#Install on Alauda OS

The global cluster is the platform's control plane: it hosts the registry, the base operator, the cluster registry, and the platform's identity stack, and it orchestrates the lifecycle of every workload cluster. This section describes how to install the global cluster when its nodes run Alauda OS, including the optional disaster recovery deployment.

To install the global cluster on a non-Alauda OS such as Ubuntu or RHEL, see Install on Non-Alauda OS.

#What This Section Does Not Cover

• Uploading and installing the infrastructure provider and the Cluster Bootstrap Provider on the global cluster before you create workload clusters: see Prepare.
• Configuring infrastructure resources for workload clusters: see Infrastructure Resources.
• Creating workload clusters: see Create on Alauda OS.
• Upgrading Kubernetes on the global cluster: see Upgrade Kubernetes on Alauda OS.
• Upgrading workload clusters: see Upgrade Kubernetes on Alauda OS.