Operating as a self-hosting management layer, the platform bootstraps via a temporary seed cluster before provisioning fully isolated workload clusters with dedicated etcd and control planes. Physical node provisioning is currently tied directly to the NVIDIA Infra Controller, while a companion project called NVIDIA Kubernetes Recipes supplies pinned component and image builds. Security is maintained during scaling via TPM-based attestation that validates physical nodes before issuing join credentials. Because the software is an early preview, teams can evaluate functionality on standard Linux or macOS machines using simulated nodes.
Key points
The platform functions as a cluster factory rather than an independent distribution, usin…: The platform functions as a cluster factory rather than an independent distribution, using an initial seed cluster to launch management operations.
Platform engineers can test features locally on Linux or macOS systems utilizing simulate…: Platform engineers can test features locally on Linux or macOS systems utilizing simulated hardware instead of requiring physical GPUs.
Early adopters face distinct limitations, including plain HTTP communication, disabled de…: Early adopters face distinct limitations, including plain HTTP communication, disabled default authentication, and absent automated management plane backups.
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Run a managed Kubernetes service on your own NVIDIA GPU infrastructure.
NVIDIA Kubernetes® Engine (NVKE) provides the management plane that platform teams install to create and
operate Kubernetes clusters for their customers. Each workload cluster has its
own Kubernetes control plane, etcd and node pools. You operate the NVKE management
plane; your customers use their clusters through the Kubernetes API and kubectl
.
Preview: NVKE is available as a preview. APIs, configuration and behavior can change between releases, and we do not recommend NVKE for production workloads. See Preview status and known limitations.
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Your goal | Start here | What you get |
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Evaluate without GPU hardware | Local quickstart | A development management plane and a workload cluster on simulated machines. No NVIDIA account is required. |
Install on your infrastructure | Plan your installation | The prerequisites and sequence for preparing nodes, bootstrapping a management cluster and installing its services. |
Build or contribute | Build from source | The NVKE binaries and the contributor development loop. |
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