Google Kubernetes Engine Best Practices

Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Overview

On this page, we’ve collected several Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) best practices.

We recommend using Release Channels for all GKE clusters. Using Release Channels has several advantages:

Google automatically manages the version and upgrade cadence for your Kubernetes Control Plane and its nodes.
Clusters on a Release Channel are allowed to use the No minor upgrades and No minor or node upgrades scope of maintenance exclusions - in other words, enrolling a cluster in a Release Channel gives you more control over node upgrades.
Clusters enrolled in rapid channel have access to the newest Kubernetes version first. Agones strives to support the newest release in rapid channel to allow you to test the newest Kubernetes soon after it’s available in GKE.

Note

GKE Autopilot clusters must be on Release Channels.