Lightweight upstream K8s
The smallest, simplest, pure production K8s.
For clusters, laptops, IoT and Edge, on Intel and ARM.
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Install MicroK8s on Linux
sudo snap install microk8s --classicDon’t have the
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Check the status while Kubernetes starts
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Turn on the services you want
microk8s enable dashboard dns registry istioTry
microk8s enable --helpfor a list of available services and optional features.microk8s disable <name>turns off a service. -
Start using Kubernetes
microk8s kubectl get all --all-namespacesIf you mainly use MicroK8s you can make our kubectl the default one on your command-line with
alias mkctl="microk8s kubectl". Since it is a standard upstream kubectl, you can also drive other Kubernetes clusters with it by pointing to the respective kubeconfig file via the--kubeconfigargument. -
Access the Kubernetes dashboard
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Start and stop Kubernetes to save battery
Kubernetes is a collection of system services that talk to each other all the time. If you don’t need them running in the background then you will save battery by stopping them.
microk8s startandmicrok8s stopwill do the work for you.Join the community
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Download the installer for Windows
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Run the Installer
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Open a command line
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Check the status while Kubernetes starts
microk8s status --wait-ready -
Turn on the services you want
microk8s enable dashboard dns registry istioTry
microk8s enable --helpfor a list of available services built in. microk8s disable turns off a service. -
Start using Kubernetes
microk8s kubectl get all --all-namespacesIf you mainly use MicroK8s you can run the native Windows version of kubectl on your command-line.
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Access the Kubernetes dashboard
microk8s dashboard-proxy -
Start and stop Kubernetes to save battery
Kubernetes is a collection of system services that talk to each other all the time. If you don’t need them running in the background then you will save battery by stopping them.
microk8s startandmicrok8s stopwill do the work for you.Join the community
Connect with our community and see what others are doing with MicroK8s ›
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Install MicroK8s on macOS
brew install ubuntu/microk8s/microk8smicrok8s install
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brewcommand? Get it from the Homebrew website -
Check the status while Kubernetes starts
microk8s status --wait-ready -
Turn on the services you want
microk8s enable dashboard dns registry istioTry
microk8s enable --helpfor a list of available services built in.microk8s disableturns off a service. -
Start using Kubernetes
microk8s kubectl get all --all-namespacesIf you mainly use MicroK8s you can run the native macOS version of kubectl on your command-line.
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Access the Kubernetes dashboard
microk8s dashboard-proxy -
Start and stop Kubernetes to save battery
Kubernetes is a collection of system services that talk to each other all the time. If you don’t need them running in the background then you will save battery by stopping them.
microk8s startandmicrok8s stopwill do the work for you.Join the community
Connect with our community and see what others are doing with MicroK8s ›
Lightweight Kubernetes done right
MicroK8s is pure upstream Kubernetes, not a subset.
We keep it small with sensible choices that just work. That makes a quick install, with easy upgrades and great security — and leaves your options open later.
- Conformant
- Clustering
- Dashboard
- Istio
- Prometheus
- Windows
- Lightweight
- Automatic updates
- DNS
- Linkerd
- Fluentd
- macOS
- Confinement
- Registry
- Knative
- Metrics
- Intel
- ARM
- Storage
- Kubeflow
- Ingress
- Jaeger
- GPGPUs
Canonical might have assembled the easiest way to provision a single node Kubernetes cluster
— Kelsey Hightower
Given its smaller footprint, MicroK8s is ideal for IoT devices - you can even use it on a Raspberry Pi device!
— Kubernetes.io, Technical Blogs
Fit for Edge and IoT
Solo or cluster. ARM or Intel.
Minimal space, maximum edge.
Popular on a Raspberry Pi. Peerless on a PC too. With easy clusters on a few. Compressed over-the-air updates for ultra-reliable remote operations with optimised bandwidth.
Under the cell tower. On the racecar. On satellites and everyday appliances, MicroK8s delivers the full Kubernetes experience for GitOps at planetary scale.
MicroK8s clusters are autonomous edge infrastructure.
Native Windows and macOS installers
A single-package install for K8s at your fingertips.
Upstream Kubernetes on your Windows or Mac machine — just like Linux. Get kubectl at the command line, and drive a local K8s with no network required.
Perfectly aligned with every cloud Kubernetes. A smooth onramp from dev to test and production.
Native installer. Offline development. Handy stuff.
Clusters for scale
Join two or more nodes into a single bigger cluster
Production workloads often need to spread out across a cluster.
Join MicroK8s nodes together with a single command and get all the capacity you need.
Full enterprise package
24/7 support and 10 year commit for critical cloud, edge and appliance deployments
Keep the upstream experts on call for your critical environments, with Canonical support and security maintenance.
As the publishers of MicroK8s, we deliver the world’s most efficient multi-cloud, multi-platform, multi-arch Kubernetes solution.
Zero-Ops infrastructure
No configuration needed
A single-command install, a single-command cluster, and then just watch it fly. Security updates just work. Choose the ‘latest’ channel and major version upgrades just happen automatically.
You CAN configure MicroK8s. Most don’t bother. Deploy and move on, you have more important things to do than babysit your infrastructure.
Batteries included
Tracing. Metrics. Service Mesh. Registry.
Prometheus is popular for metrics, so we bundled it. The same is true for Jaeger, Istio, LinkerD and KNative.
Turn them on or off with one command. Have your toolbox handy, but spare the cycles too.
Sensible defaults
Kubernetes has a million options. We select the most popular and reliable.
MicroK8s defaults to the most widely used Kubernetes options in a single package, so you get what most people are using, pre-integrated, no config needed.
Automatic updates
Let it roll or take control
Choose your channel — stable releases only, or get ahead of the curve with release candidates, betas or edge for daily builds. MicroK8s can update automatically, with rollback on failure.
Stick with a major version, or follow the latest upstream work. Go with the flow, or take control in the enterprise to specify exactly which versions go where and when, with perfect precision.
Fully containerised Kubernetes
MicroK8s runs Kubernetes inside an immutable container
People love Docker images because they have no awkward moving parts. That makes for better operations and better security.
MicroK8s also runs as an immutable container, so your Kubernetes itself is fully containerised and gets all the same benefits.
Yes, it sounds like an infinite loop, but it just works.
Safe and easy CI/CD
Dockerized app developers love their pipelines
So your CI/CD machine spins up a clean VM for each test run? Just install MicroK8s at the top of your script, and you have a crisp, clean K8s ready to run your tests. Throw it away when you’re done, it only takes a second to make another.
GPGPU for you
Nvidia ready and AI/ML steady
Pass GPUs to docker apps, for deep learning dev and test. Define your AI workflows with Kubeflow on your workstation. MicroK8s is your home edition HPC.
We work with Amazon, Azure, Google, Oracle and IBM to simplify multi-cloud GPU accelerated workload development. Start here, then deploy to any cloud.
The team behind MicroK8s
Microk8s is built by the Kubernetes team at Canonical. We have two K8s products. MicroK8s is opinionated, focused and on-rails, we make sensible default choices so you can focus on your apps. We also make Charmed Kubernetes for people who want all the permutations and combinations of Kubernetes components.
