Kubernetes for the enterprise
This is pure Kubernetes tested across the widest range of clouds with modern metrics and monitoring, brought to you by the people who deliver Ubuntu.
Universal
Consistency and compatibility across public clouds and your private data centers.
Secure
CVE updates and TLS encryption across all components.
Fault Tolerant
High availability, zero downtime upgrades, guaranteed.
Cloud Native Platform
Canonical, in partnership with Rancher Labs, delivers the Cloud Native Platform. The Cloud Native Platform is a turn-key application delivery platform, built on Ubuntu, Kubernetes, and Rancher. Maximise developer velocity integrated CI/CD, and ease the path from development into production with enterprise-caliber container management.
In partnership with Google GKE
Google and Canonical together enable smooth hybrid operations between Google’s Container Engine (GKE) service with Ubuntu worker nodes, and Canonical’s Distribution of Kubernetes®*. Choose Canonical’s Kubernetes to be sure your container workloads can migrate to GKE thanks to our kernel-to-k8s alignment.
Get started
Try Kubernetes
With a fast network you’ll be up and running in 10 minutes.
Why choose the Canonical distribution?
Google, Microsoft, and many other institutions run Kubernetes on Ubuntu because we focus on the latest container capabilities in modern kernels. That’s why it’s the top choice for enterprise Kubernetes, too.
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Cloud Neutral
Deploy and operate consistently on AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, Rackspace, SoftLayer, or private VMware, OpenStack or bare metal.
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Fresh
Canonical enables upgrades to each new stable release as well as edge builds, so you can migrate to the latest version as soon as you want.
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Secure
Every component of Canonical K8s receives security maintenance automatically, and all components communicate with TLS encryption.
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Supported
Enterprise support is provided by Canonical, options cover a range of SLA’s and choice of physical / virtual / cloud. We support the full stack from kernel to k8s.
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Extensible
Canonical Kubernetes enables easy integration of custom monitoring, storage, networking, and container runtimes. We offer consulting for deeper customisation.
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Fully managed
At your request, Canonical’s remote operations team can build and operate Kubernetes. We will transfer control of the cluster to your ops team any time you want to take over.
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GPU and CUDA ready
Automatically detect and configure GPGPU resources for accelerated machine learning, AI and transcoding workloads on K8s.
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Converged
Storage, networking and compute are overlaid in our hyper-converged reference architecture, ensuring the efficient use resources and high availability failover.
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Compliant
Canonical Kubernetes has consistently been the leader in K8s test suite performance and API standards compliance — the reference k8s implementation.
On public clouds and on premises
Consulting packages
Canonical has two Kubernetes offerings: Kubernetes Explorer and Kubernetes Discoverer, but every Kubernetes we build is future-proof with automated upgrades to newer versions on demand.
Kubernetes Explorer
$15,000 one off fee
Get up and running quickly with minimal setup, predefined architecture and web-based training.
What’s included:
- High availability Kubernetes, deployed on public cloud
- Reference architecture
- NodePort and Flannel networking
- 8 hours hands-on, web-based training
- 30 days of phone support included
Kubernetes Discoverer
$35,000 one off fee
Get a customised architecture to fit your requirements, including bare-metal environments or custom integrations and on-site training.
What’s included:
- High availability Kubernetes, deployed on Public Cloud, VMware, OpenStack, or Bare metal
- Custom Kubernetes architecture optimised for your workloads
- Any CNI-compatible network (Calico, Canal, Flannel, Weave)
- 4 days on-site in-person training
- 30 days of phone support included
Optional add-ons
| Workload analysis (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, CI/CD, Serverless, Transcoding) |
+$9,000 * |
| CI/CD Workload | +$13,000 * |
| Architecture design | +$20,000 * |
| Custom monitoring | +$7,000 |
| Disaster recovery | +$10,000 |
| Alternate runtime | +$5,000 |
| Additional customisation | +$1,500/day |
* included in Kubernetes Discoverer
Support packages
Scale-out container management is top of mind for savvy cloud architects around the world. Ubuntu is, by far, the world’s leading platform for container-based workflows. Canonical provides enterprise-calibre support for Kubernetes.
For more information about Kubernetes support, contact us ›
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| Price per node (physical) * | $0 | $600/year | $1,200/year | $4,380/year |
| Price per node (virtual) * | $0 | $200/year | $400/year | $1,460/year |
| Phone and web ticket support | None | 8am - 6pm on weekdays |
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* Minimums apply
For more information about Kubernetes support, contact us ›
Test drive the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes® today!
* Kubernetes® is a registered trademark of The Linux Foundation in the United States and other countries, and is used pursuant to a license from The Linux Foundation