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+# Equinix Metal
+
+Kubespray provides support for bare metal deployments using the [Equinix Metal](http://metal.equinix.com).
+Deploying upon bare metal allows Kubernetes to run at locations where an existing public or private cloud might not exist such
+as cell tower, edge collocated installations. The deployment mechanism used by Kubespray for Equinix Metal is similar to that used for
+AWS and OpenStack clouds (notably using Terraform to deploy the infrastructure). Terraform uses the Equinix Metal provider plugin
+to provision and configure hosts which are then used by the Kubespray Ansible playbooks. The Ansible inventory is generated
+dynamically from the Terraform state file.
+
+## Local Host Configuration
+
+To perform this installation, you will need a localhost to run Terraform/Ansible (laptop, VM, etc) and an account with Equinix Metal.
+In this example, we are provisioning a m1.large CentOS7 OpenStack VM as the localhost for the Kubernetes installation.
+You'll need Ansible, Git, and PIP.
+
+```bash
+sudo yum install epel-release
+sudo yum install ansible
+sudo yum install git
+sudo yum install python-pip
+```
+
+## Playbook SSH Key
+
+An SSH key is needed by Kubespray/Ansible to run the playbooks.
+This key is installed into the bare metal hosts during the Terraform deployment.
+You can generate a key new key or use an existing one.
+
+```bash
+ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+```
+
+## Install Terraform
+
+Terraform is required to deploy the bare metal infrastructure. The steps below are for installing on CentOS 7.
+[More terraform installation options are available.](https://learn.hashicorp.com/terraform/getting-started/install.html)
+
+Grab the latest version of Terraform and install it.
+
+```bash
+echo "https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/$(curl -s https://checkpoint-api.hashicorp.com/v1/check/terraform | jq -r -M '.current_version')/terraform_$(curl -s https://checkpoint-api.hashicorp.com/v1/check/terraform | jq -r -M '.current_version')_linux_amd64.zip"
+sudo yum install unzip
+sudo unzip terraform_0.14.10_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/
+```
+
+## Download Kubespray
+
+Pull over Kubespray and setup any required libraries.
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray
+cd kubespray
+```
+
+## Install Ansible
+
+Install Ansible according to [Ansible installation guide](/docs/ansible/ansible.md#installing-ansible)
+
+## Cluster Definition
+
+In this example, a new cluster called "alpha" will be created.
+
+```bash
+cp -LRp contrib/terraform/packet/sample-inventory inventory/alpha
+cd inventory/alpha/
+ln -s ../../contrib/terraform/packet/hosts
+```
+
+Details about the cluster, such as the name, as well as the authentication tokens and project ID
+for Equinix Metal need to be defined. To find these values see [Equinix Metal API Accounts](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/accounts/).
+
+```bash
+vi cluster.tfvars
+```
+
+* cluster_name = alpha
+* packet_project_id = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456
+* public_key_path = 12345678-90AB-CDEF-GHIJ-KLMNOPQRSTUV
+
+## Deploy Bare Metal Hosts
+
+Initializing Terraform will pull down any necessary plugins/providers.
+
+```bash
+terraform init ../../contrib/terraform/packet/
+```
+
+Run Terraform to deploy the hardware.
+
+```bash
+terraform apply -var-file=cluster.tfvars ../../contrib/terraform/packet
+```
+
+## Run Kubespray Playbooks
+
+With the bare metal infrastructure deployed, Kubespray can now install Kubernetes and setup the cluster.
+
+```bash
+ansible-playbook --become -i inventory/alpha/hosts cluster.yml
+```