Introduction

With the Managed Kubernetes offering, ESC provides Kubernetes clusters on demand with a complete integration into customer networks. Swisscom manages the lifecycle of the cluster and guarantees availability of each cluster's control plane, meaning all services running on Kubernetes masters, such as the API or the scheduler.

The managed Kubernetes offering is based on VMware TKGi and deployable via the ESC portal. This service is composed of two blueprints:

• Kubernetes Environment: This is the network definition for the deployment of Kubernetes clusters, and is used to automate connectivity to your network. Each Kubernetes cluster must belong to an environment, which can contain up to 20 clusters.
• Kubernetes Cluster: This is the actual deployment description of the Kubernetes cluster within a Kubernetes environment. The parameters supported by the service are explained in the cluster creation guide.

Further details about the offering can be found in the service description.