# ANNEX 7 Kubernetes installation and requirements
# ANNEX 7: Kubernetes installation and requirements
This section illustrates a safe procedure to setup a Kubernetes cluster that meets the requirements described in [chapter 5](05-osm-usage.md#osm-kubernetes-requirements). Please note that there might be many alternative ways to achieve the same result (i.e. create an equivalent K8s cluster), so, in case you are using different tooling to create your K8s cluster, this annex should be taken just as informative information and refer instead to your tool's guide to the authoritative reference to achieve equivalent results.