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Overview

Qovery-managed GKE provides zero-configuration Kubernetes clusters on Google Cloud Platform. Qovery creates, configures, and maintains your GKE cluster with best practices built-in.

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Quick Start

1

Connect GCP Project

Organization Settings → Cloud Providers → Add GCP Project
  • Upload service account JSON key
  • Select region for cluster
2

Create Cluster

Settings → Clusters → Create Cluster
  • Name: production-gke
  • Provider: GCP
  • Region: us-central1
  • Click Create
3

Wait for Provisioning

Cluster creation takes 15-20 minutes:
  • VPC and networking setup
  • GKE control plane creation
  • Worker node provisioning
  • Qovery components installation
4

Deploy Applications

Once cluster is ready, start deploying applications

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What Qovery Creates

  • ✅ GKE cluster (latest stable Kubernetes)
  • ✅ VPC with custom subnet across multiple zones
  • ✅ Cloud NAT for outbound connectivity
  • ✅ IAM service accounts and bindings
  • ✅ Cluster autoscaler
  • ✅ GCE Ingress or Nginx Ingress
  • ✅ Compute Engine persistent disk CSI driver
  • ✅ Metrics server
  • ✅ Qovery agent and observability stack

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Configuration Options

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Cluster Settings

Machine Types:
  • General Purpose: n1, n2, n2d, e2
  • Compute Optimized: c2, c2d
  • Memory Optimized: m1, m2, m3
  • Accelerator Optimized: a2 (GPU workloads)
Auto-Scaling:
  • Min nodes: 1
  • Max nodes: 100
  • Cluster autoscaler automatically provisions optimal machines
  • Node pools per zone for high availability
Preemptible VMs:
  • Enable preemptible VMs for cost savings (up to 80% off)
  • Qovery handles interruptions gracefully
  • Mix of preemptible and standard for reliability

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Network Settings

VPC Configuration:
  • Custom VPC with /20 subnet (4,096 IPs)
  • Multi-zone deployment (3 zones in region)
  • Private Google Access enabled
  • Cloud NAT for outbound traffic
Access:
  • Public endpoint (default)
  • Private endpoint (enterprise feature)
  • Authorized networks for API access
  • VPC-native cluster (alias IPs)
For detailed GCP installation guide, see GCP Installation.