Kubernetes Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS
The Kubernetes Cluster package deploys a certified, production-ready Kubernetes cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS in one click: control plane, worker nodes with horizontal auto-scaling, an ingress controller, the Kubernetes dashboard, Prometheus and Grafana monitoring and persistent storage. You pay per use for the nodes, with no cluster management fee.
Both buttons open the MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard with Kubernetes Cluster pre-selected. The trial needs no credit card.
Kubernetes Cluster Package Facts
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Package | Kubernetes Cluster |
| Type | Application (installs a complete environment) |
| Category | Clusters & Containers |
| Software vendor / project | Cloud Native Computing Foundation |
| Licence | Apache License 2.0 (open source) |
| Runtime / stack | Kubernetes control plane and worker nodes, ingress controller, dashboard, monitoring, persistent storage |
| Regions | New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore |
| Billing | Pay-per-use from $2.46/month ($0.003372/hour), no licence fee |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card |
| Uptime SLA | 100% |
What is Kubernetes Cluster?
Kubernetes is the standard for running containerised microservices, but building a cluster involves choosing and wiring a container runtime, networking, ingress, storage, monitoring and upgrades. Managed Kubernetes services simplify that but usually add a control-plane fee and lock you into one cloud's networking and storage. This package gives you a complete cluster on MassiveGRID infrastructure with every component preinstalled and pay-per-use billing down to the cloudlet.
Worker nodes scale horizontally on load, so the cluster grows during busy periods and shrinks afterwards. You get kubectl access, the web dashboard and Helm, and can deploy any workload: microservices, CI runners, data pipelines or the Open Liberty Java stack from the marketplace. MassiveGRID also offers a high-availability Kubernetes hosting service with managed operations.
What the Kubernetes Cluster Package Deploys
Marketplace packages are not bare container images. One click provisions a complete, production-shaped environment on MassiveGRID infrastructure.
- Control plane: Kubernetes master node(s) running the API server, scheduler, controller manager and etcd, with an option for a multi-master high-availability control plane.
- Worker nodes: Auto-scaling workers running your pods, added and removed on CPU and memory triggers.
- Ingress controller: NGINX, Traefik or HAProxy ingress for routing external traffic to services, with SSL termination.
- Dashboard, monitoring and Helm: Kubernetes Dashboard, Prometheus and Grafana for metrics, and Helm for package management, all preinstalled.
- Persistent storage: A dynamic NFS-backed storage class so stateful workloads get persistent volumes without extra setup.
Why Teams Choose Kubernetes Cluster
Certified Kubernetes
Upstream, CNCF-conformant Kubernetes with regular version updates available from the dashboard.
No control-plane fee
You pay for the cloudlets the nodes use and nothing else; small clusters are cheap to keep for development.
Auto-scaling workers
Horizontal node scaling on load triggers, plus vertical scaling of node resources, so capacity follows demand.
Everything preinstalled
Ingress, dashboard, monitoring, storage and Helm from the first minute, with optional Jaeger tracing.
How to Install Kubernetes Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS
Installing the package takes three steps and a few minutes of waiting. No servers to provision, no configuration files to edit.
Open the installer
Click Install with free trial or Install to my account. The MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard opens with the Kubernetes Cluster package pre-selected, so nothing has to be copied or pasted.
Sign up or sign in
New to the platform? Sign up for the free 14-day trial, which needs no credit card. Existing customers sign in with their usual dashboard credentials.
Choose region and deploy
Name the environment, pick New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, and confirm. The platform builds every Kubernetes Cluster node, wires them together and hands you the live URL and credentials.
Who Runs Kubernetes Cluster on PaaS
Microservice platforms
Teams running containerised services that want Kubernetes without cloud-provider lock-in.
Development and CI clusters
Per-team or per-project clusters that scale to zero cost when idle via the Start/Stop Scheduler.
Sovereign container platforms
Organisations that must run Kubernetes in a specific jurisdiction on infrastructure they can audit.
Why Run Kubernetes Cluster on MassiveGRID PaaS
Built for uptime. Kubernetes Cluster runs on MassiveGRID's high-availability platform, where every environment is covered by a 100% uptime SLA. Nodes live on redundant hosts, storage is replicated, and failed containers are restarted or migrated automatically.
Pay for what you use. Billing is hourly and per cloudlet (128 MiB RAM plus 400 MHz CPU). Vertical auto-scaling adds and removes cloudlets as load changes, so a quiet Kubernetes Cluster environment costs a few dollars a month and a busy one grows without a migration. Full details are on the PaaS page.
Your choice of jurisdiction. Deploy in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore and keep data inside the region your users or regulators require. MassiveGRID is ISO 9001 certified and GDPR compliant, and has run hosting infrastructure since 2003.
No lock-in. The package is a standard Jelastic Packaging Standard (JPS) manifest. You keep root-level access to the containers, can export the manifest, and can move the workload to any other Jelastic-compatible platform or to your own servers at any time.
Related on massivegrid.com: Managed Kubernetes Hosting · Docker Hosting.
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