# Kubernetes Distributions & Installers Matrix Table
- [Comparing Kubernetes managed services across Digital Ocean, Scaleway, OVHCloud and Linode](https://atodorov.me/2020/06/14/comparing-kubernetes-managed-services-across-digital-ocean-scaleway-ovhcloud-and-linode/)
- [Learnk8s: Comparison of Kubernetes Managed Services 🌟](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RPpyDOLFmcgxMCpABDzrsBYWpPYCIBuvAoUQLwOGoQw/) [Learnk8s](https://www.linkedin.com/company/learnk8s/) has compared Managed Kubernetes Services and put up online a nice sheet displaying best-breed cloud services and their Managed K8s offerings. Look for Price, Quotas, Security, etc.

|  Kubernetes Installer or Distribution | Role | Ecosystem | Infra Provider | On-Premise | Licence | HA | Standalone | Runs in Docker | Ingress + Storage <br/>included | Automated <br/>Deployment | Details | 
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| [kubeadm](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream | Multi platform | Yes | OSS | Yes | No | No | No | No | Official kubernetes deployment tool | 
| [Ansible role for kubeadm automation](https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-kubernetes) | SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (storage?) | No | Ansible role for kubeadm automation |
| [Kops](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream | AWS | No | OSS | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | AWS compliant, alpha release <br/>for other providers | 
| [kube-aws](https://kubernetes-incubator.github.io/kube-aws/)| SRE / DevOps | | | | | | | | | | A command-line tool to declaratively manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS|
| [Minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube)| Devel | Kubernetes Upstream | Dektop Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Official development environment |
| [Docker Desktop on Windows](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/#kubernetes)| Devel | Kubernetes Upstream | Desktop Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Development environment available in <br/>Docker Desktop on Windows | 
| [Rancher 2](https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/)| SRE / DevOps | Multi-cloud kubernetes <br/>management | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes | No | No | No | No | Racher is an enterprise kubernetes installer <br/>that competes with OpenShift. | 
| [Rancher 2 RKE](https://rancher.com/products/rke/)| SRE / DevOps | Rancher | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | no | no | Rancher 2 that runs in docker containers. | 
| [K3s](https://k3s.io/)| SRE / DevOps / IoT | Rancher | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Basic kubernetes with automated installer. |
| [K3d](https://github.com/rancher/k3d)| SRE / DevOps / IoT | Rancher | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | k3s that runs in docker containers. | 
| [K3sup (said 'ketchup')](https://github.com/alexellis/k3sup)| SRE / DevOps / IoT | Rancher | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | get from zero to KUBECONFIG with k3s on any local or remote VM |
| [K3OS](https://github.com/rancher/k3os)| SRE / DevOps / IoT | Rancher | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Linux distribution designed to remove as much OS maintenance as <br/>possible in a Kubernetes cluster | 
| [K3c](https://github.com/rancher/k3c)| Devel | Rancher | Linux | Yes | OSS | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Lightweight local container engine for container development (experiment) |
| [Microk8s](https://microk8s.io/)| Devel / IoT | Kubernetes Upstream | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes (beta) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Ubuntu. It compites with k3s. |
| [Pharos](https://k8spharos.dev/)| SRE / DevOPs / IoT | Kubernetes Upstream | Multi Platform | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Pharos is a vendor neutral community driven Kubernetes that works on any infrastructure at any scale. It works flawlessly on public clouds, private clouds, hybrid clouds, on-premises, bare metal or at the edge, no problem! | 
| [OKD](https://github.com/okd-community-install)| SRE / DevOps | OpenShift | Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes <br/>(okd-community-install) | Yes <br/>(okd-community-install) | okd-community-install is a standalone cluster <br/>of 1 node valid for small projects. | 
| [Minishift](https://www.okd.io/minishift/)| Devel | OpenShift | Desktop Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | OpenShift 3 official development environment. | 
| [OCP 4 CodeReady Containers](https://try.openshift.com)| Devel | OpenShift | Desktop Virtual Machine | Yes | OSS | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | OpenShift 4 official development environment |
| [OCP 4 Public Cloud](https://try.openshift.com)| SRE / DevOps | OpenShift | AWS, GCP, Azure | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | OpenShift in Public Cloud | 
| [OpenShift Dedicated](https://try.openshift.com) | SRE / DevOps | OpenShift | AWS | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | OpenShift In AWS managed by Red Hat | 
| [OCP 4 Private Cloud 1](https://try.openshift.com)| SRE / DevOps | OpenShift | OpenStack, <br/>Red Hat Virtualization | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | OpenShift in private cloud with automated <br/>deployment recommeded by Red Hat. | 
| [OCP 4 Private Cloud 2](https://try.openshift.com)| SRE / DevOps | OpenShift | vSphere 6.7 U2, Bare Metal | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | OpenShift in private cloud with infra providers <br/>that currently don't support automated <br/>deployments. |
| [AWS EKS](https://aws.amazon.com/en/eks/)| SRE / DevOps | AWS Kubernetes | AWS | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Managed kubernetes by AWS | 
| [Azure AKS](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-en/services/kubernetes-service/)| SRE / DevOps | Azure Kubernetes | Azure | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Managed kubernetes by Azure | 
| [Google kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/)| SRE / DevOps | Google Kubernetes | GCP | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Managed kubernetes by Google Cloud | 
| [Digital Ocean Kubernetes](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/)| SRE / DevOps | Digital Ocean Kubernetes | Digital Ocean | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Managed kubernetes by Digital Ocean Cloud | 
| [Alibaba Container Service for kubernetes (ACK)](https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/kubernetes) | | SRE / DevOps | Alibaba Kubernetes | Alibaba Cloud | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | yes | Yes | Managed kubernetes by Alibaba Cloud |
| [Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/compute/container-engine-kubernetes.html)| SRE / DevOps | Oracle Kubernetes | Oracle Cloud | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Managed kubernetes by Oracle Cloud | 
| [Terraform (kubernetes the hard way)](https://napo.io/posts/kubernetes-the-real-hard-way-on-aws/)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream | AWS EKS, Google GKE, <br/>Azure AKS, Digital Ocean, <br/>Alibaba, Oracle Cloud | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | kubernetes installer compliant with all the major public cloud providers<br/> (the hard way). It does not use the official installers offered by each <br/>cloud provider. | 
| [Kubespray on Public Cloud](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream | AWS, GCE, Azure, <br/>Oracle Cloud (experimental) | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |  | 
| [Kubespray on Private Cloud](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream | OpenStack, vSphere, <br/>Packet (bare metal), or baremetal | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |  |
| [Conjure-up ](https://conjure-up.io/)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream |  | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |  | 
| [weave.works](https://www.weave.works/)| SRE / DevOps / Devel |  Kubernetes Upstream |  | | |  |  | |  |  |  |
| [WKSctl](https://github.com/weaveworks/wksctl)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream |  | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |  |
| [Caravan](https://engineering.linecorp.com/en/blog/building-large-kubernetes-clusters/)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream |  | Yes | OSS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |  |
| [ClusterAPI](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/)| SRE / DevOps | Kubernetes Upstream |  | Yes | OSS | Yes | No | No | No |  |  | 
| [Kind](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind)| Devel | Kubernetes Upstream |  | Yes | OSS | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Not designed for production use; it is intended for development and <br/>testing environments. | 
| [Ubuntu Charmed Kubernetes](https://ubuntu.com/kubernetes/features)| SRE / DevOps / Devel |  Kubernetes Upstream |  | | |  |  | |  |  |  |
| [VMware Pivotal Container Service (PKS)](https://pivotal.io/platform/pivotal-container-service)| SRE / DevOps | PKS / Cloud Foundry PaaS <br/>(no kubernetes) | vSphere, multi-cloud, public-cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Pivotal Container Service (PKS) adquired by VMware in 2019. <br/>Cloud Foundry PaaS that compites with kubernetes. | 
| [VMware vSphere 7 with Kubernetes](https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere.html)| SRE / DevOps | VMware Kubernetes | vSphere | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | VMware's kubernetes | 
| [VMware Kubernetes Tanzu (PKS renamed)](https://cloud.vmware.com/tanzu)| SRE / DevOps | VMware Kubernetes | vSphere, multi-cloud, public-cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Embed kubernetes natively into vSphere. Competes with OpenShift. | 
| [Mirantis Docker Enterprise 3.1+ with Kubernetes](https://www.mirantis.com/software/docker/docker-enterprise/)| SRE / DevOps | Mirantis Kubernetes | multi-cloud, private & public cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Istio, Windows and Linux Worker nodes| 
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