kubesphere

The container platform tailored for Kubernetes multi-cloud, datacenter, and edge management

What is KubeSphere

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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. KubeSphere is also a multi-tenant 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 platform, which includes most common functionalities needed for enterprise Kubernetes strategy, see Feature List for details.

The following screenshots give a close insight into KubeSphere. Please check What is KubeSphere for further information.

Demo environment

🎮 KubeSphere Lite provides you with free, stable, and out-of-the-box managed cluster service. After registration and login, you can easily create a K8s cluster with KubeSphere installed in only 5 seconds and experience feature-rich KubeSphere.

🖥 You can view the Demo Video to get started with KubeSphere.

Features

Architecture

KubeSphere uses a loosely-coupled architecture that separates the frontend from the backend. External systems can access the components of the backend through the REST APIs.

Latest release

🎉 KubeSphere 3.3.2 was released! It brings enhancements and better user experience, see the Release Notes For 3.3.2 for the updates.

Installation

KubeSphere can run anywhere from on-premise datacenter to any cloud to edge. In addition, it can be deployed on any version-compatible Kubernetes cluster. The installer will start a minimal installation by default, you can enable other pluggable components before or after installation.

Quick start

Installing on K8s/K3s

Ensure that your cluster has installed Kubernetes v1.19.x, v1.20.x, v1.21.x, * v1.22.x, * v1.23.x, or * v1.24.x. For Kubernetes versions with an asterisk, some features of edge nodes may be unavailable due to incompatibility. Therefore, if you want to use edge nodes, you are advised to install Kubernetes v1.21.x or earlier. Run the following commands to install KubeSphere on an existing Kubernetes cluster:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubesphere/ks-installer/releases/download/v3.3.1/kubesphere-installer.yaml
   
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubesphere/ks-installer/releases/download/v3.3.1/cluster-configuration.yaml

All-in-one

👨‍💻 No Kubernetes? You can use KubeKey to install both KubeSphere and Kubernetes/K3s in single-node mode on your Linux machine. Let's take K3s as an example:

# Download KubeKey
curl -sfL https://get-kk.kubesphere.io | VERSION=v2.3.0 sh -
# Make kk executable
chmod +x kk
# Create a cluster
./kk create cluster --with-kubernetes v1.21.4-k3s --with-kubesphere v3.3.1

You can run the following command to view the installation logs. After KubeSphere is successfully installed, you can access the KubeSphere web console at http://IP:30880 and log in using the default administrator account (admin/P@88w0rd).

kubectl logs -n kubesphere-system $(kubectl get pod -n kubesphere-system -l 'app in (ks-install, ks-installer)' -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') -f

KubeSphere for hosted Kubernetes services

KubeSphere is hosted on the following cloud providers, and you can try KubeSphere by one-click installation on their hosted Kubernetes services.

• KubeSphere for Amazon EKS
• KubeSphere for Azure AKS
• KubeSphere for DigitalOcean Kubernetes
• KubeSphere on QingCloud AppCenter(QKE)

You can also install KubeSphere on other hosted Kubernetes services within minutes, see the step-by-step guides to get started.

👨‍💻 No internet access? Refer to the Air-gapped Installation on Kubernetes or Air-gapped Installation on Linux for instructions on how to use private registry to install KubeSphere.

Guidance, discussion, contribution, and support

We ❤ your contribution. The community walks you through how to get started contributing KubeSphere. The development guide explains how to set up development environment.

• Slack Channel
• Youtube
• Twitter

🤗 Please submit any KubeSphere bugs, issues, and feature requests to KubeSphere GitHub Issue.

💟 The KubeSphere team also provides efficient official ticket support to respond in hours. For more information, click KubeSphere Online Support.

Who are using KubeSphere

The user case studies page includes the user list of the project. You can leave a comment to let us know your use case.

Landscapes

    

KubeSphere is a member of CNCF and a Kubernetes Conformance Certified platform , which enriches the CNCF CLOUD NATIVE Landscape.