# Part 1: Setup Environment

This is Part 1 of a multi-part, self-paced quick start exercise.

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## What Will You Do

In part 1, you will setup the environment for use within this exercise. You will:

- Setup RCTL (Optional)
- Create a Namespace
- Create a WordPress workload

Once this part is complete, you will setup the resources needed to perform backup/restore operations.

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## Step 1: Download RCTL (Optional)

The RCTL CLI allows you to programmatically interact with the controller enabling users to construct sophisticated automation workflows.

- Login into your Org
- Navigate to **My Tools** to download both the [RCTL CLI](https://docs.rafay.co/cli/overview/) and the **CLI Config** file
- Initialize RCTL using the [step-by-step instructions](https://docs.rafay.co/cli/config/)
- Ensure you update your OS's Path environment variable for RCTL

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## Step 2: Create Namespace

The test workload you will install will need a namespace. Create a namespace for the workload.

- Ensure you are logged into the console
- In your project, navigate to **Infrastructure -> Namespaces**
- Click on **New Namespace**
- Provide a name for the namespace
- Select **Wizard** for **Type**
- Click **Save**

- Click **Save & Go To Placement**
- Select one of your clusters for placement
- Click **Save & Go To Publish**
- Click **Publish**

- Click **Exit**

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## Step 3: Create Workload

You will now create a WordPress workload using the Catalog. The workload will be used to demonstrate the ability to recover/move the workload with the backup/restore capabilities.

- In your project, navigate to **Catalog**
- Locate **Wordpress** in the catalog and click on it
- Click **Create Workload**
- Provide a name for the Workload
- Select the previously created Namespace for the workload
- Click **Continue**

- Save the following YAML to a file named "values.yaml"

```
service:
  type: NodePort
  nodePorts:
    http: "31234"
    https: "31235"
```

- Click **Upload Files** and select the previously saved YAML file
- Click **Save & Go To Placement**

- Select the cluster where the namespace was previously applied
- Click **Save & Go To Publish**

- Click **Publish**

This will deploy the workload on the cluster specified.

- Click **Exit**

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## Step 4: Verify Workload

Now that the workload has been created, you can validate the workload is running.

- Open a kubectl prompt
- Enter the following command

```
kubectl get pod -n wordpress
```

You should see something like the following:

```
NAME                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
wordpress-b99c6cbb5-9q66r   1/1     Running   0          3m11s
wordpress-mariadb-0         1/1     Running   0          3m11s
```

You can also validate the persistent volume claims are bound to the workload.

- Enter the following command

```
kubectl get pvc -n wordpress
```

You should see something like the following:

```
NAMESPACE   NAME                       STATUS   VOLUME                                     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   STORAGECLASS   AGE
wordpress   data-wordpress-mariadb-0   Bound    pvc-dbddd868-ffa5-41a6-a944-13c2ba41f902   8Gi        RWO            gp2            102s
wordpress   wordpress                  Bound    pvc-5a3a71c4-760e-4296-b2b1-33b37fc0943f   10Gi       RWO            gp2            103s
```

## Recap

In this part, you successfully setup RCTL and deployed a WordPress workload to a cluster using the catalog.

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