Cloudfleet - Next Generation Kubernetes

Cloudfleet delivers fully managed Kubernetes across cloud, datacenter, and edge. Automated upgrades, just-in-time infrastructure, one control plane.

Best today for hybrid and multi cloud Kubernetes. Just one Kubernetes cluster, with no operational overhead, to deploy workloads on any cloud provider in any region. Integrate public and private clouds, on-premises infrastructure, and edge environments. Cloudfleet automatically replaces underutilized or expensive nodes and consolidates workloads onto more efficient infrastructure.

Cloudfleet Kubernetes:

• Cloudfleet Security: How Cloudfleet secures your Kubernetes infrastructure with encryption, access controls, network isolation, and compliance practices.
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• Cloudfleet pricing | Managed Kubernetes plans: Transparent Kubernetes pricing with fixed cluster fees and per-vCPU charges. Flexible plans designed for businesses of all sizes.
• Partnering with Cloudfleet: Partner with Cloudfleet to deliver managed Kubernetes infrastructure. Explore technology, consulting, and reseller partnership opportunities.
• Kubernetes Cost optimization and FinOps: Reduce Kubernetes costs by up to 50% with automated scaling, intelligent instance selection, spot automation, and optimized bin packing.
• Multi-cloud Kubernetes clusters | Cloudfleet: Run applications on any cloud provider, in any region, from a single control plane with Cloudfleet's fully managed Kubernetes service.
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning: Cloudfleet ML Platform: self-service GPU infrastructure with 1300+ instance types across 73+ regions. Autoscaling and up to 73% cost savings.
• Independent Software Vendors (ISVs): Enable multi-cloud Kubernetes for ISVs. Deploy software across public clouds and on-premises with unified management and consistent scaling.
• On-premises Kubernetes and Kubernetes in Hybrid Clouds: Run Kubernetes on-premises and in hybrid clouds with Cloudfleet. Merge private cloud security with public cloud scalability from a single managed control plane.

Stories of successful Cloudfleet deployments:

• Findable gains data control and cuts AI infrastructure costs by 80% with Cloudfleet: How Findable runs their AI document processing pipeline across multiple cloud providers with Cloudfleet, gaining full control over their data while handling 2x the workload at a fifth of the cost.
• TextCortex scales AI knowledge base software with Cloudfleet: How TextCortex scaled AI document processing 5× faster with 40% lower infra costs using Cloudfleet’s elastic, multi-cloud Kubernetes platform.
• BaseJump scales global gaming infrastructure with Cloudfleet: How BaseJump uses Cloudfleet to scale gaming infrastructure across clouds and regions, reducing operational overhead for millions of players.

Documentation

All the information you need to get started with Cloudfleet, including guides, code samples, best practices, tutorials, API references, and more!

Release notes

• Release notes: Release notes for Cloudfleet, including new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

Reference

• API reference: Cloudfleet API reference: operations, request and response structures, error codes, and authentication for the v1 API.

Introduction

• What is Cloudfleet?: A quick introduction to Cloudfleet and its features
• How Cloudfleet provisions nodes: Understand how Cloudfleet's node provisioning differs from traditional Kubernetes and when to use each approach
• Getting started: Learn your first steps with Cloudfleet
• Install Cloudfleet CLI: Explore the Cloudfleet CLI, a command-line tool for easy interaction with Cloudfleet's API and powerful cloud computing providers.
• MCP server: Use Cloudfleet with AI assistants through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration

Cluster management

• Cluster types: Learn the different types of Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine (CFKE) clusters
• Kubernetes versions and upgrades: CFKE version support policies, Kubernetes version compatibility, patch updates, and upgrade procedures for smooth migrations.
• Control plane scalability: Guide to understanding and optimizing control plane scalability in Cloudfleet's managed Kubernetes service.

Auto-provisioned infrastructure

• Fleets: Learn what fleets are and how to create and manage them in CFKE
• Fleet constraints: Limit a Fleet to a specific cloud, region, or instance family so node auto-provisioning only considers matching infrastructure.
• Fleets with static capacity: Reserve a fixed number of nodes of a specific type, cloud, and region inside a Fleet for workloads that need hot capacity at all times.
• Auto-provisioning profiles: Tune how the node auto-provisioner consolidates capacity in a Fleet, trading off cost optimization against workload disruption.
• Node regions: Cloudfleet cloud regions across global locations, optimized for performance, data compliance, and low latency for your workloads.
• Fleet configuration: Learn how to connect your cloud account to CFKE cluster to provision nodes

Self-managed infrastructure

• Self-managed nodes: This section explains how to use Cloudfleet with self-managed infrastructure
• Vultr: This section explains how to add Vultr instances to Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine
• OVH: This section explains how to add OVH instances to Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine
• Scaleway: This section explains how to use Cloudfleet with Scaleway
• Exoscale: This section explains how to add Exoscale instances to Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine
• Proxmox: This section explains how to add Proxmox VMs to Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine

Container registry

• Overview: Cloudfleet Container Registry (CFCR) provides a fully managed, private container registry with seamless Kubernetes integration
• Concepts: Understand key Cloudfleet Container Registry concepts including repositories, images, tags, and digests
• Getting started: Push your first container image to Cloudfleet Container Registry (CFCR) in minutes
• Authentication: Configure authentication for Cloudfleet Container Registry (CFCR) using the Docker credential helper, API tokens, or automatic CFKE cluster authentication
• Image management: Push, pull, list, and delete container images, Helm charts, and OCI artifacts in Cloudfleet Container Registry (CFCR)
• Access control: Manage who can push and pull images from Cloudfleet Container Registry (CFCR) using role-based access control
• CI/CD integration: Configure GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and other CI/CD platforms to push images to Cloudfleet Container Registry (CFCR)

Workload management

• Node auto-provisioning: Learn how Cloudfleet automatically provisions optimal nodes based on your workload requirements
• Resource monitoring and pod autoscaling: Learn how to monitor resource usage and automatically scale your applications with kubectl top and Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA)
• External private registries: How to pull container images from external private registries like AWS ECR, GCP Artifact Registry, and others in Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine
• Accessing cloud APIs securely: How to access cloud APIs from Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine without hardcoded keys
• GPU-based workloads: Learn how to provision nodes with NVIDIA GPUs and schedule GPU-based workloads with Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine.

CI/CD integration

• GitHub Actions: Authenticate GitHub Actions workflows to Cloudfleet Kubernetes clusters using OIDC workload identity federation, without storing long-lived credentials.
• GitLab CI: Authenticate GitLab CI jobs to Cloudfleet Kubernetes clusters using OIDC workload identity federation, without storing long-lived credentials.

Networking

• Networking architecture: Learn how Cloudfleet manages in-cluster networking securely across platforms.
• Public cloud load balancing: Exposing services to public or private internet on Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine
• On-premises load balancing with BGP: Learn how to implement BGP load balancing in hybrid and on-premises Kubernetes clusters
• Egress Gateways: Learn how to use Cilium Egress Gateway to route outgoing CFKE traffic.

Organization management

• User management: Users section, outlining how to manage organization memberships, user roles, and project access, ensuring secure and efficient team collaboration.
• API tokens: Learn how to create and manage API tokens for your organization.
• Service quotas: Manage resource quotas at organization level in Cloudfleet. Control resource allocation and ensure efficient usage across your clusters.
• Billing and pricing: Explore the Billing and Pricing section of Cloudfleet to understand our transparent billing cycles for subscriptions and utility charges, tailored to suit various user needs and plans.
• Single Sign-On (SSO): Learn how to set up Single Sign-On (SSO) for your Cloudfleet organization
• Support tickets: Create, track, and respond to Cloudfleet support tickets from the console, the CLI, or your AI assistant.

Troubleshooting

• Handle single-platform container images: Learn how to handle single-platform container images in Cloudfleet

Terraform Provider

• Introduction: Cloudfleet Terraform provider for infrastructure as code management
• Resources: Cloudfleet Terraform provider resources for managing clusters, fleets, and node provisioning
• Data sources: Cloudfleet Terraform provider data sources for retrieving cluster, fleet, and client configuration information

Tutorials

Step-by-step Kubernetes tutorials covering cloud deployments, ML/AI workloads, and on-premises setups. Practical guides for all skill levels.

General

Cloud & Kubernetes

• Create GPU Kubernetes cluster with Lambda cloud: Create a GPU Kubernetes cluster with Lambda Cloud and Cloudfleet. Set up a Lambda instance, integrate it, and run AI/ML workloads.
• How to create Kubernetes Jobs from AWS Lambda: Create and trigger Kubernetes Jobs from AWS Lambda for dynamic, event-driven workloads with automated scaling and resource management.
• Expose HTTP applications with NGINX Ingress: Expose HTTP apps with NGINX Ingress Controller on Cloudfleet Kubernetes, with automatic TLS certificates from cert-manager and Let's Encrypt.
• Install and Configure Istio service mesh: Learn how to install Istio service mesh on Cloudfleet Kubernetes Engine (CFKE) using the Istio CNI plugin for efficient network management.
• Manage Kubernetes secrets with External Secrets Operator: Sync secrets from cloud secret managers into Cloudfleet Kubernetes using External Secrets Operator with OIDC auth and AWS Secrets Manager.
• Use persistent volumes with Cloudfleet on Hetzner: Use persistent volumes with Cloudfleet on Hetzner. Create a PVC and attach it to a pod in a Cloudfleet Kubernetes cluster with Hetzner nodes.
• Deploy MariaDB on Kubernetes with MariaDB operator: Deploy and manage MariaDB on Cloudfleet Kubernetes using the MariaDB operator. Covers storage setup, operator installation, and production deployment.

Hybrid cloud and on-premises Kubernetes

• Deploy Kubernetes on Proxmox: a step-by-step tutorial: Learn how to set up a Kubernetes cluster on Proxmox VM and deploy your first container application.

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

• Add code interpreter into your LLM apps with llm-sandbox: Run LLM-generated code securely with LLM Sandbox. A lightweight environment using Docker containers for isolated code execution.