Centralized Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Management for Private Data Centers

Automate, Secure, and Optimize Kubernetes Operations at Scale

Challenges of Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Management in Private Data Centers

Why Choose Rafay for Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Management in Private Data Centers?

Automated Cluster Provisioning & Scaling

Deploy production-ready clusters with automated workflows for consistency and efficiency.

In-Place Upgrades & Patching

Automate Kubernetes upgrades, patches, and add-ons with zero downtime.

Centralized Security & Compliance Controls

Enforce RBAC, network policies, and compliance controls across all clusters.

Multi-Cluster & Hybrid Management

Manage clusters across private data centers and hybrid clouds from a single control plane.

Self-Service Access & GitOps Automation

Empower teams with self-service Kubernetes management via UI, API, CLI, and GitOps.

Optimized Resource Utilization & Cost Control

Prevent overprovisioning, improve workload efficiency, and track resource consumption.

Built-In High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Ensure business continuity with automated failover, backups, and recovery mechanisms.

Why companies use Rafay’s managed Kubernetes service in private clouds

Before

After

Before Build a highly available and scalable Kubernetes solution
After Rafay managed upstream K8s for bare metal and virtual (vSphere)
Before Maintain critical K8s components (CNI, CRI, Etcd, etc..)
After Rafay manages critical K8s components
Before Integration with core Infrastructure providers (Storage, Network and LB)
After -500 integrations available out of the box
Before K8s cluster upgrades, node OS patches & Cluster add-on updates
After Automated fleet-wide workflows for in-place upgrades
Before K8s lifecycle operations automation (provision, scale, update, etc..)
After Out-of-box TF, CLI, API, GitOps

Customer Results

52%
Less licensing and personnel costs
0
Management overhead
10x
Faster cluster and add-on upgrades and patches
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Free Yourself from Old Technology

Leverage turnkey Kubernetes lifecycle management for data centers and the edge,
using our easy-to-use, fully CNCF-compliant Kubernetes distro.

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