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Overview

Add-ons extend the functionality of Kubernetes.

This page lists some of the available add-ons and links to their respective installation instructions.

Networking and Network Policy

  • Weave Net provides networking and network policy, will carry on working on both sides of a network partition, and does not require an external database.
  • Calico is a secure L3 networking and network policy provider.
  • Canal unites Flannel and Calico, providing networking and network policy.
  • Romana is a Layer 3 networking solution for pod networks that also supports the NetworkPolicy API. Kubeadm add-on installation details available here.

Visualization & Control

  • Weave Scope is a tool for graphically visualizing your containers, pods, services etc. Use it in conjunction with a Weave Cloud account or host the UI yourself.
  • Dashboard is a dashboard web interface for Kubernetes.

Legacy Add-ons

There are several other add-ons documented in the deprecated cluster/addons directory.

Well-maintained ones should be linked to here. PRs welcome!