Karpenter Provider for IBM Cloud

This repository contains the Karpenter Provider implementation for IBM Cloud, enabling dynamic node provisioning in IBM Cloud Kubernetes clusters using Karpenter.

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Overview

Karpenter is an open-source node provisioning project for Kubernetes. This provider extends Karpenter's functionality to work with IBM Cloud, allowing for:

• Dynamic node provisioning in IBM Cloud VPC
• Instance type management and selection
• Automated scaling based on workload demands
• Integration with IBM Cloud APIs

Kubernetes Support

Kubernetes Version	Status
1.29	✅ Supported
1.30	✅ Supported
1.31	✅ Supported
1.32	✅ Supported
1.33	✅ Supported
1.34	✅ Supported
1.35	✅ Supported
1.36+	⚠️ Untested

Based on dependency analysis. Generated on 2025-11-30.

Container Images

Multi-architecture images (amd64, arm64, s390x) are published to quay.io/karpenter-provider-ibm-cloud/controller.

See Container Images for details on pulling images, supported architectures, and Nightly Builds for testing pre-release versions.

Getting Help

Community Support

• Join our Slack - Get help from the community and maintainers
• Report Issues - Found a bug or have a feature request?
• Documentation - Complete guides and API reference

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guidelines for details on how to submit pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2 License.