Free Managed Kubernetes® to orchestrate your containers
Kubernetes® is one of the most widely-used contain orchestration tools on the market. It is used by companies of all sizes. It can be used to deploy applications, scale them up and make them more resilient — even in hybrid or multi-cloud infrastructures.
Service Managed Kubernetes ® is powered by OVH Public Cloud instances. With OVHcloud Load Balancers and additional disks integrated into it, you can host any kind of work load on it with total reversibility.
Fully managed by OVHcloud
OVHcloud deploys, hosts and maintains all of the components needed for Kubernetes to work, including updates and security patches. We also maintain the necessary components on your nodes. Get all the features of a certified Kubernetes administrator after downloading your kubeconfig file, then focus on your business.
Scalability and high availability
Exposing a service on multiple worker nodes can be easily done in just a few command lines. Kubernetes launches the containers and configures the load balancer for you. You can also define the health conditions for each service. Kubernetes will relaunch the pods and containers that do not meet these conditions.
ISO/IEC 27001, 27701 and health data hosting compliance
Our cloud infrastructures and services are ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and 27701 certified. These certifications ensure the presence of an information security management system (ISMS) for managing risks, vulnerabilities and implementing business continuity, as well as a privacy information management system (PIMS). Thanks to our health data hosting compliance, you can also host healthcare data securely.
Certified Kubernetes Service Provider
Our Professional Services teams are certified by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), and can help you deploy, secure and scale your containerised workloads on Kubernetes.
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Full management by OVHcloud
Reversibility, multi and hybrid cloud
Thanks to the CNCF conformance programme, a number of cloud licensors and providers guarantee the total reversibility of data. Kubernetes® has in fact become the standard for multi-cloud (i.e. different cloud providers or datacentres) and hybrid (i.e. on-premises and cloud distribution) scenarios. The same configuration can be transferred from one provider to another in no time.
Focus on your containerised software layers
We host and maintain all of the Kubernetes components, as well as the operating system and common components (Docker runtime, etc.) of your work nodes.
How to
Create your Kubernetes cluster
Add instance-based nodes
Connect to Kubernetes to start deploying containers
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Features
Persistent volumes
You can add persistent volumes to your worker nodes. These are based on additional disks of the size and type of your choice (standard or high-performance, billed to the nearest gigabyte). This ensures durability for your stateful application data.
Load Balancer and pod autoscaling
Your Kubernetes® service is delivered to you, then your work nodes are provisioned, in a few minutes. The scheduler displays new services or replicates them on your nodes in a matter of seconds. By integrating the OVHcloud Load Balancer, you can efficiently distribute traffic over multiple nodes. You can set CPU/RAM quotas, health conditions and automatic scaling for your pods.
Basic interface
You can configure, add and delete nodes via the OVH Control Panel. You can also easily install the Kubernetes® Dashboard.
Role-based access control
The role-based access control feature is included as standard, and can be used to deploy services that require specific levels of access.
Multiple versions and upgrades
You can choose to use one of the last three (3) stable versions of Kubernetes® when creating your cluster. We offer new minor versions in the quarter following their availability.
Auto-scaling nodes
Dynamically add computing resources to your cluster, to fit your nodes' requirements.
Integrated into vRack
Choose to display your cluster and its services publicly, or solely on your private OVHcloud network.
Use cases
Architectures for microservices and highly-distributed tasks
The responsiveness and low overheads of Kubernetes® allow you to economise the underlying infrastructures for microservices. Able to work with historical applications (stateful load balancing, thanks to persistent volumes), Kubernetes® will intelligently distribute your tasks, depending on their planned usage of RAM and CPU. You can also set effective high limits, which cause the automatic planning process to restart. Combine monthly and hourly IaaS resources to optimise your billing.
Transparent and controlled version upgrades
Updating your application layers is made simple, thanks to the different abstraction levels provided by Kubernetes®. By choosing the “rolling upgrade” option, you can carry out transparent version updates for your end users. Our team uses this approach itself, to update the components of your Kubernetes® clusters for patching minor bugs and security.
Easy deployment, from development to production
The majority of open source and commercial applications are now distributed in a Docker container or Helm chart format, deployable in one single command line on your Kubernetes® service. Kubernetes® intelligently shares containers and services on different nodes. Want to separate development, testing, acceptance and production? Simply move the configuration file from one cluster to the other. Thanks to the declarative syntax, you can simply describe the status you want!
Managed Kubernetes® Billing
The Managed Kubernetes® service is provided free of charge. This includes deployment, hosting and updates for all of the cluster’s master components, as well as operational maintenance for your nodes (both operating system and Kubernetes® worker node components). You only pay for the computing resources and storage that hosts your containers and their persistent data — and you still benefit from standard OVHcloud Public Cloud pricing (with no charges for traffic).
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Your questions answered
What guarantees are offered for the resources (compute, storage, etc.) used by the Managed Kubernetes Service?
The Managed Kubernetes Service relies on other cloud resources (e.g. instances, Block Storage, load balancers, etc.). You can view their SLAs on their respective pages.
What SLA does OVHcloud offer for the Managed Kubernetes Service API server?
The SLA guarantees 99.5% monthly availability for the Managed Kubernetes Service API server. Since this solution is free, this rate is not a commitment. For further information, please refer to the Terms & conditions.
What is the minimum size for a Managed Kubernetes Service cluster?
It takes at least one computing node to run the service, but we strongly recommend deploying three nodes to form a resilient cluster. The smallest instance models for the service are the d2-4 models.
What is the maximum size for a Managed Kubernetes Service cluster?
The current limit is 100 computing nodes for a cluster. The most powerful instance models are eligible for the Managed Kubernetes Service: B2-120, C2-120, R2-240 and I1-180.
What is Kubernetes used for?
Kubernetes is a resource orchestrator. It distributes and places Docker containers on the available cluster nodes, applying positioning rules and taking your application’s organisation into account.
What Kubernetes versions are offered?
We offer a service certified by the CNCF for the latest three minor versions supported by Kubernetes. You can migrate from one version to the next automatically. Finally, for all versions, security updates (patch updates) are applied according to the security policy you have chosen.
How do I configure a Kubernetes cluster?
Installing and configuring Kubernetes software is a relatively complex process. This is why we deliver a service that offers near-instantaneous deployment, regardless of how complex the cluster management will be.
What is a container in the cloud?
A container is a package that contains an application, and all of the system dependencies required for it to operate properly. When it runs, it will run its application in an isolated environment. A container can also be easily transported from one platform to another, ensuring identical operation in all cases.
What is Docker?
Docker is the most popular implementation of containerisation technologies. It works mostly under Linux, and has a very large community.