram (Minimum)
Kubernetes label	Name:apigee.com/apigee-nodepool Value:apigee-runtime SeeHow to label the worker nodes.
Storage	Dynamically provisioned.