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--- title: "Getting Started" linkTitle: "Getting Started" weight: 10 description: > Choose from different methods to get started with Karpenter --- To get started with Karpenter, the [Getting Started with Karpenter]({{< relref "getting-started-with-karpenter" >}}) guide provides an end-to-end procedure for creating a cluster (with `eksctl`) and adding Karpenter. See the [AKS Node autoprovisioning article](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/node-autoprovision) on how to use Karpenter on Azure's AKS or go to the [Karpenter provider for Azure open source repository](https://github.com/Azure/karpenter-provider-azure) for self-hosting on Azure and additional information. See the [Deploy Karpenter on Alibabacloud's ACK](https://docs.cloudpilot.ai/karpenter/alibabacloud/preview/getting-started/set-up-a-cluster-and-add-karpenter/) to know how to use Karpenter on Alibabacloud's ACK. Or you can go to the [Karpenter-provider-alibabacloud](https://github.com/cloudpilot-ai/karpenter-provider-alibabacloud) for more details. If you prefer, the following instructions use Terraform to create a cluster and add Karpenter: * [Amazon EKS Blueprints for Terraform](https://aws-ia.github.io/terraform-aws-eks-blueprints): Follow a basic [Getting Started](https://aws-ia.github.io/terraform-aws-eks-blueprints/getting-started/) guide and also add modules and add-ons. This includes a [Karpenter](https://aws-ia.github.io/terraform-aws-eks-blueprints/patterns/karpenter/) add-on that lets you bypass the instructions in this guide for setting up Karpenter. Although not supported, you could also try Karpenter on other Kubernetes distributions running on AWS. For example: * [kOps](https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/operations/karpenter/): These instructions describe how to create a kOps Kubernetes cluster in AWS that includes Karpenter. Learn more about Karpenter and how to get started below. * [Karpenter EKS Best Practices](https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/karpenter/) guide * [EC2 Spot Workshop for Karpenter](https://ec2spotworkshops.com/karpenter.html) * [EKS Karpenter Workshop](https://www.eksworkshop.com/docs/autoscaling/compute/karpenter/) * [Advanced EKS Immersion Karpenter Workshop](https://catalog.us-east-1.prod.workshops.aws/workshops/76a5dd80-3249-4101-8726-9be3eeee09b2/en-US/autoscaling/karpenter) * [Karpenter Blueprints](https://github.com/aws-samples/karpenter-blueprints) * [Tutorial: Run Kubernetes Clusters for Less with Amazon EC2 Spot and Karpenter](https://community.aws/tutorials/run-kubernetes-clusters-for-less-with-amazon-ec2-spot-and-karpenter#step-6-optional-simulate-spot-interruption)