Introduction to Virtual Clusters in Kubernetes

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  • loft

    Namespace & Virtual Cluster Manager for Kubernetes - Lightweight Virtual Clusters, Self-Service Provisioning for Engineers and 70% Cost Savings with Sleep Mode

  • loft vClusters:

  • devspace-plugin-loft

    Loft Plugin for DevSpace - adds commands like `devspace create space` or `devspace create vcluster` to DevSpace

  • To test how virtual clusters work and if they could fit your use case, you can use loft, a multi-tenancy manager for Kubernetes. Virtual clusters should work in most Kubernetes clusters above version v1.14 that support persistent volume claims.

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  • k3s

    Lightweight Kubernetes

  • To reduce virtual cluster overhead for vClusters in loft, loft builds on k3s, which is a fully working, lightweight Kubernetes distribution that compiles the Kubernetes components into a single binary and disables all unnecessary Kubernetes features, such as the pod scheduler.

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