Provision in seconds
Teams get a full cluster on demand, without waiting for the platform team.
Kubernetes · vCluster
Kubernetes platforms with virtual clusters
Separate clusters for every team are slow and expensive. Shared namespaces are cheaper but weakly isolated. CE Core builds Kubernetes platforms on vCluster, which gives each team a full virtual cluster inside one shared host cluster.
The problem
The two usual ways to run Kubernetes both create bottlenecks
Separate clusters
Days or weeks to provision, the same platform tools duplicated in every cluster, and a large fleet to operate.
Namespace isolation
Engineers lack cluster-wide permissions and CRDs, and the platform team becomes a bottleneck.
Idle environments
Development and test clusters keep running, and costing money, when nobody uses them.
The platform
How virtual clusters work
A virtual cluster has its own API server, so it is better isolated than a namespace and much cheaper than a separate cluster. vCluster is a certified Kubernetes distribution, so existing tools and pipelines keep working.
Shared platform stack
Run Istio, Cert Manager, OPA or Vault once on the host cluster instead of in every cluster.
Full admin access
Each tenant has admin rights inside its virtual cluster while the host stays protected.
Sleep mode
Idle pre-production clusters go to sleep and wake on demand.
Cluster per pull request
Ephemeral clusters for CI/CD and testing.
GPU sharing
Share GPU nodes between tenants for AI and ML workloads.
What CE Core does
From assessment to operations
- 01
Assess
We review your clusters, tenants, platform tools and cloud bill to find the savings.
- 02
Design
Host cluster layout, tenancy model, policies and the self-service workflow for your teams.
- 03
Migrate
We move workloads team by team, with no change to your deployment pipelines.
- 04
Operate
Upgrades, monitoring and support for the host and virtual clusters.
Proven in production
What the platform delivers
195 VMs → 1 cluster
Aussie Broadband consolidated Kubernetes from nearly 200 VMs onto a single bare-metal cluster and brought its VMware cost to zero.
Aussie Broadband · vCluster case study by LoftLabsThis result comes from a customer case study published by the technology vendor. It describes the vendor's customer, not a CE Core project.
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FAQ
Common questions
Other platforms we deliver:
Do we need to change our applications?
No. vCluster is a certified Kubernetes distribution, so you deploy to a virtual cluster with the same tools and manifests.
How is a virtual cluster different from a namespace?
A virtual cluster has its own API server and control plane, so tenants can install CRDs and use cluster-wide resources without affecting each other.
Can this run on our own hardware?
Yes. vCluster runs on any conformant Kubernetes host cluster, in the cloud or on bare metal.