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Overview

Aether is a managed-Kubernetes platform. You create clusters to run your workloads, and Aether runs and operates the Kubernetes control plane for you — you never patch it, scale it, or pay attention to it operationally. You focus on your applications; we handle the plumbing underneath.

Who it’s for

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Aether is for developers and teams who want production-grade Kubernetes without the operational burden of running the control plane themselves. If you can write a Deployment manifest and run kubectl, you can run on Aether.

What you get

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  • Tenant clusters — isolated Kubernetes clusters that you own and run your workloads on.
  • A fully managed control plane — provisioned, operated, and kept healthy by Aether.
  • The Cilium CNI pre-installed — ready for NetworkPolicy and CiliumNetworkPolicy.
  • Managed load balancers, block storage, and a private container registry — available out of the box.
  • A built-in observability view in the portal, with no separate login.

Prerequisites

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Before you start you’ll need:

  • An Aether account and organization. Sign up at the portal.
  • A payment method on file for any paid usage (see the Billing model).
  • kubectl installed locally if you want to connect to your cluster from your own machine.

The journey

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A typical first session looks like this:

  1. Create your first cluster — name it, pick a region and Kubernetes version, and watch it come up.
  2. Node pools — add and size the worker nodes that run your workloads.
  3. Connect with kubectl — download your kubeconfig and start deploying.

From there, explore the rest of the platform: