Add-ons for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Review the managed add-ons available for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
| Add-on name | Description | Information and change log |
|---|---|---|
| Autoscaler | Automatically scale the worker pools in your cluster based on the sizing needs of your scheduled workloads. | |
| ALB OAuth Proxy | Creates and manages the following Kubernetes resources: an OAuth2-Proxy deployment for your App ID service instance, a secret that contains the configuration of the OAuth2-Proxy deployment, and an Ingress resource that configures ALBs to route incoming requests to the OAuth2-Proxy deployment for your App ID instance. | |
| Back up and restore Helm chart | Create a one-time or scheduled backup for data that is stored in a file storage or block storage persistent volume claim (PVC). | |
| IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in | Set up pre-defined storage classes for IBM Cloud Object Storage and use these storage classes to create a PVC to provision storage for your apps. | |
| IBM Storage Operator | Manage several storage configmaps and resources in your cluster. This add-on is installed by default in VPC clusters that run version 1.30 or later. | |
| Istio | An open service mesh platform to connect, secure, control, and observe microservices on cloud platforms. The Istio add-on is offered as a managed service that integrates Istio directly with your cluster. | |
| Static Route | Create static routes that allow worker nodes to re-route response packets through a VPN or gateway to an IP address in an on-premises data center. | |
| VPC Block CSI Driver | Copy a storage volume's contents at a particular point in time without creating an entirely new volume. | |
| VPC File CSI Driver | Create persistent volume claims for fast and flexible network-attached, NFS-based File Storage for VPC. |