Mirantis, providing
organizations with total control over their strategic infrastructure using
open-source software, announced
Mirantis
Kubernetes Engine (MKE) 4, the latest evolution in its long-established
product line that sets the standard for secure enterprise Kubernetes.
MKE powers some of the world's largest, highest-performance,
and most secure clusters - hosting mission-critical workloads in every
industry. More than 300,000 nodes of MKE have been deployed in production.
MKE 4's 100% open source architecture is based on k0s - a flexible and scalable CNCF-certified
Kubernetes. Like its predecessors, MKE 4 delivers ‘enterprise ready' Kubernetes
that is high-performance, highly-secure (with FIPS 140-2 encryption) and easy
to operate, with a convenient web UI (user interface).
The new MKE 4 provides flexibility for platform engineers -
designed to precisely meet requirements of virtually any use-case with
Mirantis-validated open source ‘composable' components from the CNCF ecosystem. MKE 4 uses declarative
lifecycle-management that is highly automated - with platform configurations
that are continuously monitored and can be corrected by Kubernetes operators to
prevent configuration drift.
Plus, installation of MKE Virtualization (KubeVirt) enables
virtual machine (VM) workloads to run in tandem with those on containers.
"We believe that Kubernetes is the core platform for all
technology infrastructure and have designed MKE 4 to provide users with the
flexibility to compose the best platform for their needs," said Shaun O'Meara,
chief technology officer, Mirantis. "This agile approach to delivering
Kubernetes clusters removes technical lock-in and supports a convergence of
containers and virtual machines into a single platform."
Key Features
- Optimizable and
composable architecture: MKE 4 allows customers to optimize their stack with
validated templates and a fully open-source platform, enabling them to
swap in alternative components to enhance security, stability, and
performance.
- Converged platform for
VMs and cloud native workloads: MKE 4 includes KubeVirt for integration of container
and VM workloads, creating a unified developer experience and platform for
cloud-native and virtualized applications.
- Add new capabilities
easily:
Mirantis add-ons include easy-to-consume complete solutions for
logging/monitoring/alerting, policy management, cost analytics and more.
- Automated drift
correction with MKE Operator: MKE 4 clusters are continually reconciled against their
declarative configurations, preventing drift and risks from manual
changes.
- Automated updates with
MKE Operator:
MKE 4 clusters can be updated with the new mkectl client, or rolling
updates can be automated with the built-in operator.
For existing MKE users, upgrading to MKE 4 requires just one
command or a single click. Users of MKE 3.7 can easily transition while keeping
all workloads running. For Swarm users, Mirantis will continue support in MKE
3.
MKE provides enterprises with a central point of
collaboration for developers and operations to build, run, and scale
cloud-native applications.
MKE 4 is scheduled to become available November 20 with
packaged options for 24/7 enterprise support.