Install Kubernetes yourself
Ubuntu is the standard platform for Kubernetes — from development to production, on bare metal, on public cloud, on VMware and on OpenStack. All major clouds offer Ubuntu as the worker node for their Kubernetes SAAS offerings.
Three ways to get Kubernetes on Ubuntu
Workstation
Microk8s is a single-package install that brings up a standard workstation K8s in under 60 seconds.
Create your own cluster
The standard guided cluster installation with Ubuntu on any cloud or data centre from the CLI, try conjure-up kubernetes to install CDK, the Charmed Distribution of Kubernetes.
Public cloud CAAS
Leading public clouds offer Ubuntu K8s worker nodes for hybrid Kubernetes operations.
Getting started with Ubuntu and Kubernetes
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Full cluster deployment instructions
The standard Charmed Distribution of Kubernetes installation process creates a high-availability cluster of physical or virtual machines. It works on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, OpenStack, and Metal-as-a-Service (MAAS). There is an optional logging, monitoring and alerting capability which uses the ELK stack to organise logs from the entire cluster. Support for various storage, networking and container runtime plugins is standard.
Workstation installation instructions
Developers often don’t need high availability, and would rather get a fast, local install of K8s which can be started or stopped on demand, for test and development iterations.
Microk8s is a simple, streamlined single-package install of Kubernetes that works for all classes of device - you can use it on your laptop, or a server, or a cloud VM. It will give you a full upstream install that is single-node only, but it’s a perfect way to get K8s for development or for edge/gateway environments. Microk8s is quick to install and has a small footprint.
Install on a physical cluster
Deploy on an OpenStack cloud using MAAS to provision the physical servers and conjure-up to install OpenStack and Kubernetes.
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