[Prepare the Environment for an NKP Deployment] The bastion host is currently set up with Rocky Linux and the engineer will need to configure it to…

According to the official Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) documentation for setting up an air-gapped environment, the first configuration step on the bastion host is to install the required prerequisite utilities. These tools, specifically yum-utils, bzip2, and wget, are essential for subsequent steps like downloading the NKP air-gap bundle, managing software repositories, and decompressing files. All other actions, such as creating a bootstrap cluster or setting up image repositories, depend on these foundational tools being present on the bastion host.

B. Create a bootstrap cluster: This is a significantly later step in the NKP installation workflow, performed after the bastion host is fully prepared and the necessary software bundles are available.

C. Configure the bastion VM with a public IP address: This is part of the initial virtual machine provisioning, which precedes the software configuration steps performed by the engineer on the operating system.

D. Set up a connection on the bastion host so that it can pull images from Docker Hub: This action occurs after the bastion host has been prepared with prerequisite tools and the air-gap bundles have been downloaded and processed.

1. Nutanix Kubernetes Platform Installation and Administration Guide v2.5: Section "Setting up an Air-Gapped Environment" -> "Configuring the Bastion Host". This section explicitly states: "Install the following pre-requisites on the bastion host: yum-utils

bzip2

and wget." This is listed as the first configuration task. (A direct public link is not available as it requires a Nutanix portal login

but the path within the official documentation is as cited).

2. Nutanix Kubernetes Platform Air-Gapped Installation (Official Nutanix Video Walkthrough): The procedural demonstration shows that after provisioning the bastion VM

the first commands run are to install prerequisite packages before downloading any Nutanix-specific bundles. This confirms the documented sequence of operations.