Canonical Kubernetes snap documentation

The Canonical Kubernetes snap is a performant, lightweight, secure and opinionated distribution of Kubernetes which includes everything needed to create and manage a scalable cluster suitable for all use cases.

You can find out more about Canonical Kubernetes on this overview page or see a more detailed explanation in our architecture documentation.

For deployment at scale, Canonical Kubernetes is also available as a Juju charm

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In this documentation

Tutorial

Start here! A hands-on introduction to Canonical K8s for new users

How-to guides

Step-by-step guides covering key operations and common tasks

Reference

Technical information - specifications, APIs, architecture

Explanation

Discussion and clarification of key topics

Project and community

Canonical Kubernetes is a member of the Ubuntu family. It’s an open source project which welcomes community involvement, contributions, suggestions, fixes and constructive feedback.