Nutanix Kubernetes Platform

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is an enterprise Kubernetes distribution providing automated cluster lifecycle management, multi-cluster governance, observability, and workload operations across Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP), and managed Kubernetes services (EKS, AKS).

NKP combines:

• Konvoy: Production-ready Kubernetes engine for provisioning and cluster lifecycle management.
• Kommander: Multi-cluster management, workspace management, governance, security, and catalog applications.
• NKP Insights: Real-time telemetry, anomaly detection, and proactive cluster health analytics.
• AI Navigator: Built-in AI assistant and MCP server integration for operating NKP clusters.

Core NKP CLI Workflows

1. Diagnostic Data & Troubleshooting

When diagnosing cluster issues, collecting diagnostics is the first step:

# Generate complete diagnostic bundle for support/troubleshooting
nkp get diagnostics --output-directory ./nkp-diagnostics

# Inspect cluster objects and infrastructure status
nkp get clusters
nkp get nodes

2. Cluster Creation Quickstarts

• Nutanix NCI:

  nkp create cluster nutanix \
    --cluster-name my-nkp-cluster \
    --endpoint https://prism-central.domain.com:9440 \
    --subnet-name k8s-subnet \
    --vm-image CentOS-7-x86_64
  

• AWS / EKS:

  nkp create cluster aws --cluster-name my-aws-cluster --region us-west-2
  nkp create cluster eks --cluster-name my-eks-cluster --region us-west-2
  

3. Upgrades & Lifecycle

# Prepare and upgrade NKP management cluster
nkp upgrade management nutanix --cluster-name my-mgmt-cluster

# Upgrade workload cluster
nkp upgrade workload nutanix --cluster-name my-workload-cluster

Progressive Disclosure Reference Index

When executing specific NKP lifecycle tasks, refer to the dedicated manual reference guides in resources/manual/: