Kubernetes in the Cloud with Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE)
Learn about hosted Kubernetes and how a cluster can be set up on LKE.
Hosted Kubernetes
Hosted Kubernetes is where your cloud provider rents you a Kubernetes cluster. Sometimes, it is called Kubernetes as a Service.
In the hosted model, the cloud provider builds the Kubernetes cluster, owns the control plane, and is responsible for all of the following:
- Control plane performance
- Control plane availability
- Control plane updates
You, the user, are responsible for:
- Worker Nodes
- User applications
- Paying the bill
The illustration below shows the basic architecture of hosted Kubernetes:
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