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This page shows a couple of quick ways to create a Calico cluster on Kubernetes.

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Decide whether you want to deploy a [cloud](#creating-a-calico-cluster-with-google-kubernetes-engine-gke) or [local](#creating-a-local-calico-cluster-with-kubeadm) cluster.

## Creating a Calico cluster with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Prerequisite: [gcloud](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstarts).

1. To launch a GKE cluster with Calico, include the `--enable-network-policy` flag.

Syntax ```shell gcloud container clusters create [CLUSTER_NAME] --enable-network-policy ```

Example ```shell gcloud container clusters create my-calico-cluster --enable-network-policy ```

1. To verify the deployment, use the following command.

```shell kubectl get pods --namespace=kube-system ```

The Calico pods begin with `calico`. Check to make sure each one has a status of `Running`.

## Creating a local Calico cluster with kubeadm

To get a local single-host Calico cluster in fifteen minutes using kubeadm, refer to the [Calico Quickstart](https://projectcalico.docs.tigera.io/getting-started/kubernetes/).

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Once your cluster is running, you can follow the [Declare Network Policy](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/declare-network-policy/) to try out Kubernetes NetworkPolicy.