Konvoy, combined with Kommander, makes up the D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) which provides an out-of-the-box production-ready ecosystem with a complement of best-in-class applications to provide all the essential tools needed for day two operations.

Konvoy is the Kubernetes installer component of DKP that uses industry standard tools to produce a certified Kubernetes cluster under many cloud providers as well as on premises.

Kommander provides a command center and applications for all your cloud native management needs in public Information as a Service (IaaS), on-premises, and edge environments. Kommander provides a multi-tenant experience to secure, and configure Kubernetes clusters and cloud native workloads. Additionally, Kommander enables teams to unlock federation and cost management, across multiple clusters.

Features and functionality

• Industry standard

  Konvoy combines standard tools, developed by the Kubernetes community, to install CNCF-certified, high-availability Kubernetes on public clouds or internal on-prem networks.

• Infrastructure provisioning

  Konvoy provisions the cluster infrastructure using the Cluster-API standard community developed tooling.

• Core applications for networking and storage production-readiness

  Konvoy installs and enables a default set of core applications to provide the most common features required to run the Kubernetes cluster in production, including the following:

  • Calico (Network overlay)
  • Container Storage Interface (CSI) drivers and configuration required for the specific infrastructure (default)

Benefits

Konvoy offers the following key benefits:

• Provides a simple and flexible platform to build applications.
• Combines multiple industry standard tools into one convenient command to work with all your infrastructure needs.
• Reduces the time, expertise, cost, and resources required to build and deploy Kubernetes.