Introduction

Fluid is an open-source, Kubernetes-native distributed dataset orchestrator and accelerator, designed for data-intensive applications such as big data and artificial intelligence. It is hosted as a sandbox project by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Fluid enables the transformation of distributed caching systems (such as Alluxio and JuiceFS) into observable cache services with self-management, elastic scaling, and self-healing capabilities by supporting dataset operations. Additionally, by providing data cache location information, Fluid offers data affinity scheduling for applications using datasets.

The Fluid plugin is a KubeSphere extension based on Fluid, providing a visual interface for dataset management, data loading, runtime management, and more. It aims to offer a better user experience for managing Fluid core resources, lowering the barrier of CLI operations, and improving the management efficiency of data-intensive applications.

Main Features

• Dataset Management: Supports creation, viewing, editing, and deletion of datasets.
• Data Load Tasks: Visual management of data loading tasks with support for multiple loading strategies.
• Runtime Management: Monitors the status and events of various runtimes (such as Alluxio, JuiceFS, GooseFS, etc.).
• Multi-Cluster and Namespace Support: Allows switching between different clusters and namespaces, suitable for multi-tenant scenarios.

Installation

• Find the Fluid extension component on the Extension Marketplace page, click Install, select the latest version, and click the Next button.
• On the Extension Installation tab page, click and modify the extension configuration as needed. After configuration, click the Start Installation button to begin installation.
• After installation is complete, click the Next button to enter the cluster selection page. Select the clusters to install, click Next, and proceed to the Differential Configuration page.
• Update the differential configuration as needed. After updating, start the installation and wait for it to complete.

Configuration

Click on the extension component configuration, and control whether to install the frontend by setting enabled.

frontend:
  enabled: true

Contact and Support

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