# KubeDC

> KubeDC is an enterprise-grade platform that transforms bare-metal servers into a fully managed, multi-tenant cloud — supporting VMs, Kubernetes clusters, GPU workloads, DBaaS, and S3 storage. Built on Kubernetes, KubeDC enables hosting providers, enterprises, and neoclouds to launch sovereign cloud services starting from just 3 nodes.

KubeDC positions itself as "The Operating System for Sovereign Cloud." It is developed by SHALB, a DevOps consulting and infrastructure company. The platform competes in the same space as VMware vCloud Director, Virtuozzo, and OpenStack, but takes a Kubernetes-native approach.

## Core Platform

- [Platform Overview](https://kube-dc.com/platform): Architecture overview — multi-tenancy model, 12 cloud services, deployment models, and tech stack
- [Pricing](https://kube-dc.com/pricing): Per-CPU-socket licensing model with revenue-share option (80/20) for cloud providers
- [Live Sandbox](https://kube-dc.cloud): Interactive demo environment — no installation needed

## Platform Capabilities (12 Services)

- [Virtual Machines](https://kube-dc.com/platform/virtual-machines): Linux & Windows VMs with VNC, SSH, live migration, GPU passthrough, snapshots, and cloud-init
- [GPU & AI Cloud](https://kube-dc.com/platform/gpu-ai-cloud): GPU passthrough, vGPU, fractional sharing for AI/ML infrastructure (Coming Soon)
- [Managed Kubernetes](https://kube-dc.com/platform/managed-kubernetes): Production-grade K8s clusters via Kamaji + Cluster API, per-tenant control planes, Cilium CNI
- [Namespace as a Service](https://kube-dc.com/platform/namespace-as-a-service): Isolated Kubernetes namespaces per team or customer with quotas and RBAC
- [Cloud Networking](https://kube-dc.com/platform/networking): VPC per tenant, Load Balancers, Floating IPs, NAT, full network isolation via Kube-OVN
- [Cloud Storage](https://kube-dc.com/platform/storage): Block storage for VMs and containers, S3-compatible object storage with file browser (Rook/Ceph)
- [Database as a Service](https://kube-dc.com/platform/database-as-a-service): Managed PostgreSQL and MariaDB with auto-failover, backups, and point-in-time recovery
- [Backup & Recovery](https://kube-dc.com/platform/backup-and-recovery): VM snapshots, database backups, object storage replication, disaster recovery
- [Observability & Alerting](https://kube-dc.com/platform/observability): Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, Loki log aggregation, configurable alerts per tenant
- [Security, Identity & Compliance](https://kube-dc.com/platform/security): SSO via Keycloak, RBAC, namespace isolation, encryption, audit logs, GDPR-ready
- [Billing, Subscriptions & Quotas](https://kube-dc.com/platform/billing-and-quotas): Stripe and WHMCS billing, subscription plans, resource quotas, usage metering
- [AI-Assisted Management](https://kube-dc.com/platform/ai-assisted-management): MCP server integration with AI IDEs (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf)

## Solutions

- [VMware Replacement](https://kube-dc.com/solutions/vmware-replacement): Migrate VMs to Kubernetes-native platform without vendor lock-in or per-VM licensing
- [Sovereign Cloud](https://kube-dc.com/solutions/sovereign-cloud): Deploy managed cloud on your own infrastructure with full data residency
- [Neocloud / GPU Cloud](https://kube-dc.com/solutions/neocloud): Launch your own cloud or GPU-as-a-Service business in 14 days
- [AI Factory](https://kube-dc.com/solutions/ai-factory): Fractional GPU sharing, ML pipelines, LLM serving on your hardware (Early Access)
- [Development Platform](https://kube-dc.com/solutions/development-platform): Self-service dev environments on your infrastructure
- [For Cloud Providers](https://kube-dc.com/solutions/cloud-providers): White-label managed cloud with 80/20 revenue split and WHMCS/Stripe billing

## Technical Documentation

- [Full Documentation](https://docs.kube-dc.com): Architecture, installation guides, API reference, tutorials
- [Architecture Overview](https://docs.kube-dc.com/architecture-overview/): Components — KubeVirt, Kube-OVN, Keycloak, multi-tenant controllers
- [Core Features](https://docs.kube-dc.com/core-features/): Multi-tenancy, RBAC, billing, managed services

## Key Technical Facts

- Minimum deployment: 3 bare-metal nodes
- Time to first Kubernetes cluster: under 5 minutes
- Built on: Kubernetes, KubeVirt, Kamaji, Kube-OVN, Rook/Ceph, Keycloak, Cilium, Helm, Kyverno
- S3 backend: Ceph
- Managed databases available now: PostgreSQL, MariaDB
- Managed databases planned: MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
- Billing integrations: Stripe, WHMCS
- Multi-tenancy: Organizations → Projects → Resources with full RBAC isolation
- Observability: Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, Loki log aggregation, and alerts — per-tenant isolation
- Networking: VPC per tenant, Load Balancers, Floating IPs via Kube-OVN
- AI Management: MCP server for AI IDE integration (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf)