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Kubernetes Clusters Overview

Edka allows you to create Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner Cloud account with full root access.

Kubernetes Architecture

A Kubernetes cluster has two parts: the control plane (the brain) and worker nodes (the machines that run your apps).

  • Control plane: decides what should run where, watches the cluster, and keeps things healthy if something fails.
  • Worker nodes: run your application containers (Pods), maintain and report their status.

You tell Kubernetes your desired state (for example, “run three copies of my app”). The control plane places those containers on worker nodes and keeps that state true even when instances come and go.

To learn more about the Kubernetes architecture, please refer to the official Kubernetes documentation.

Why run clusters with Edka?

  • Own your infrastructure: clusters run in your Hetzner Cloud account with full root access and transparent pricing.
  • Production ready by default: sane networking, storage, and observability out of the box.
  • One-click add-ons: NGINX Ingress, cert-manager, External Secrets, CloudNativePG, Metrics Server, Keel and more.
  • GitOps first: seamless repo-driven deployments and environment parity.
  • Simple operations: easy scaling and routine upgrades with guardrails.
  • Portable Kubernetes: zero lock-in.