environment.md

Environment

Kubecost requires a Kubernetes cluster to be deployed.

Supported Kubernetes versions

• Users should be running Kubernetes 1.21+.
• Kubernetes 1.31 is officially supported as of v2.
• Versions outside of the stated compatibility range may work, depending on individual configurations, but are untested.

Supported cluster types

• Managed Kubernetes clusters (e.g. EKS, GKE, AKS) most common
• Kubernetes distributions (e.g. OpenShift, DigitalOcean, Rancher, Tanzu)
• Bootstrapped Kubernetes cluster
• On-prem and air-gapped using custom pricing sheets

Supported Cloud Providers

• AWS (Amazon Web Services)
  • All regions supported, as shown in opencost/pkg/cloud/awsprovider.go
  • x86, ARM
• GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
  • All regions supported, as shown in opencost/pkg/cloud/gcpprovider.go
  • x86
• Azure (Microsoft)
  • All regions supported, as shown in opencost/pkg/cloud/azureprovider.go
  • x86

This list is certainly not exhaustive! This is simply a list of observations as to where our users run Kubecost based on their questions and feedback. Please contact us with any questions!