Kubernetes in Cleura Cloud
Cleura Cloud has a management facility for Kubernetes clusters, based on Gardener.
Gardener supports recent Kubernetes versions and offers you a great degree of “hands-off” management.
For more details on the merits of Gardener, refer to the sections below.
General characteristics
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Gardener |
| Kubernetes Cloud Provider |
OpenStack |
| Base operating system for nodes |
Garden Linux |
| Latest installable Kubernetes minor release |
1.33 |
API and CLI support
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Gardener |
| Manageable via Cleura Cloud REST API |
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| Manageable via OpenStack REST API |
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| Manageable via OpenStack CLI |
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Updates and upgrades
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Gardener |
| Automatic update to new Kubernetes patch release |
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| Rolling upgrade to new Kubernetes minor release |
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| Automatic upgrade to new Kubernetes minor release |
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| Rolling upgrade to new base operating system release |
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| Automatic upgrade to new base operating system release |
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Functional features
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Gardener |
| Built-in private registry for container images |
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| Hibernation |
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| Manual vertical scaling (bigger/smaller worker nodes) |
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| Vertical autoscaling |
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| Manual horizontal scaling (more/fewer worker nodes) |
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| Horizontal autoscaling |
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| Kubernetes dashboard |
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Charges and billing
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Gardener |
| Monthly subscription fee |
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| Cleura Cloud charges for Kubernetes control plane nodes |
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| Cleura Cloud charges for Kubernetes worker nodes |
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