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

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.

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CI/CD Pipeline	App Store

Demo environment

🎮 Using the account demo1 / Demo123 to log in the demo environment. Please note the account is granted view access.

🖥 You can also have a quick view of Demo video.

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 3.2.0 is now available! See the Release Notes For 3.2.0 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.

Quick start

1. Run the following commands to install KubeSphere on an exiting Kubernetes cluster:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubesphere/ks-installer/releases/download/v3.2.0/kubesphere-installer.yaml
   
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubesphere/ks-installer/releases/download/v3.2.0/cluster-configuration.yaml

2. You can run the following command to view the installation logs. After KubeSphere is successfully installed, you can use http://IP:30880 to access the KubeSphere Console with the default account and password (admin/P@88w0rd).

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

👨‍💻 No Kubernetes cluster? Try All-in-one to install a single-node Kubernetes and KubeSphere on your Linux machine.

🐯 Katacoda for quick learning

Katacoda allows you to explore how to install KubeSphere on an existing Kubernetes cluster in a browser. You can start the Katacoda scenario with KubeSphere in minutes.

KubeSphere for hosted Kubernetes services

KubeSphere is hosted on the following cloud providers, 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.

Contributing, support, discussion, and community

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
• Follow us on Twitter

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

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.