Select the Linode option from the list of providers. If you haven't already provided your Linode API token you'll be asked to provide credentials. Provide a name for your credentials and paste your Linode API token into the API key field and click Add credentials.
{% hint style="info" %} You can find more details on setting up access to your Linode account in the shared credentials documentation. {% endhint %}
Once you have added your credentials (or if you already had them set up) select your cluster options from the fields below.
| Field/Option | Overview |
|---|---|
| Name | Enter a name for your cluster. |
| Credentials | Select the set of credentials to use for the provision. |
| Region | Select the region to deploy your cluster in. |
| Node size | Select the size of the individual nodes in your cluster. |
| Node count | Enter the number of nodes to provision in your cluster. |
| Kubernetes version | Select the version of Kubernetes you want to deploy on your cluster. |
{% hint style="info" %} The environment options are refreshed automatically if the information cached by Portainer is over 12 hours old. You can manually refresh the options by clicking Reload cluster details under the Actions section. {% endhint %}
You can also expand the More settings section and set groups and tags for your environment now or you can do this later.
Once you have made your selections, click Provision environment to begin the provision. If you have other environments to configure click Next to proceed, otherwise click Close to return to the list of environments where you will see the progress of your provision.