Kubernetes on cloud

There are various options to deploy a kubernetes cluster on the cloud like * Google Cloud Platform * Amazon Web Services * Microsoft Azure

For production purposes there are many ways to get started with the kubernetes cluster both in a private or public cloud environment.

Self Hosted / Turnkey Solutions

• You provison VMs
• You Configure VMs
• You use Scripts to Deploy Cluster
• You maintain VMs yourself
• eg: Kubernetes on AWS using kops or KubeOne

Hosted Solutions (Managed Solutions)

• Kubernetes-As-A-Service
• Provider provisions VMs
• Provider installs Kubernetes
• Provider maintains VMs
• eg: Google Container Engine(GKE)