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Features
Section titled “Features”STACKIT Kubernetes Engine offers a range of features to simplify application development and deployment:
- Self-service cluster creation (Portal): Create Kubernetes clusters quickly and easily via the self-service user interface in the STACKIT Cloud Portal.
- Infrastructure as code & automation: Provision and manage clusters using the Terraform provider, SKE API, or STACKIT CLI for repeatable automated workflows.
- Managed control plane: The Control Plane of the clusters is managed and highly available.
- Auto-updates: Kubernetes and operating system versions are automatically updated to keep clusters up to date.
- Automatic repair functions: Detect and repair problems on the cluster automatically.
- Event-driven autoscaling: Pod and node autoscaling elastically adjust clusters based on workload.
- Temporary cluster shutdown: Clusters can be automatically switched off if the application is only to be accessible at certain times of the day.
Use cases
Section titled “Use cases”Popular use cases for STACKIT Kubernetes Engine are the following:
- Migration of existing applications: Quickly and easily containerize existing applications and execute them on SKE in the European cloud without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.
- Operation of cloud-native applications: Create new cloud-native applications in the form of microservices, utilizing the Kubernetes ecosystem for service meshes, serverless applications, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Creation of stateful applications: Operate stateful applications on SKE clusters using persistent block storage.
- Development and testing environments: Set up isolated environments for development and testing to ensure consistency and reliability across different stages of application deployment.
- Scalable web applications: Deploy web applications that can automatically scale based on demand, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Machine learning workloads: Run machine learning models and data processing tasks efficiently using Kubernetes orchestration and resource management.