Kubernetes Engine (OKE)

Simplify operations of enterprise-grade Kubernetes at scale. Easily deploy and manage resource-intensive workloads such as AI with automatic scaling, patching, and upgrades.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: A price-performance leader for Kubernetes

CIO magazine recognizes OCI for its expertise in delivering cutting-edge Kubernetes solutions, supporting scalable and efficient application development.

Why Choose OKE?

  • Price-Performance

    OKE is the lowest cost Kubernetes service amongst all hyperscalers, especially for serverless.

  • Autoscaling

    OKE automatically adjusts compute resources based on demand, which can reduce your costs.

  • Efficiency

    GPUs can be scarce, but OKE job scheduling makes it easy to maximize resource utilization.

  • Portability

    OKE is consistent across clouds and on-premises, enabling portability and avoiding vendor lock-in.

  • Simplicity

    OKE reduces the time and cost needed to manage the complexities of Kubernetes infrastructure.

  • Reliability

    Automatic upgrades and security patching boost reliability for the control plane and worker nodes.

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OKE powers OCI AI services

Kubernetes is the go-to platform to deploy AI workloads. OKE powers Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AI services.

AI model building

– The initial build stage of an AI project involves defining the problem and preparing data to create models.

– Kubernetes clusters can significantly improve efficiency by granting shared access to expensive and often limited GPU resources while providing secure and centrally managed environments.

Kubeflow, a Kubernetes-related open source project, provides a comprehensive framework designed to streamline the building, training, and deployment of models.

OKE for AI model building

OKE is built on top of OCI, offering a complete stack of high performance infrastructure designed for AI/ML workloads such as:

– The full range of NVIDIA GPUs including H100, A100, A10, etc.

– Ultrafast RDMA networks

Using OKE self-managed nodes, you can run AI/ML building workloads on your Kubernetes clusters.

“Many OCI AI services run on OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE), Oracle’s managed Kubernetes service. In fact, our engineering team experienced a 10X performance improvement with OCI Vision just by switching from an earlier platform to OKE. It’s that good.”

Jun Qian

VP of OCI AI Services, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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Get started with Kubernetes Engine

  • Deploy a simple containerized app using OKE managed nodes

    Deploy simple microservices packaged as Docker containers and communicate via a common API.


  • Deploy a Kubernetes cluster with virtual nodes

    Discover best practices for deploying a serverless virtual node pool using the provided Terraform automation and reference architecture.


  • Discover patterns to optimize your Kubernetes resources

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September 10, 2024

Simplify Operations with OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE) Add-ons

Mickey Boxell, Product Management

OKE add-ons provide an opportunity to offload the management of cluster operational software to Oracle. They also offer the flexibility to customize or fully opt out of default Kubernetes operational software to bring equivalent software. We are excited to share the release of four additional add-ons: the Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler, the Istio service mesh, the OCI native ingress controller, and the Kubernetes Metrics Server—as well as support for new configuration arguments to provide greater control over the add-ons deployed to your clusters.

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