Nvidia Kubernetes Engine (NVKE)

(github.com)

98 points | by gkapur 9 hours ago

7 comments

  • QuentinM 6 hours ago
    This is for tenant-isolated k8s clusters using NVIDIA's DSX reference stack, relying on NICo / BlueField to set up isolated networking, and wipes/re-attests each host between tenants. Mostly useful if you're chasing NVIDIA Cloud Partner status or need NVIDIA support across the whole stack.
    • websap 3 hours ago
      Its great to see them open source this stack!

      Lots of negativity from HN posters who usually manage 3 Kubernetes clusters in a single region via a managed service on AWS or GCP.

  • random3 8 hours ago
    I just got flashbacks of stuff I forgot long ago like OpenStack and EMC Rex-ray and so many things like that https://www.openstack.org https://github.com/rexray/rexray
    • esseph 8 hours ago
      I am seeing a lot of openstack around since Broadcom enraged the vast majority of their vmware customers
      • Datagenerator 6 hours ago
        Just deployed OpenStack by using the Kolla Ansible installer. Works great coupled to Ceph for storage. Thanks to Broadcom we are moving in the right direction. Proxmox as fallback plan but it looks like OpenStack is solid.
  • Yasuraka 6 hours ago
    This seems to mix several (should-be) distinct concerns like CAPI, Kamaji and gpu-operator.

    The only things I'd take from this is the kind-based bootstrapper for the management cluster and SPIFFE/TPM integration.

    • asaiacai 5 hours ago
      yeah i wish more visibility would go towards CAPI, Kamaji.

      tbh i'm not sure from reading this why you wouldn't just roll rke2/k3s if the concern is an environment outside of the well worn hyperscaler managed k8s

  • jimbokun 8 hours ago
    Can’t regular Kubernetes also deploy to GPUs?
  • jeremy_carroll 9 hours ago
    This is what happens when AI generates your PR – FAQ. Describe what the product does versus just a data dump.
    • chandlerh 9 hours ago
      I’m usually in agreement with this sentiment, but they do say what it is in the first paragraph.

      “NVIDIA Kubernetes® Engine (NVKE) provides the management plane that platform teams install to create and operate Kubernetes clusters for their customers.”

      • hedora 8 hours ago
        Ok, so say I have a platform team to install k8s or k3s. Why do I need NVKE? Also, how do I resell my kubernetes to customers? Like is there stripe integration?

        I am more confused by its description than by just reading the product name and guessing.

      • Foobar8568 6 hours ago
        Well one needs to read a bit more to understand what that meant...

        NVKE is not a Kubernetes distribution and not a Cluster API flavour. It is a self-hosting factory for Kubernetes clusters: a throwaway seed cluster stands up a management cluster, and the management plane on it then provisions and lifecycle-manages many isolated workload clusters on demand.

      • adastra22 8 hours ago
        That doesn’t say anything. It doesn’t answer a single question I would have.
    • Renina 3 hours ago
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  • topspin 9 hours ago
    A mention of something Kubernetes related reached the front page! A few years ago, BAI, there was one or more k8s headlines gracing HN's front page at all times.

    Kinda glad that ended. k8s is fine and all, but it was a bit much for a while there.

    • luipugs 8 hours ago
      Did you just make an acronym that means "before AI"?
      • topspin 8 hours ago
        I did, but I'm not the first. I thought maybe I was, so I checked: apparently it's been bouncing around informally among academics for a while now. I hadn't previously seen it though, so I can at least say I came up with it independently.

        I come up with things from time to time. At least one US registered trademark is mine.

      • wannabe44 8 hours ago
        Future history books will be like: ancient legacy technology conglomerate Google was founded around 24BAI
        • qlte 7 hours ago
          I'd guess us throwing around the word "AI" constantly and endlessly debating p(doom) based on current tech will be considered pretty amusing in the future.

          Like reading essays from the late 19th century that can't stop pontificating about living in a boundless technological singularity thanks to railroads and the telegraph. Current hackocalypse discourse already has shades of "the bomber always gets through" from the 20s.

          "Sure, people in every era since the Renaissance have foolishly believed they were the ones living on the cusp of uniquely transformative and potentially cataclysmic technological change but ... This Time It's Different"

        • HeWhoLurksLate 2 hours ago
          Or something like 32BAGI
        • iririririr 7 hours ago
          pretty sure "before wwiii" will take precedence
  • luna_whale42_ 7 hours ago
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