DigitalOcean, the cloud for developing modern apps, announced
that its managed Kubernetes service is now available with production-ready
functionality and full customer support. Since launching its early access
release in May of this year, 30,000 developers and teams have already signed up
for access. Starting today, the service is available to all developers
worldwide.
"Kubernetes promises to be one of the leading technologies in a
developer's arsenal to gain the scalability, portability and availability
needed to build modern apps. Unfortunately, for many it's extremely complex to
manage and deploy," said DigitalOcean VP of Product Shiven Ramji. "With
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, we make running containerized apps consumable for any
developer, regardless of their skills or resources. We do this by automating
the management of Kubernetes clusters and the provisioning of nodes to make it
faster and easier to run containerized apps. We also infuse guided UI experiences
and open APIs to provide the right level of support throughout the developer's
journey."
With the May
early access release, DigitalOcean focused on simplifying the most critical
needs of developers when deploying Kubernetes containerized apps: node
provisioning, durable storage availability, security, and scalability. This
included fully configured worker nodes based on any Droplet size, seamless
integration with flexible block storage, worker node protection with firewalls,
and integration with Load Balancers for simple, robust and secure app scaling.
Continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows could also be
implemented in a matter of seconds to further streamline the development
process.
The new release
builds upon these capabilities, adding new features based on early customer
feedback that further simplify the provisioning and management process. These
include:
- Guided configuration experiences, to assist users as they
provision, configure and deploy clusters;
- Open APIs, to enable easy integrations with
developer tools, and include the ability to programmatically create and
update cluster and nodes settings;
- Expanded version support, including Kubernetes version
1.12.1 and support for 1.13.1 coming soon.
"DigitalOcean's
focus on simple features that just work and high value-pricing at scale has
resulted in an effortless deployment of Kubernetes," said Zach Schrier, CEO,
Mineteria. "The product has been absolutely instrumental for my team in
simplifying our technology stack and focusing on our business."
The DigitalOcean Kubernetes
limited release is now available worldwide. The general release is planned for
early 2019 with additional new features. Standard pricing applies for Droplets,
storage or load balancing services dedicated to a developer's Kubernetes
cluster. For more information and details on the availability of specific
features, please reference the blog here:
https://blog.digitalocean.com/digitalocean-releases-k8s-as-a-service.