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Dedicated Cluster Per Customer Kubernetes for AI Clouds

Give every customer a dedicated Kubernetes control plane and Private Nodes for production workloads. Customers manage standard Kubernetes resources inside their cluster while operators retain platform-level control.

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Problem

Why Customer-Facing Kubernetes Needs Stronger Boundaries

Customer-facing Kubernetes needs both an independent control-plane boundary and dedicated production worker capacity.

Namespaces Share Cluster Components

Namespace-only designs share control-plane and node-level components between customers.

Separate Management Stacks Add Work

A separate physical management stack for every customer increases infrastructure and operational work.

Shared Nodes Create Resource Contention

Shared worker nodes expose customer workloads to cross-tenant contention for compute, network, and storage resources.

Solution

A Dedicated Cluster Per Customer on Shared Infrastructure

vCluster Platform gives each customer a virtualized Kubernetes control plane and uses Private Nodes as the production default. Operators manage access, templates, capacity, and observability centrally.

Built for Dedicated Customer Clusters

Dedicated cluster per customer Kubernetes combines a separate tenant control plane, Private Nodes, standard APIs, and centralized operations.

Hardware Isolation

Private Nodes Per Customer

Private Nodes dedicate worker capacity, networking, and storage to one production customer cluster at a time.

  • Dedicated worker capacity
  • Tenant-scoped networking and storage
  • Dedicated customer capacity
Control Plane

Separate Kubernetes Control Plane

Every customer receives a separate virtualized API server and RBAC boundary on the control plane cluster.

  • Separate API server and RBAC
  • Lightweight control plane creation
  • No separate control-plane servers
Standards Compliance

Standard Kubernetes APIs

Tenant clusters use a certified Kubernetes distribution and standard APIs for existing tools, CRDs, and operators.

  • Standard Kubernetes APIs
  • Helm, CRDs, and operators
  • Existing Kubernetes tools
Tenant Control

Cluster Admin Per Customer

Customers receive cluster-admin inside their own environment while the provider retains platform-level control.

  • Cluster admin within the customer cluster
  • No access to the control plane cluster
  • Customer-scoped administration
Workload Security

Runtime Isolation With vNode

vNode uses Linux user namespaces and seccomp filters to strengthen the runtime boundary for workloads that need additional isolation.

  • Stronger runtime boundary
  • No additional VM layer
  • Linux user namespace isolation

Why vCluster

This isn’t a side project. Behind every vCluster deployment is 5+ years of deep K8s engineering, security hardening, and battle-tested infrastructure work at massive scale.

100K+
GPUs Powered
50+
GPU Clouds & F500s
<45
Days to Launch
30K
GitHub Stars

Get Started in 3 Steps

1
Schedule a Demo

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2
Deploy vCluster

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3
Onboard Your Tenants

Go live with a hyperscaler-grade tenant experience in days

FAQs

What does dedicated cluster per customer Kubernetes mean?

A dedicated cluster per customer gives each customer its own virtualized Kubernetes control plane, API server, and RBAC boundary. Private Nodes are the production default for dedicated worker capacity, networking, and storage.

Does each customer need separate physical control-plane servers?

The customer control plane runs as isolated pods on a control plane cluster, so it does not require separate physical control-plane servers. Private Nodes provide dedicated worker capacity for production workloads.

Why use customer clusters instead of namespaces?

Namespace-only isolation shares the Kubernetes API server and node-level components. A dedicated tenant cluster is the production model for external customers that need a stronger boundary.

How quickly can operators create a customer cluster?

Virtualized control planes are lightweight and can be created quickly. Private Node readiness depends on whether worker capacity already exists or must be provisioned.

Can customers receive cluster-admin access?

Yes. Each customer can receive cluster-admin inside their own tenant cluster, including control of CRDs and RBAC, without access to the provider's control plane cluster.

How does vCluster Platform manage customer cluster fleets?

vCluster powers 100K GPUs across 50+ GPU Clouds & Fortune 500s and provides centralized operations for tenant cluster fleets.

Launch Dedicated Kubernetes Clusters Per Customer

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