Simplifying Kubernetes Management
With KEKhost Managed Cloud, deploying and running Kubernetes becomes effortless. Instead of dealing with the complexity of setting up and maintaining its many components, we take care of the Kubernetes Control Plane, including monitoring, scaling, and upgrades. This ensures you can dedicate your time and resources to managing your applications and microservices, without the burden of infrastructure management.
Why KEKhost Managed Kubernetes?
At KEKhost, we combine a global reach with local expertise, delivering cloud services that are flexible and tailored to your business needs. Our focus on personalized solutions and cost efficiency has earned the trust of companies worldwide, who rely on us to power their mission-critical workloads.
With KEKhost, you gain:
Managed Kubernetes at no additional cost
Reliable performance built on our trusted Leaseweb Cloud infrastructure
The best price-to-performance ratio in the market
Experience the freedom to innovate while we handle the complexity.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🛠️ Managed by KEKhost | KEKhost handles installation, monitoring, and maintenance of Kubernetes masters, control plane, and the underlying infrastructure—ensuring a hassle-free experience. |
| 💾 Persistent Storage | Automatically provision persistent storage volumes on high-performance platforms for optimal performance and reliability. |
| ⚙️ Flexible Instance Types | Configure instances as worker nodes for your Kubernetes clusters. Scale resources easily and optimize workloads with cost-effective flexibility. |
| 📈 Monitoring | Regular cluster health checks are conducted to ensure stability and availability. Issues are promptly resolved for uninterrupted performance. |
| 🌐 Customer Portal & Knowledge Base | Create and manage Kubernetes clusters from the KEKhost Customer Portal. Access Kubectl configs, monitor usage, and explore Knowledge Base guides. |
| 📊 Kubernetes Dashboard | Deploy the standard Kubernetes Dashboard with ease and use it to monitor and manage your cluster directly. |
| 🔑 RBAC & Namespaces | Retrieve Kubectl configs, apply Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and manage namespaces for secure, structured operations. |
| 🔒 Firewalls & Load Balancers | Enjoy automated deployment of pre-configured firewalls and load balancers, simplifying scalability and eliminating manual setup. |
| 🖥️ Multiple Clusters per Platform | Spin up multiple clusters in the same data center—ideal for separating test and production environments. |
| 🔄 Version Management | Keep clusters secure and current with scheduled upgrades, supporting the latest three minor Kubernetes versions. |
KEKhost Managed Kubernetes harnesses the power of Kubernetes—an industry-leading, open-source container orchestration platform—to make it easier to manage containerized applications across clusters of computing node
🛠️ Managed by KEKhost | ⚡ Automatic Scaling & Resource Management | 💾 Seamless Storage Management | 🔒 Infrastructure State Enforcement |
|---|---|---|---|
Deploy and manage containerized applications effortlessly while KEKhost maintains the underlying infrastructure, ensuring smooth and reliable performance. | Kubernetes automatically scales your applications by adjusting the number of containers to meet resource demands, ensuring optimal performance and efficiency. | Robust storage management across containers, with KEKhost integration ensuring data persistence and continuous application accessibility. | Kubernetes enforces your defined configuration, ensuring containers and applications always run in the desired state with consistency and reliability. |
KEKhost delivers the full power of Kubernetes at no additional cost.
The Kubernetes platform itself is free and includes deployment, hosting, and ongoing updates for the master components. With KEKhost, you only pay for the underlying cloud resources—such as compute and storage—needed to run your containers and store your data.
This ensures you enjoy:
Seamless Kubernetes management
Transparent pricing with no hidden fees
The reliability and performance of KEKhost Cloud Infrastructure
| Resource | Pricing Details |
|---|---|
| vCPU (per vCPU / hour)* | $0.0060 |
| RAM (per GB / hour)* | $0.0036 |
| SSD Storage (per GB)** | $0.0096 |
| Traffic in/out (per GB) | $0.0033 |
| IP Subnet – 3 usable IP addresses*** | Free |
* Pricing is billed hourly based on actual usage, rounded to the nearest full hour.
** Storage pricing is displayed as per GB/month, but calculated in GB/hour (based on 730 hours/month).
*** IP addresses are allocated from a shared pool. The smallest subnet, /29 (3 usable IPs), is included at no cost.
Kubernetes (often abbreviated as K8s) is an open-source container orchestration platform.
Think of it like an “operating system for the cloud” — it manages and automates the deployment, scaling, and operation of applications that run inside containers (like Docker).
🚀 Automates Deployment → You don’t need to manually start and stop apps; Kubernetes does it for you.
📈 Scales Automatically → It can increase or decrease the number of containers based on demand.
💾 Manages Resources → Ensures your apps get the CPU, memory, and storage they need.
🔄 Self-Healing → If a container crashes, Kubernetes restarts it automatically.
🌍 Portable Across Clouds → Works on any infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or KEKhost Cloud).
✅ In short: Kubernetes helps companies run modern, container-based applications faster, more reliably, and at scale, without worrying about the underlying servers.
Our Managed Kubernetes service is fully CNCF Compliant and Kubernetes Certified by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) through our Partner Leaseweb. This certification ensures that KEKhost Kubernetes meets the highest standards of compatibility, reliability, and interoperability within the global cloud-native ecosystem.
✅ Deploy with confidence – Run any CNCF-compliant applications and tools seamlessly.
🔄 Migrate workloads easily – Move workloads between different Kubernetes environments without friction.
🌐 Access the full ecosystem – Leverage the complete range of cloud-native technologies without the risk of vendor lock-in.
Yes. KEKhost Kubernetes provides built-in support for firewalls and load balancers within your clusters.
⚡ Automatic Deployment – Pre-configured firewall and load balancer options are deployed automatically for hassle-free setup.
🔀 Load Balancer Options – Choose between NGINX or Traefik for load balancing functionality.
🔒 Firewall Configuration – While custom firewall integrations or external firewalls are not supported, Kubernetes allows you to define traffic management rules through NetworkPolicy, and this capability is fully supported.
Yes. With KEKhost Kubernetes, you can create and manage multiple clusters with ease.
Each additional cluster functions as a separate Kubernetes service, giving you:
Independent master nodes
Dedicated firewalls and load balancers
Separate resource pools and settings
This allows you to manage workloads in isolation—for example, maintaining distinct test, staging, and production environments—all within the same platform.
KEKhost Responsibility | Your Responsibility |
|---|---|
🔄 Daily backups of the Kubernetes Control Plane | 💾 Backups of applications and data running on worker nodes |
🔒 Daily backups of the master nodes | 📂 Backups of persistent storage volumes |
Ensures platform reliability and stability | Maintain your own backup strategy for workloads and data |
📘 Learn more about recommended backup practices in our Knowledge Base.
No. The Kubernetes master nodes are fully managed by KEKhost (powered by Leaseweb).
To guarantee a reliable, secure, and well-maintained service, direct customer access to the master nodes is not provided. Instead, customers manage and interact with their clusters through the KEKhost Customer Portal, Kubectl, and supported APIs.
✨ This approach ensures that you can focus on running and scaling your applications, while KEKhost maintains and secures the infrastructure.
