For years, many organizations have relied on the public cloud to run their most critical workloads. But this approach has a serious drawback: it leaves companies vulnerable to sudden industry changes and geopolitical shifts. Amidst recent regulatory changes, companies are now worried about two major issues: losing control over their data and getting trapped by vendor lock-in.
The recent Broadcom acquisition of VMware has highlighted this risk. IT teams are facing unpredictable prices and a loss of control over their infrastructure stack.
Building resilience is the key to ensuring that businesses keep running without any disruption, regardless of external changes.
A private cloud is a strong building block of resilience. It gives teams the freedom to manage sensitive workloads on their own terms, giving them back data control and resilience, while balancing legacy VM workloads and modern containerized services.
The Kubermatic team is proud to announce the general availability of Kubermatic Virtualization Business 1.0: the first production-ready version of our cloud-native virtualization platform.
Kubermatic Virtualization is a complete platform for building and running a modern private cloud. It’s built on Kubernetes to manage both traditional Virtual Machines (VMs) and modern containers in one place.
With Kubermatic Virtualization, you gain full control over your infrastructure and data, ensuring your services stay available regardless of what happens in the wider cloud industry.
What’s inside Kubermatic Virtualization 1.0
Kubermatic Virtualization is an all-in-one platform for building and operating a modern private cloud, for both virtual machines and containers on your own hardware. Its core components include:
- KubeOne: Lifecycle management for Kubernetes clusters, from bare metal to tenant clusters.
- Kubermatic Virtualization: The open-source virtualization layer for Kubernetes.
- KubeOVN: Enterprise-grade SDN for Kubernetes.
- UI Console: The intuitive dashboard for managing VMs end-to-end.
Let’s explore the main features
These are the key features that define Kubermatic Virtualization 1.0:
- High Availability (HA): The underlying Kubernetes platform automatically restarts failed VM or container workloads on a healthy host, significantly reducing downtime.
- Live VM Migration: Move running virtual machines between physical hosts with zero downtime or interruption to users, enabling seamless hardware maintenance.
- Data Protection Ready: Integrates easily with third-party backup and recovery solutions via Kubernetes-native APIs and hooks.
- Unified VM & Container Platform: Run and manage virtual machines and containers side-by-side.
- Kubernetes-Native Management API: Use a single, unified control plane for all infrastructure.
- Integrated Cloud-Native Networking (KubeOVN): A flat, high-performance L2/L3 network for all workloads.
- Automated Bare-Metal Cluster Provisioning (KubeOne): Simplify the deployment and lifecycle of the foundational platform.
- Centralized Management Console: A single pane of glass for all operations.
- Provision Tenant Kubernetes Clusters: Empower teams with a VM-based Kubernetes cluster (KubeOne).
Introducing the enterprise-level installer:
A powerful platform needs to be easy to set up. Kubermatic Virtualization 1.0 uses KubeOne for automated bare-metal cluster provisioning, turning complex deployment into a fast, repeatable process:
- Fast Environment Bootstrap: Your entire virtualization environment (Kubernetes, networking, and virtualization layer) is ready to use in minutes.
- Preconfigured Storage and Load Balancing: The installer automatically includes default storage and load balancing options, so you can immediately start creating and running workloads without manual configuration
- Simple Network Configuration: Easily define your network settings during installation - no complex setup or manual steps required
Why it matters
Kubermatic Virtualization gives your organization independence and resilience in a changing cloud landscape. It’s a strategic advantage that helps teams:
- Run containers and VMs together to cut hardware and energy costs
- Perform hardware maintenance with zero downtime
- Keep production workloads resilient and available
- Manage everything with Kubernetes, not multiple dashboards
Kubermatic Virtualization allows teams to build infrastructure that protects sensitive data, meets compliance requirements, and reduces reliance on public cloud providers. It’s a strategic advantage in an era of hybrid environments and geopolitical uncertainty.
Get started today
Kubermatic Virtualization 1.0 marks an important milestone in Kubermatic’s mission to make cloud-native infrastructure accessible and open.
Whether you’re building a private cloud from scratch or modernizing your existing virtualization layer, Kubermatic Virtualization gives you the tools to run, protect, and scale your workloads on your terms.
Learn more and get started: visit the documentation
