KubeSphere Container Platform

The Kubernetes platform tailored for hybrid multicloud

KubeSphere is a distributed operating system for cloud-native application management, using Kubernetes as its kernel. It provides a plug-and-play architecture, allowing third-party applications to be seamlessly integrated into its ecosystem.

One Kubernetes Platform for Full Stack Solutions

KubeSphere is also a multi-tenant enterprise-grade open-source Kubernetes container platform with full-stack automated IT operation and streamlined DevOps workflows. It provides developer-friendly wizard web UI, helping enterprises to build out a more robust and feature-rich Kubernetes platform, which includes the most common functionalities needed for enterprise Kubernetes strategies.

Open Source

A CNCF-certified Kubernetes platform, 100% open source, built and improved by the community.

Easy to Run

Can be deployed on an existing Kubernetes cluster or Linux machines, supports online and air-gapped installation.

Rich Features

Deliver DevOps, service mesh, observability, application management, multi-tenancy, storage and networking management in a unified platform.

Modular & Pluggable

The functionalities are modularized and loosely coupled with the platform. Choose the modules according to your business needs.

Benefits of Kubernetes Platform to Different Teams

Multi-tenancy enables different teams to securely deploy and maintain containerized applications from the cloud to the edge. It allows developers to deploy code with several clicks on the friendly console, and brings integrated observability and powerful DevOps strategies for the Ops team. It also helps the Infra team to install and maintain Kubernetes cluster with efficient, flexible network solutions which avoids locking teams into a single-vendor ecosystem.

Infra Team

Automated installation, scaling, and upgrades from cloud to data center

Improve your resource utilization and reduce internal infrastructure costs
Provide security enhancements, and support multiple storage and network solutions
Deliver a trustworthy and certified Kubernetes platform and distribution
Support multi-cloud and multi-cluster Kubernetes management, avoiding vendor lock-in (coming soon)

Developers

Liberate developers from complicated YAML, enabling them focus on business

Create smooth user experience and reduce the learning curve of the cloud native stack
Provide toolkits and deployment automation tailored to any application environment
Offer out-of-box toolkits for building reproducible images from source code, improving development efficiency
Support application lifecycle management, accelerating time to market

Ops Team

Build a one-stop enterprise-grade DevOps framework

Provide centralized log collection, monitoring, alerting, events and audit logs from infrastructure to applications
Streamlined process of continuous deployment, test, release, upgrade and scaling
Better tracking, routing and optimized communications within Kubernetes for cloud native apps
Easy-to-use web terminal and graphical panel, satisfying the needs of different users

End User

Running and using Apps on Kubernetes has never been so easy

Deploy and upgrade Apps with one click to transparent underlying infrastructure
Provide on-demand container resources and HPA, hardening the reliability and flexibility of your applications
Import any Helm repository in seconds to visually deploy and upgrade applications
Support operation in application store, including metering and billing for applications (coming soon)

Key Features of Kubernetes Platform

If you are seeking an open source project that rivals a commercial product, KubeSphere is your choice.
The RoadMap lists the planned features and everyone is welcome to raise a proposal and contribute your ideas.

Provisioning Kubernetes

Deploy Kubernetes on any infrastructure out of box, including online and air-gapped installation, and support adding GPU nodes
K8s Resource Management

Provide a web console for creating and managing Kubernetes resources with powerful observability
Multi-tenant Management

Provide unified authentication with fine-grained roles and three-tier authorization system, and support AD/LDAP authentication
Multiple Storage and Networking Solutions

Support GlusterFS, CephRBD, NFS, LocalPV solutions, and provide CSI plugins to consume storage from multiple cloud providers. Provide a load balancer OpenELB for bare metal Kubernetes, and offers network policy management, support Calico and Flannel CNI

Kubernetes DevOps System

Out-of-the-box CI/CD based on Jenkins, and automated DevOps workflow tools including Source-to-Image & Binary-to-Image

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Service Mesh (Istio-based)

Provide fine-grained traffic management, observability and tracing, and offer visualization for traffic topology

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Cloud Native Observability

Multi-dimensional monitoring, events and audit logs query are supported; multi-tenant log query and collection, alerting and notification are built-in

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App Store

Provide an application store for Helm-based applications, and offer application lifecycle management on Kubernetes platform

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Kubernetes Multi-cluster Mgmt

Distribute applications across multiple clusters and cloud providers, and provide disaster recovery solutions and cross-cluster observability

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Edge Computing Platform

KubeSphere integrates KubeEdge to enable users to deploy applications on the edge devices and view logging and monitoring data of them on the console.

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Metering and Billing

Track resource consumption at different levels on a unified dashboard, which helps you make better-informed decisions on planning and reduce the cost.

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KubeSphere Container Platform with its Cloud Native Architecture

Front End

KubeSphere Console

Back End (REST API)

KubeSphere System

API Server
API Gateway
Controller Manager
Account Service

End User Community

Tons of enterprises and organizations are using KubeSphere Container Platform for research, production and their commercial products.
The Case Studies list more detailed user cases and their cloud native transformation stories.