# Define and install a K8s distro

A unified platform to create a standardized K8s cluster to host your application in your customer’s environment.

## Replicated Value

Replicated brings everything you need to efficiently handle the toughest requirements around delivering your app to your customers. Our platform is designed around the needs of your organization to help simplify complex tasks. Don’t try to build all these capabilities yourself! Instead reduce your effort and cost with a trusted solution.

## How it Works

## Define your K8s distributions

1. Leverage Replicated’s expertise in cluster reliability  
2. Choose a proven K8s version to underlie your app  
3. Standardize components to reduce variability and risk

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## Select K8s add-ons to include

1. Select which K8s add-on projects complement your app  
2. Add storage, networking, observability, and more  
3. Our maintained add-ons offer latest upstream updates

## Create a new K8s cluster on-demand

1. Declaratively define a new K8s cluster for your app  
2. Associate cluster definitions with specific app releases  
3. Provide a pre-configured one-line terminal command to install

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## Validate Requirements before Install

1. Define necessary requirements for your app  
2. Collect and precheck environment info in advance  
3. Use open source [Troubleshoot.sh](https://troubleshoot.sh/) to ensure success

## Deploy in air-gapped locations

1. Offer downloadable packages for secure transfer of your app and distro  
2. Install everything with a few preset commands  
3. Support fully private image registries

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## How it helps

### Business benefits

- Avoid a common barrier to sales  
- Reduce reliance on customer K8s experience  
- Increase install success rates  
- Reduce burden on field engineers  
- Simplify support with "known-good" clusters

### Technical benefits

- Install with a one line terminal command  
- Eliminate k8s cluster variability  
- Make sure cluster requirements are met  
- Work with proven tooling  
- Run only in well-tested cluster environments

## Measurable impact

Track your improvements around key performance metrics like time to install (TTI), reduction in field engineer hours per install, percentage of “touchless” self-service installs, reduction in escalations to support and engineering, install success rate, and customer satisfaction.

### UIPath uses Azure Resource manager templates with kURL to give end customers a simple means of spinning up a trial environment in just one click.

## Explore the Replicated Platform

For a more in depth explanation of the Replicated platform check out some of our other pages.

## Learn more

[**Testing Releases in Customer-representative Environments**  
Automatically test your new releases on truly customer-representative environments—same cloud provider, same Kubernetes distribution and version, and even the same entitlements and configuration.](https://www.replicated.com/blog/testing-releases-in-customer-environments)  
[**Helm alone is not enough (for commercial software distribution)**  
We love Helm! But, using just Helm for commercial software distribution can only take you so far. Luckily, Replicated's new features perfectly complement Helm to supercharge your deployments.](https://www.replicated.com/blog/helm-is-not-enough-for-commercial-software-distribution)  
[**Step-by-Step Guide: Troubleshooting a Failed Deployment Using the Compatibility Matrix**  
Our own internal support team utilizes the Compatibility Matrix to re-create unique customer environments. Evans Mungai, Sr. Customer Reliability Engineer, walks through this process.](https://www.replicated.com/blog/step-by-step-guide-troubleshooting-a-failed-deployment-using-the-compatibility-matrix)