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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ All nodes in a Constellation cluster run inside Confidential VMs (CVMs). Thus, C
AMD and Azure jointly released a [performance benchmark](https://community.amd.com/t5/business/microsoft-azure-confidential-computing-powered-by-3rd-gen-epyc/ba-p/497796) for CVMs based on 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors (Milan) with SEV-SNP. With a range of mostly compute-intensive benchmarks like SPEC CPU 2017 and CoreMark, they found that CVMs only have a small (2%--8%) performance degradation compared to standard VMs. You can expect to see similar performance for compute-intensive workloads running on Constellation.
## Performance impact from other features
## Performance analysis with K-Bench
To assess the overall performance of Constellation, we benchmarked Constellation v2.0.0 using [K-Bench](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/k-bench). K-Bench is a configurable framework to benchmark Kubernetes clusters in terms of storage I/O, network performance, and creating/scaling resources.
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Constellation's bandwidth for both sending and receiving is at 31 Gbps on Azure
![](../_media/benchmark_net.png)
### Storage I/O
#### Storage I/O
Azure and GCP offer persistent storage for their Kubernetes services AKS and GKE via the Container Storage Interface (CSI). CSI storage in Kubernetes is available via `PersistentVolumes` (PV) and consumed via `PersistentVolumeClaims` (PVC).
Upon requesting persistent storage through a PVC, GKE and AKS will provision a PV as defined by a default [storage class](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes/).

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@ -79,7 +79,49 @@ Configure `kubectl` to connect to your local Constellation cluster:
export KUBECONFIG="$PWD/constellation-admin.conf"
```
It may take a couple of minutes for all cluster resources to be available.
Your cluster initially consists of a single control-plane node:
```shell-session
$ kubectl get nodes
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
control-plane-0 Ready control-plane 66s v1.24.6
```
A worker node will request to join the cluster shortly.
Before the new worker node is allowed to join the cluster, its state is verified using remote attestation by the [JoinService](../architecture/components.md#joinservice).
If verification passes successfully, the new node receives keys and certificates to join the cluster.
You can follow this process by viewing the logs of the JoinService:
```shell-session
$ kubectl logs -n kube-system daemonsets/join-service -f
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:20Z","caller":"cmd/main.go:48","msg":"Constellation Node Join Service","version":"2.1.0","cloudProvider":"qemu"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:20Z","logger":"validator","caller":"watcher/validator.go:96","msg":"Updating expected measurements"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:20Z","logger":"server","caller":"server/server.go:73","msg":"Starting join service on [::]:9090"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:20Z","caller":"cmd/main.go:103","msg":"starting file watcher for measurements file /var/config/measurements"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"server","caller":"server/server.go:86","msg":"IssueJoinTicket called","peerAddress":"10.42.2.100:59988"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"server","caller":"server/server.go:88","msg":"Requesting measurement secret","peerAddress":"10.42.2.100:59988"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kms","caller":"kms/kms.go:41","msg":"Connecting to KMS at kms.kube-system:9000","keyID":"measurementSecret","endpoint":"kms.kube-system:9000"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kms","caller":"kms/kms.go:48","msg":"Requesting data key","keyID":"measurementSecret","endpoint":"kms.kube-system:9000"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kms","caller":"kms/kms.go:61","msg":"Data key request successful","keyID":"measurementSecret","endpoint":"kms.kube-system:9000"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"server","caller":"server/server.go:95","msg":"Requesting disk encryption key","peerAddress":"10.42.2.100:59988"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kms","caller":"kms/kms.go:41","msg":"Connecting to KMS at kms.kube-system:9000","keyID":"0f87c61f-31e7-466d-be22-e7300e7d9e76","endpoint":"kms.kube-system:9000"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kms","caller":"kms/kms.go:48","msg":"Requesting data key","keyID":"0f87c61f-31e7-466d-be22-e7300e7d9e76","endpoint":"kms.kube-system:9000"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kms","caller":"kms/kms.go:61","msg":"Data key request successful","keyID":"0f87c61f-31e7-466d-be22-e7300e7d9e76","endpoint":"kms.kube-system:9000"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"server","caller":"server/server.go:102","msg":"Creating Kubernetes join token","peerAddress":"10.42.2.100:59988"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kubeadm","caller":"kubeadm/kubeadm.go:63","msg":"Generating new random bootstrap token"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kubeadm","caller":"kubeadm/kubeadm.go:81","msg":"Creating bootstrap token in Kubernetes"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kubeadm","caller":"kubeadm/kubeadm.go:87","msg":"Preparing join token for new node"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"kubeadm","caller":"kubeadm/kubeadm.go:109","msg":"Join token creation successful"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"server","caller":"server/server.go:109","msg":"Querying K8sVersion ConfigMap","peerAddress":"10.42.2.100:59988"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"server","caller":"server/server.go:115","msg":"Creating signed kubelet certificate","peerAddress":"10.42.2.100:59988"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"certificateAuthority","caller":"kubernetesca/kubernetesca.go:84","msg":"Creating kubelet certificate"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"server","caller":"server/server.go:138","msg":"IssueJoinTicket successful","peerAddress":"10.42.2.100:59988"}
{"level":"INFO","ts":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","logger":"server.gRPC","caller":"zap/server_interceptors.go:39","msg":"finished unary call with code OK","grpc.start_time":"2022-10-14T09:32:21Z","grpc.request.deadline":"2022-10-14T09:32:51Z","system":"grpc","span.kind":"server","grpc.service":"join.API","grpc.method":"IssueJoinTicket","peer.address":"10.42.2.100:59988","grpc.code":"OK","grpc.time_ms":27.715}
```
Once the worker node has joined your cluster, it may take a couple of minutes for all resources to be available.
You can check on the state of your cluster by running the following:
```bash
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```shell-session
$ kubectl get nodes
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
control-plane-0 Ready control-plane,master 2m59s v1.23.9
worker-0 Ready <none> 32s v1.23.9
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
control-plane-0 Ready control-plane 2m59s v1.24.6
worker-0 Ready <none> 32s v1.24.6
```
## Deploy a sample application

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AMD and Azure jointly released a [performance benchmark](https://community.amd.com/t5/business/microsoft-azure-confidential-computing-powered-by-3rd-gen-epyc/ba-p/497796) for CVMs based on 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors (Milan) with SEV-SNP. With a range of mostly compute-intensive benchmarks like SPEC CPU 2017 and CoreMark, they found that CVMs only have a small (2%--8%) performance degradation compared to standard VMs. You can expect to see similar performance for compute-intensive workloads running on Constellation.
## Performance impact from other features
## Performance analysis with K-Bench
To assess the overall performance of Constellation, we benchmarked Constellation v2.0.0 using [K-Bench](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/k-bench). K-Bench is a configurable framework to benchmark Kubernetes clusters in terms of storage I/O, network performance, and creating/scaling resources.
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Constellation's bandwidth for both sending and receiving is at 31 Gbps on Azure
![](../_media/benchmark_net.png)
### Storage I/O
#### Storage I/O
Azure and GCP offer persistent storage for their Kubernetes services AKS and GKE via the Container Storage Interface (CSI). CSI storage in Kubernetes is available via `PersistentVolumes` (PV) and consumed via `PersistentVolumeClaims` (PVC).
Upon requesting persistent storage through a PVC, GKE and AKS will provision a PV as defined by a default [storage class](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes/).

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@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Creating your cluster requires two steps:
See the [architecture](../architecture/orchestration.md) section for details on the inner workings of this process.
:::tip
If you don't have a cloud subscription, check out [MiniConstellation](../getting-started/mini-constellation.md), which lets you set up a local Constellation cluster using virtualization.
:::
## The *create* step
This step creates the necessary resources for your cluster in your cloud environment.