D2iQ announced the newest release of its
D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP).
DKP 2.4 includes feature enhancements, version upgrades, and expanded
infrastructure support across the leading cloud service providers,
enhancing and unifying the management of fleets of Kubernetes clusters
across hybrid, multi-cloud, and multi-cluster environments.
DKP 2.4 improves security, extends deployment options, enriches the
user interface, and enhances multi-cluster and multi-cloud management
capability through the following new features:
- Ability to upgrade DKP clusters on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
DKP 2.4 enables complete lifecycle management (provision, update,
delete) of your DKP clusters on GCP, availing you of the latest feature
and security updates. This further extends DKP cluster management
capabilities across the top three cloud service providers (Amazon Web
Services, Microsoft Azure, and GCP).
- Cluster provisioning for Microsoft Azure in the DKP user interface. This productivity-enhancing feature enables quick and easy cluster provisioning on the Azure cloud with just a few clicks.
- Ultra-secure Nvidia GPU deployment. By enabling GPU nodes for
computational-heavy AI applications to be run on-premise and in
air-gapped environments, DKP 2.4 ensures military-grade security.
- Fleet management with a single click. DKP Enterprise enables
you to deploy and manage applications on all clusters that are a part of
a workspace with a single click. DKP 2.4 also provides override
configurations for each cluster through the web browser interface,
offering consistency and flexibility in fleet management.
Deeper Insights
DKP 2.4 also features an enhanced Insights Engine
(currently in Technology Preview), which provides self-service
troubleshooting capability. DKP can now send automated alerts that
identify missing best practices and deprecated API versions in cluster
configurations. The Insights Engine scans to detect vulnerabilities in
the installed container images and security issues in Kubernetes cluster
deployments, checks for newer Helm chart versions, and notifies users
through configuration insight alerts.
"At D2iQ, our goal is to consistently improve the customer's
experience running enterprise-scale Kubernetes on premises, in a public
cloud, or in a hybrid environment," said D2iQ CEO and cofounder Tobi Knaup.
"DKP Insights Engine is just one example of our ongoing innovation and
focus on simplifying Kubernetes management to help customers succeed in
their cloud-native journeys."
Additional DKP 2.4 features include:
- Kubernetes 1.24 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.6 support. Based
on pure upstream open-source Kubernetes, DKP 2.4 supports the newest
versions of Kubernetes and RHEL, enabling customers to keep pace with
the latest features and security patches.
- Rook Ceph self-managing, self-scaling, self-healing storage services. Included
by default in the DKP 2.4 platform applications, the addition of Rook
Ceph is part of the ongoing incorporation of new features and services
into DKP that benefit customers and enhance performance and security of
Kubernetes deployments.
- Enhanced Konvoy Image Builder (KIB) Documentation. DKP 2.4
includes complete KIB, D2iQ's in-house open-source tool for building
virtual machine images. This documentation enables enterprises to build
customized secure Cluster API-complant images for all Kubernetes
deployments on all infrastructures.
These enhancements continue the D2iQ tradition of customer-led
development, making DKP even easier to deploy and able to support more
platforms and applications. As a feature-complete and fully automated
Kubernetes platform, DKP provides instant platform engineering out of
the box, enabling customers to more easily manage applications
throughout their lifecycle. DKP deploys in minutes to give DevOps teams a
production-ready internal development environment (IDE) that provides a
"golden path" to centralized fleet management of Kubernetes clusters
across all environments.
DKP 2.4 is generally available now. To learn more, visit www.D2iQ.com.