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Kubernetes on Ubuntu

There are multiple ways to run a Kubernetes cluster with Ubuntu. These pages explain how to deploy Kubernetes on Ubuntu on multiple public and private clouds, as well as bare metal.

• Official Ubuntu Guides
  • Quick Start
  • Operational Guides
• Developer Guides
• Community Ubuntu Guides
• Where to find us

Official Ubuntu Guides

• The Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes

Supports AWS, GCE, Azure, Joyent, OpenStack, VMWare, Bare Metal and localhost deployments.

Quick Start

conjure-up provides the quickest way to deploy Kubernetes on Ubuntu for multiple clouds and bare metal. It provides a user-friendly UI that prompts you for cloud credentials and configuration options

Available for Ubuntu 16.04 and newer:

sudo snap install conjure-up --classic
# re-login may be required at that point if you just installed snap utility
conjure-up kubernetes

As well as Homebrew for macOS:

brew install conjure-up
conjure-up kubernetes

Operational Guides

These are more in-depth guides for users choosing to run Kubernetes in production:

• Installation
• Validation
• Backups
• Upgrades
• Scaling
• Logging
• Monitoring
• Networking
• Security
• Storage
• Troubleshooting
• Decommissioning
• Operational Considerations
• Glossary

Developer Guides

• Localhost using LXD

Community Ubuntu Guides

• Calico Configuration

Please feel free to submit guides to this section.

Where to find us

We’re normally following the following Slack channels:

• sig-cluster-lifecycle
• sig-cluster-ops
• sig-onprem

and we monitor the Kubernetes mailing lists.