Screenshot of k0s cluster from Lens
FEATURES
Deploy and run Kubernetes workloads at any scale on any infrastructure. All batteries included.
Kubernetes Versions
- v1.33
- v1.32
- v1.31
- v1.30
Container Runtime
- containerd (default)
- Bring your own
Supported Machine Architectures
- x86-64
- ARM64
- ARMv7
Supported Host OS
- Linux (kernel v3.10 or newer)
- Windows Server 2019 (experimental)
Control Plane Datastore
- In-Cluster Elastic Etcd with TLS (default)
- In-Cluster SQLite (default for single node)
- External PostgreSQL
- External MySQL
Built-In Security & Conformance
- Kube-bench security benchmark
- FIPS 140-2 (upon request & commercial agreement)
- Certified Kubernetes
Supported CNI Providers
- Kube-Router (default)
- Calico
- Bring your own
Supported Storage & CSI Providers
- All Kubernetes storage solutions (with CSI)
Supported Cloud Providers
- All Cloud Providers (via extensions)
Built-In Security Features
- RBAC
- Pod Security Policies
- Network Policies
- Control Plane Isolation
- Support for Micro VMs
- Support for OpenID Providers
Built-In Cluster Features
- DNS by CoreDNS
- Cluster Metrics by Metrics Server
- Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA)
- GPU Support
- Zero-Downtime Cluster Upgrade (via k0sctl)
- Cluster Backup & Restore
Extensions
- Manifest Bundles
- Helm Charts
Source Code
- Available on GitHub
Projects that use k0s
Basic Cluster Fleet management
- k0smotron is an open source Cluster API- compliant provider to manage a fleet of k0s clusters.
Composable Enterprise Kubernetes
- MKE 4 is an open source, declaratively-managed, fully composable, highly-automated enterprise Kubernetes platform based on k0s.
Enterprise Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Platform Fleet management
- k0rdent is open source, Kubernetes-native, declarative, composable Kubernetes platform fleet manager that leverages ClusterAPI to deliver and automate Kubernetes on any infrastructure – bare metal, private cloud, public cloud, and edge – from a single point of control. Distribution-agnostic, k0rdent is an excellent solution for composing and managing k0s-based platforms at scale.
