PMK Product Overview
What is PMK
Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) is a SaaS-managed Kubernetes offering that makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on any infrastructure - either on your on-premises data centers or in the public clouds.
For an introduction to Kubernetes, we recommend reading What is Kubernetes? And what can it do for you?
Who is this documentation for?
The PMK documentation is for administrators and operators of PMK who are responsible for creating and maintaining Kubernetes clusters for their organization. This is not intended to be general purpose Kubernetes documentation.
Refer here for official Kubernetes documentation.
Benefits of PMK
PMK is deployed using a unique and powerful Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, where our cloud hosted management plane remotely deploys, manages, monitors and upgrades your Kubernetes clusters, on-premises or in the public clouds, enabling us to provide a hassle free Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform with a guaranteed 24x7x365 SLA for your Kubernetes environment.
Central Control for CaaS Across Edge, Private and Public Cloud
PMK is designed to give you shared visibility and control of all of your Kubernetes clusters via a the SaaS Management Plane and the associated REST APIs. With PMK, you can run Kubernetes clusters on your bare metal Linux servers, VMware, on-premises data centers across geographical regions, on any popular public cloud, or at an edge location. PMK self-service portal lets your organization standardize on a single self-service interface for your Developers, DevOps, Platform Ops and IT teams. IT and Ops teams get to retain control by defining multi-tenancy, adding granular RBAC policies and visibility and security rules across your different Kubernetes clusters.
Platform9 Managed Kubernetes Overview Dashboard
Pure Upstream Kubernetes
PMK provides you access to pure upstream, open source Kubernetes without any modifications – allowing you the ability to stay up to date with upstream Kubernetes versions by providing frequent upgrades to the latest versions of Kubernetes.
Multi-Tenancy and Access Controls
PMK adds a layer of multi-tenancy above Kubernetes so that you can invite different teams of users within your organization to collaborate with each other using PMK. You can provide the right level of isolation across different teams and handle their individual requirements by utilizing the concept of Regions Tenants and Cloud providers. This architecture allows Administrators to allocate the right amount of resources across private infrastructure or public clouds that their users can use to create or consume Kubernetes clusters. They can also define granular RBAC policies at the Kubernetes cluster level to further govern access to individual clusters and associated resources.
24x7 Live Monitoring and Management of Your Kubernetes Clusters
One of the unique aspects of PMK is that the architecture includes a cloud hosted management plane that provides 24x7 continuous management of your on-premises or public cloud based Kubernetes deployment. This model enables you to effectively solve your day-2 operational challenges with Kubernetes by providing:
- Guaranteed 99.9% uptime SLA for your Kubernetes clusters
- Round the clock real-time monitoring and anomaly detection. Automated diagnostics, alerts, and troubleshooting
- Zero-touch upgrades and security patches for Kubernetes clusters
- 24×7 support with proactive remediation from certified Kubernetes experts
Platform9 Architecture
Refer to PMK Architecture And Technical Overview for details about how PMK is designed and architected.
Release Notes
View the latest Platform9 Managed Kubernetes Release Notes.