Build a production-ready Kubernetes environment by combining clusters, add-ons, manifests, and stacks in Ankra.
Two Ways to Add a Cluster
There are two ways to get a cluster into Ankra:- Import an existing cluster — bring in a cluster from any provider or on-premises environment (EKS, GKE, AKS, k3s, kind, minikube) by installing the Ankra Agent. This page covers importing.
- Provision a managed cluster — let Ankra create a production-ready K3s cluster for you on Hetzner, OVHcloud, or UpCloud.
Start Importing Your Cluster
Import a Cluster
Start by importing an existing Kubernetes cluster into Ankra.
- Go to Clusters in the Ankra platform.
- Click Import Cluster to add your existing cluster.
- Follow the instructions to install the Ankra Agent in your cluster.
- Once connected, your cluster will appear in the platform and be ready for management.
Choose Add-ons, Manifests, and Stacks
Make your cluster more powerful by adding infrastructure components:
- Add-ons: pick Helm charts and integrations for things like monitoring, ingress, or security.
- Manifests: add your own Kubernetes YAML files to set up namespaces, RBAC, CRDs, and more.
- Stacks: bundle your add-ons and manifests into a stack for quick, repeatable deployments.
Deploy Your Application
When your cluster stack is ready, deploy your apps and services.
- Use
kubectl, CI/CD pipelines, or the Ankra UI to launch your workloads. - Watch deployment status and logs right in the platform.
Access Your Infrastructure Stack and UIs
After deployment, use the dashboards and UIs from your add-ons (like monitoring, logging, or ingress controllers) right from the Ankra platform.
- Check health, manage resources, and work with your infrastructure in one place.
- Open add-on UIs quickly from the cluster overview page.