Kubernetes Operations (kops)

The easiest way to get a production Kubernetes cluster up and running.

What is kops?

We like to think of it as kubectl for clusters.

kops lets you deploy production grade (and HA) Kubernetes clusters in the cloud.

We encourage everyone to read more about adding a feature before contributing.

Quickstart

Launching a Kubernetes cluster on AWS.

Features

• Automated Kubernetes cluster CRUD for the cloud (AWS)
• HA (Highly Available) Kubernetes clusters
• Uses a state-sync model for dry-run and automatic idempotency
• Custom support for kubectl add-ons
• Kops can generate Terraform configuration
• Based on a simple meta-model defined in a directory tree
• Easy command line syntax
• Community support

Example on AWS

Installation

Recommended

Download the latest release

History

View our changelog

From Source

go get -d k8s.io/kops
cd ${GOPATH}/src/k8s.io/kops/
git checkout release
make

See building notes for more information.

Other Resources

• Create kubecfg settings for kubectl
• Set up add-ons, to add important functionality to Kubernetes
• Learn about InstanceGroups, which let you change instance types, cluster sizes etc..
• Read about networking options, including a 50 node limit in the default configuration.
• Look at our other interesting modes.

Community

Reach out to the kops authors on kubernetes slack. A great place to get involved or ask questions is #sig-cluster-lifecycle

Bugs

If you think you have found a bug :

• Set --v=8 and save the log output
• Open a new issue
• Feel free to reach out to the kops community on kubernetes slack