Kubernetes in the Cloud with Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE)

Learn about hosted Kubernetes and how a cluster can be set up on LKE.

Hosted Kubernetes

Hosted Kubernetes is where your cloud provider rents you a Kubernetes cluster. Sometimes, it is called Kubernetes as a Service.

In the hosted model, the cloud provider builds the Kubernetes cluster, owns the control plane, and is responsible for all of the following:

  • Control plane performance
  • Control plane availability
  • Control plane updates

You, the user, are responsible for:

  • Worker Nodes
  • User applications
  • Paying the bill

The illustration below shows the basic architecture of hosted Kubernetes:

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