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What is IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a managed Kubernetes offering, delivering user tools and built-in security for rapid delivery of applications that users can bind to cloud services related to IBM Watson®, IoT, DevOps and data analytics. As a certified K8s…
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- Container Orchestration (14)8.282%
- Cluster Management (14)7.777%
- Security and Isolation (14)7.575%
- Storage Management (14)7.575%
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What is IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
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What is IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a
managed Kubernetes offering, delivering user tools and built-in security for rapid delivery of applications
that users can bind to cloud services related to IBM Watson®, IoT, DevOps
and data analytics. As a certified K8s provider, IBM Cloud Kubernetes
Service provides intelligent scheduling, self-healing, horizontal
scaling, service discovery and load balancing, automated rollouts and
rollbacks, and secret and configuration management. The Kubernetes
service also has advanced capabilities around simplified cluster
management, container security and isolation policies, the ability for users to
design their own cluster, and integrated operational tools for
consistency in deployment.
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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | https://console.bluemix.net/docs/containers/cs_regions.html#regions-and-zones |
| Supported Languages | A managed Kubernetes offering to deliver powerful tools, an intuitive user experience and built-in security for rapid delivery of applications that you can bind to cloud services related to IBM Watson®, IoT, DevOps and data analytics. As a certified K8s provider, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides intelligent scheduling, self-healing, horizontal scaling, service discovery and load balancing, automated rollouts and rollbacks, and secret and configuration management. The Kubernetes service also has advanced capabilities around simplified cluster management, container security and isolation policies, the ability to design your own cluster, and integrated operational tools for consistency in deployment. Visit our Docs pages for pricing and support information. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Google Kubernetes Engine, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
Reviewers rate Container Orchestration highest, with a score of 8.2.
The most common users of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Customer Size Distribution
| Consumers | 0% |
|---|---|
| Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 0% |
| Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 50% |
| Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 50% |
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- The solution is scaleable
- High availability and good performance so far
- Support is of a high standard
- Enterprise security
- Interface still takes a while to get used to
- Some documentation is difficult to find
March 27, 2024
Review IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
- Automate and scaling workloads
- IBM product integrations
- DRP and HA
- Close platform for own customizations
- Not all Kubernets versions are supported
March 18, 2024
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
- Simplified cluster management
- Security and isolation
- Scalability
- Setting up an IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service cluster can be complex and involve managing different components.
- The learning curve can be a bit steep for new users.
- Managing resources can sometimes be a challenge.
September 05, 2023
Cost effective and easy to provision and manage
- automatic load balancer service
- out of the box compatibilities
- easy to provision clusters via terraform and UI
- namespace container registry compatibilites
- IKS version upgrade with terraform with zero down time - no documentation
- Interactive IKS documentation help while deploying using UI - steps
- Openshift integration
- Highly available masters
- multi-zone clusters
- integration with Watson API
- user interface could be better
- not heavily advertised
- more manuals, and in general instructions would be helpfull
February 09, 2023
Plays nicer with others than AWS Fargate and ECS, however has many many moving parts
- Cluster IPs
- secure networking
- compatibility with multiple CSPs
- greater configuration than dockers
- requires more user management
- steep learning curve
- susceptibility for malicious attacks due to large surface area
February 08, 2023
IBM Kubernetes is good
- Manages Kubernetes deployments with ease
- Spin up pods really fast
- good access control to share limited levels of access
- Installation fails during container creation due to a Docker 18.03.1 issue
- If you roll back to version 3.2.0 from a fix pack version, the version file can still show the fix pack version
- If you roll back to version 3.2.0 from a fix pack version, the Status column on the Helm releases page in the console might not show the status properly for some Helm releases
- deployment automation
- speed when shipping features
- help us iterate faster
- I constantly get this error even when everything is well configured prefect.exceptions.AuthorizationError: [{'path': ['auth_info'], 'message': 'AuthenticationError: Forbidden', 'extensions': {'code': 'UNAUTHENTICATED'}}]
- Then sometimes the error disapear without changine anything, happened twice to me. Should there be an issue with the authentication service? Please let's improve or let users know why this may be happening.
- Improve the UX in the browse console when removing many images at once
- UX on the process of installing KeyCloack operator
January 15, 2023
Excellent service
- Automated scaling and management of containerized workloads: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service allows for easy scaling of resources based on demand, which helps to optimize performance and reduce costs. It also provides robust management features for maintaining the health and availability of the deployed applications.
- Seamless integration with other IBM Cloud services: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service can easily integrate with other IBM Cloud services such as IBM Watson, IBM Db2, and IBM Cloud Object Storage, making it simple to build and deploy applications that leverage these services.
- High availability and disaster recovery: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides built-in high availability and disaster recovery features, such as automatic failover and self-healing capabilities, to ensure the availability of the deployed applications. This helps to minimize downtime and ensure that the applications are always available to the users.
- Limited customization options: While IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides a wide range of features, it may lack the level of customization that some users may need. For example, it may be difficult to customize the Kubernetes control plane and nodes to specific requirements. This can be an issue for users who have unique use cases or need a more customized environment.
- Limited support for different Kubernetes versions: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service currently supports a limited number of Kubernetes versions and this can be a limitation for users who are running applications on older versions of Kubernetes.
- Limited support for non-IBM Cloud environments: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is primarily designed for use with IBM Cloud, and while it can be used with other cloud providers, the integration and support may not be as seamless. This can be an issue for users who are running a multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environment and need a more integrated solution.
January 09, 2023
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Review for Microservices Use Case
- IKS is simple and has almost all aspects configurable to match our workloads.
- IKS resources and upgrades of those resources are managed seamlessly allowing the developers to focus on application rather than IKS management itself.
- There are multiple monitoring solutions within IKS to monitor the health of the cluster in best possible way. Many other services within IBM Cloud also integrate with IKS to provide best possible solution as per the use case at hand.
- Requesting the additional resources (SRE) or de-allocating is especially easy.
- IKS support is extremely active in answering the queries or any help needed in general.
- IBM Cloud has access to all resources my account uses. IBM Cloud / IKS has auto updates/upgrades for which reminders / alerts are sent to all account admins. I would prefer alerts being passed on to me for only the services I'm using in account. I think IBM Cloud already does it - but it would be great to fine tune it.
- If possible keep upgrades/updates frequent - but small in size and impact.
- Sometimes I have seen IKS dashboard appearing much slowly than other times.
December 24, 2022
Smooth scaling Infrastruture.
- Pod re-starts and maintain quality of service.
- Scaling at infrastructure level.
- Readily available hardware resources.
- Availability of more GPU resources.
- More selection of operating systems.
December 05, 2022
IBM Kubernetes - the perfect container service
- Built in integration from the IBM cloud console
- Store persistent data
- Easily manage worker modes of the same flavor with worker pools.
- Reduce cluster downtime
- Reaching to technical team for issues is a bit tedious job
- Some features requires professional users
- Needs multi region deploy service
December 02, 2022
The Great Power of Kube on IBM Cloud
- Provide an underlying infrastructure layer for cloud services and a means for them to easily communicate with one another via apis
- Provide a means to manage the lifecycle of events through Etcd to reach desired states for cloud resources
- Provide a means to easily rollback and upgrade services with no downtime
- Providing a means to deploy services across Kubernetes clusters (multi-region)
- Easily monitor services without external services (my team is currently using sysdig)
- CLI needs to be more easily usable and have more short cuts to make commonly done tasks more easily accessible without typing much
- Better online video demos of how to perform tasks in the Service
November 29, 2022
Perfect Cloud Container Management Product and very Functional Cloud Services Automation Solution.
- Stable Cloud features.
- Easy initial tool implementation.
- The data protection capability is excellent.
- My deployment was not that simple process to configure.
- Reaching the technical team responsible for any technical issue assistant is not easy.
- Adjusting some Cloud advance features requires a professional user.
January 14, 2022
Good container orchestration platform from IBM
- Support different regions and zones
- Easy for provisioning
- Easy to scale
- Monitoring has room for improvement.
- Cluster identity with random IDs are difficult to memorize.
January 08, 2022
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Review
- Good documentation.
- Ease of installation.
- Good UI.
- Having better instructional videos online would be nice.
December 07, 2021
Scaling applications and creating new businesses
- Quickly scaled our infrastructure[.]
- Streamlined application release process[.]
- The environment is now standardized to allow to quickly transition to different projects[.]
- Since it's very powerful it can be an overkill for applications that do not require a distributed architecture[.]
- It can be difficult to migrate applications to IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, and at times the entire architecture has to be refactored[.]
December 06, 2021
It enabled an immutable infrastructure and now we can ship our features faster than before
- It lets developers work in the same environment that the application will be running in production
- It made it easier to test, easier to refine, and easier to deploy
- Helped engineers embrace the DevOps mindset as they built software
- The language to define containers is initially hard to understand
December 05, 2021
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Review
- Scaling and flexibility
- Automating the environment
- Monitoring health
- Security
- UI
- Pricing is bit expensive
- Less clouds to execute
- Not much effective on windows
December 01, 2021
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is the basis for our flawless end-to-end developer experience
- It is able to provide a reliable and scalable cluster infrastructure[.]
- Improved both operational and development efficiency[.]
- The Kubernetes-enabled cloud hosts all new development and microservices[.]
- The UI design is a bit inflexible[.]
- Steep learning curve. I find the community very supportive with this[.]
November 28, 2021
Overall user satisfaction review for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
- It is affordable compared to competitors
- Auto updating of the Kubernetes version
- Great documentation.
- Generation time.
- Should make simple UI
- Pre-configured template
November 25, 2021
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides a fully managed version of powerful orchestration software
- Kubernetes is fully managed
- Autoupdating of the Kubernetes version
- Managed container runtime
- Steep learning curve
November 21, 2021
Please make free tier Kubernetes service the most usable/serviceable across cloud vendors
- Always, the free tier is attractive.
- The 30-day free tier expiration is pointless.
- Not all options are available on the free tier.
- Load-balancer type not available on the free tier.
- Cluster deployment is slow.
August 18, 2021
Kubernetes review
- Quick learning curve.
- Fast deploypment.
- Great documentation.
- Excellent customer support.
- Generation time.
- Fixing issues.
June 25, 2021
My Experience With IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- It is affordable compared to competitors
- Scaling is easy
- It is reliable
- Good user interface
- Quick deployment
- Not suitable for newbies
- Documentation is not the best