Cloud native and open source technologies have modernized how we develop software, and although they have led to unprecedented developer productivity and flexibility, they were not built with enterprise needs in mind. A primary challenge is bridging the gap between cloud native and enterprise reality. Enterprises need a centralized Kubernetes management control plane with logging and monitoring that supports security and governance requirements extended through essential Kubernetes frameworks.

We are excited to announce in-place Kublr Platform upgrades and a technical preview for external cluster support. That’s yet another step in making enterprise-grade Kubernetes adoption a breeze. While Kublr supports automated rolling cluster updates and upgrades with zero downtime, since our last release (1.17) updating the platform itself was still a semi-manual project supported by the Kublr team. Now, all it takes is the click of a button.