Certified Kubernetes: CNCF confirms centron Managed Kubernetes

Since 4 November, Managed Kubernetes by centron has been available to book. Now the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has officially confirmed that centron Managed Kubernetes complies with the open Kubernetes standard and may carry the Certified Kubernetes mark. To achieve this, every certified version went through the official conformance test. For Kubernetes 1.37, that meant 462 tests – without a single failure.

What does this mean for centron customers?

Your applications run on standard Kubernetes with us, without any special workarounds. Manifests, Helm Charts and GitOps pipelines work exactly as they do on any other certified platform. This makes moving to centron easy and keeps all your options open: certified platforms are compatible with each other, so switching remains possible at any time.

The CNCF has reviewed the test results and made them publicly available. This means that conformance can be verified independently.

“The certification confirms what has mattered to us from the very beginning: anyone who starts a cluster with us gets real Kubernetes, without special workarounds and without lock-in. Everything that works in the Kubernetes ecosystem also works with us – and in our own data centre in Germany.”

– Adrian Geiger, Team Lead Kubernetes at centron

Why centron supports the CNCF

The CNCF is the vendor-neutral home of Kubernetes, Prometheus, Helm and many other open source projects. Its goal is to make modern cloud native technologies accessible to everyone. centron supports this work as a member.

Digital sovereignty does not just mean that your data stays in Germany. It also means that you are not tied to proprietary technology. Managed Kubernetes by centron combines both: German data sovereignty and an open standard without lock-in.

You can find all features and prices on the Managed Kubernetes product page.

Source: Certified Kubernetes – test results at the CNCF