kubernetes/kops
Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
Ranks #5 among Kubernetes repositories tracked this week, and #5 over the last 30 days; #134 of 2,794 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 5%).
3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 48 days ago, with 369 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 21% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Manages the creation, upgrading, and maintenance of production-grade Kubernetes clusters with automated cloud infrastructure provisioning.
- Provides a streamlined, kubectl-like CLI experience for managing highly available Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud providers.
- Use for deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters on AWS or GCP with production-ready configurations and high availability.
- Use for setting up Kubernetes clusters on alternative cloud platforms like DigitalOcean, Hetzner, OpenStack, or Azure in beta or alpha support.
- Use for automating cluster lifecycle operations including upgrades and infrastructure provisioning to maintain cluster health and compliance.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
The easiest way to get a production grade Kubernetes cluster up and running.
We like to think of it as
kubectlfor clusters.
kopswill not only help you create, destroy, upgrade and maintain production-grade, highly available, Kubernetes cluster, but it will also provision the necessary cloud infrastructure.AWS (Amazon Web Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform) are currently officially supported, with DigitalOcean, Hetzner and OpenStack in beta support, and Azure in alpha.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
4.7K+9
Open issues
133-17
Compared with peers in Kubernetes
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 18, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| superplanehq/superplane | 8.1K | +454 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| etcd-io/etcd | 52.4K | +89 | 75 | today |
| helm/helm | 30.4K | +36 | 65 | 7 days ago |
| llm-d/llm-d-router | 428 | +26 | 65 | 5 days ago |
| istio/istio | 38.5K | +24 | 75 | 6 days ago |
| kubernetes/kops | 16.7K | +0 | 62 | 48 days ago |
| Category median | 30.4K | +36 | 75 | — |
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