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Fast and simple Kubernetes cluster deployments

KUBERNETES

Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration engine.

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Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE)

LKE is a fully-managed K8s container orchestration engine for deploying and managing containerized applications and workloads. LKE combines Linode’s ease of use and simple pricing with infrastructure efficiency. You can now get your infrastructure and workloads up and running in minutes instead of days.

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Kubernetes

Using LKE, you can configure, provision, and manage your clusters in a few easy steps.

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Automatic
Scaling
Now Available

Create and destroy resources in real time based on resource limits with Horizontal Cluster Autoscaling. More efficiently manage node pools, resulting in highly available and stable applications.

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Enjoy Maximum Efficiency From Your Resources

Automatically get the most out of your resources. Seamlessly distribute containers across your cluster to ensure you get the most efficient utilization of your resources.

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Deploy Popular Apps Using Helm charts, Operators, and Controllers

Harness the strong open source ecosystem of Kubernetes tooling. LKE supports integration with popular K8s-related tools, such as Rancher, Helm, Operators, and more.

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No Management Fees

You only pay for Compute Instances, NodeBalancers, and Block Storage Volumes. You don’t pay a penny for your managed Kubernetes control plane, unlike other Cloud providers.

Amazon EKS & GKE charge a per cluster management fee of $.10/hour or $73/month. 

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Developer Friendly and Portable

Create and manage your LKE cluster directly through the Linode API, enabling you to integrate Kubernetes management with your own infrastructure. Since LKE is built on Kubernetes, you can quickly move your existing applications and workloads to Linode’s platform.

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Linode Pricing

LKE pricing includes only the resources you consume – Linodes, NodeBalancers, and Volumes. Your cluster’s master services are free of charge.

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Additional LKE Features

etcd Backups

A snapshot of your cluster's metadata is backed up continuously, so your cluster is automatically restored in the event of a failure.

Self-Service Version Upgrades

Get the latest Kubernetes features and security by easily upgrading your clusters' Kubernetes versions on your own schedule in the Linode Cloud Manager.

Automated Recovery

All of your master and node components are monitored and will automatically recover if they fail.

Persistent Storage

Block Storage Volumes are automatically provisioned, attached as workloads, and deployed to your LKE cluster.

DNS Management

DNS records are assigned to new resources upon creation and removed when those resources are deleted.

Load Balancing

LKE can automatically provision and configure Linode NodeBalancers to route traffic from the public internet to your cluster's distributed workloads.

Aggregation Layer & Metrics Pipeline

The API server connects to LKE workloads allowing you to see real-time metrics for your cluster.
CNCF Kubernetes Certified

CNCF Certified

Linode is certified as part of the CNCF Certified Kubernetes Conformance Program. This means your LKE workloads conform to portability standards, and you'll always have access to the latest updates and features. Linode is a silver sponsor of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), where Kubernetes is a Graduated Project.

"I honestly think Linode Kubernetes Engine might be the simplest hosted Kubernetes I've ever used."

Nigel Poulton, Linux & Kubernetes Author, Trainer

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    In a world where performance, backups, and automatic failover are essential, FireServiceRota cannot go down.
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    MacStories needed scalable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. After considering options, it decided to build its vision using Linode.
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    Through Linode's seamless connection with their preferred Linux operating system, Rock de Vocht moved SimSage's entire infrastructure to Linode.
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    In this video, we'll take a look at how you can use Cloudron to install and run a Multiplayer Minecraft Server on your Linode. We'll cover everything from setting up your Linode, installing Cloudron, to installing Minecraft.

  2. TechHut The Surprisingly Easy Way to Install Discourse with Free SSL

    Discourse is an open source discussion platform that provides a forum, mailing list, chat room, and more. In this video @TechHut shows you how to install Discourse using the Linode One-Click app Marketplace.

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    New CentOS 8 alternatives, new Custom Images feature, and more

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    StackScripts provide Linode users with the ability to configure a Linode while it boots. Since you can make any StackScript public to the Linode Community, your entire team can use the StackScripts you create to easily deploy base identical systems. Walt explains why you would want to create a Stackscript, or use Stackscripts created by others.

  10. Linode Cloud GPUs Beat AWS For Performance, Pricing

    According to a Cloud Spectator benchmarking, Linode Cloud GPUs offer the best performance in the industry, outperforming behemoths like AWS, Azure, or GCP when it comes to image manipulation workloads.

Guides

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  1. A Tutorial for Deploying and Managing a Cluster with Linode Kubernetes Engine

    A Tutorial for Deploying and Managing a Cluster with Linode Kubernetes Engine

    In this guide you will learn: how to create a Kubernetes cluster using the Linode Kubernetes Engine; how to modify your cluster; how to delete your cluster; and next Steps after deploying your cluster.

  2. Understanding Kubernetes: A Guide to Modernizing Your Cloud Infrastructure

    This guide will help you understand fundamental concepts of Kubernetes and start deploying your first cluster on Linode Kubernetes Engine.

  3. Load Balancing on an LKE Kubernetes Cluster

    The Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) is Linode’s managed Kubernetes service. In this video, we'll show you how to use Linode’s load balancing service, Linode NodeBalancers, with your LKE cluster to reliably expose resources to the public internet.

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