To get started with Kyma, let's quickly install it first.

The Kyma project is currently in the transition phase from classic to modular Kyma. You can either install classic Kyma with its components, or available modules. To see the list of Kyma modules, go to Overview. To learn how to enable a Kyma module go to Enable, disable and upgrade a Kyma module.

CAUTION: Components transformed into modules aren't installed as part of preconfigured classic Kyma.

Install Kyma

To install Kyma on a local k3d cluster, run:

kyma provision k3d
kyma deploy

When asked whether to install the Kyma certificate, confirm.

NOTE: Check out more installation options for Kyma.

Verify the installation

Now let's verify that the installation was successful. Run:

kubectl get deployments -n kyma-system

The installation succeeded if all the Deployments returned are in status READY.

Export your cluster domain

For convenience, expose the domain of the cluster as an environment variable now. We will use it later in the guides.

export CLUSTER_DOMAIN={YOUR_CLUSTER_DOMAIN}

NOTE: For local installation, the cluster domain is local.kyma.dev.

Open Kyma Dashboard

To manage Kyma via GUI, open Kyma Dashboard:

kyma dashboard

This command takes you to your Kyma Dashboard under http://localhost:3001/.

Check the list of Deployments via Dashboard

Now let's check the list of deployments using the Dashboard.

1. Navigate to Namespaces.
2. Click on the kyma-system Namespace.

   NOTE: The system Namespaces are hidden by default. To see kyma-system and other hidden Namespaces, go to your Dashboard profile in the top-right corner, choose Preferences > Clusters, and activate the Show Hidden Namespaces toggle.

3. Go to Workloads > Deployments.

This gives you the same list of deployments as you got earlier via kubectl, just in a nicer visual packaging.