Kubernetes You Can Count On
Kubernetes is complex, and you shouldn't have to spend a ton of time managing clusters. With Vultr Kubernetes Engine (VKE), we do a lot of hard work for you, so you can operate with confidence and easily scale.
Container Orchestration
Orchestrate your containers to work with each other.
Free Control Plane
Unlike other Kubernetes services, VKE has no management fee.
Scalability
Easily scale your applications as workloads increase.
Resilience
Automatic health checking and failover.
Resource Efficient
Kubernetes maximizes instances by efficiently allocating applications to cluster nodes.
Immutable infrastructure
Once deployed, they will never change state.
CNCF Certified
Vultr Kubernetes Engine (VKE) is certified by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Certified Kubernetes Conformance Program. You can quickly move your workloads to Vultr because VKE conforms to portability standards. Vultr is a silver sponsor of the CNCF, where Kubernetes is a Graduated Project.
Additional Kubernetes Tools
Vultr Cloud Controller Manager
The Vultr Cloud Controller Manager (CCM) connects Vultr features to your Kubernetes cluster. The CCM monitors the node's state and assigns their IP addresses. The CCM automatically deploys managed Load Balancers as needed for your Kubernetes Load Balancer/Ingress services.
Vultr Container Storage Interface
Create persistent volumes for Kubernetes! The Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver connects your Kubernetes cluster with Vultr’s high-speed block storage.
Condor
Condor is a self-managed solution that allows you to manage and configure the control plane and other components as you want.
Our Integrations
Use our Helm Charts to streamline Vultr CCM and CSI installation.
External DNS synchronizes exposed Kubernetes Services and Ingresses with Vultr’s DNS.
Use cert-manager to automate the management and issuance of TLS certificates from various issuing sources.
Automatically adjust the size of your Kubernetes Cluster so all pods have a place to run without wasted nodes.
Our declarative APIs and tooling simplify provisioning, upgrading, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters.
Additional resources
Review our FAQ for more information about the Vultr Kubernetes Engine.
FAQ
The Vultr Kubernetes Engine is a fully-managed product offering with predictable pricing that makes Kubernetes easy to use. Vultr manages the control plane and worker nodes and provides integration with other managed services such as Load Balancers, Block Storage, and DNS.
The Vultr Kubernetes Engine includes the managed control plane free of charge. You pay for the Worker Nodes, Load Balancers, and Block Storage resources you deploy. Worker nodes and Load Balancers run on Vultr cloud server instances of your choice with 2 GB of RAM or more. See our hourly rates.
Kubernetes uses Vultr cloud servers. It does not support Bare Metal servers.
We have two storage classes available through our CSI:
- vultr-block-storage
- vultr-block-storage-hdd
Use the /v2/regions API endpoint to discover which storage classes are available at your location, which returns:
- block_storage_storage_opt: HDD storage
- block_storage_high_perf: NVMe storage
Yes, ETCD on VKE is encrypted and backed up regularly.
What is the Vultr Kubernetes Engine?
The Vultr Kubernetes Engine is a fully-managed product offering with predictable pricing that makes Kubernetes easy to use. Vultr manages the control plane and worker nodes and provides integration with other managed services such as Load Balancers, Block Storage, and DNS.