Kubernetes Operations (kops)

The easiest way to get a production grade Kubernetes cluster up and running.

What is kops?

We like to think of it as kubectl for clusters.

kops lets you deploy grade Kubernetes clusters from the command line, with options that support HA Masters. Kubernetes Operations supports deploying Kubernetes on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and support for more platforms is planned.

Launching a Kubernetes hosted on AWS

Check out our tutorial for launching a Kubernetes cluster hosted on AWS.

Features

Automated Kubernetes cluster CRUD for (AWS)
Highly Available (HA) Kubernetes Masters Setup
Uses a state-sync model for dry-run and automatic idempotency
Custom support for kubectl add-ons
Kops can generate Terraform configuration
Based on a simple meta-model defined in a directory tree
Command line autocomplete
Community support

Installing

kubectl is required, see here.

OSX From Homebrew (Latest Stable Release)

$ brew update && brew install kops

OSX From Homebrew (HEAD of master)

$ brew update && brew install --HEAD kops

Linux

Download the latest release, then:

$ chmod +x kops-linux-amd64                 # Add execution permissions
$ mv kops-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/kops   # Move the kops to /usr/local/bin

From Source

Go 1.7+ and make are required.

$ go get -d k8s.io/kops
$ cd ${GOPATH}/src/k8s.io/kops/
$ git checkout release
$ make

See building notes for more information.

At this time, Windows is not a supported platform.

Getting involved!

Want to contribute to kops? We would love the extra help from the community. We have a quickstart guide on adding a feature.

Kops also has time set aside every other week to offer help and guidance to the community. Kops maintainers have agreed to set aside time specifically dedicated to working with newcomers, helping with PRs, and discussing new features.

We recommend letting us know beforehand if you plan on attending so we can have time to prepare for the call.

Maintainer	Schedule	URL
@justinsb	2nd / 4th Friday 9am PDT	Zoom
@chrislovecnm	2nd / 4th Friday 9am PDT	Zoom
@kris-nova	2nd / 4th Friday 9am PDT	Zoom

Reach out to us on kubernetes slack. A great place to get involved or ask questions is #sig-cluster-lifecycle.

Other Resources

Create kubecfg settings for kubectl
Set up add-ons, to add important functionality to Kubernetes
Learn about InstanceGroups; change instance types, number of nodes, and other options
Read about networking options
Look at our other interesting modes
Full command line interface documentation

History

View our changelog

Issues

If you think you have found a bug or want to recommend a new feature follow the instructions below.

Set --v=10 command line option and save the log output
Note you version of kops, and the command line options you are using
Open a new issue
Feel free to reach out to the kops community on kubernetes slack

vjm/kops