Certified CAPI Providers

Remember that most Cluster API Providers are upstream projects maintained by the Kubernetes open-source community.

List of certified providers

This list is constantly evolving to reflect the ongoing development of the project.

This is a list of the officially certified CAPI Providers by Turtles. These providers are covered by our test suite and we actively ensure that they work properly with the CAPI extension for Rancher.

Platform Code Name Provider Type Docs

RKE2

CAPRKE2

Bootstrap/Control Plane

https://rancher.github.io/cluster-api-provider-rke2

Kubeadm

Kubeadm

Bootstrap/Control Plane

https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/tasks/bootstrap/kubeadm-bootstrap

AWS

CAPA

Infrastructure

https://cluster-api-aws.sigs.k8s.io

Docker*

CAPD

Infrastructure

https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io

vSphere

CAPV

Infrastructure

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere

Azure (Only AKS managed clusters)

CAPZ

Infrastructure

https://capz.sigs.k8s.io/

Addon Provider Fleet

CAAPF

Addon

http://github.com/rancher-sandbox/cluster-api-addon-provider-fleet

*Recommended only for development purposes.

List of providers in experimental mode

This is a list of providers that are in an advanced state of development and will soon become certified.

Platform

Code Name

Provider Type

Docs

ClusterClass Support for Certified Providers

The following is a support matrix for each certified provider and their support of the cluster topology feature:

  • CAPZ

  • CAPA

  • CAPRKE2

  • CABPK

  • CAPV

  • CAPD

  • Full support of ClusterClass: both managed (AKS) and unmanaged (virtual machines) clusters can be provisioned via topology.

  • Supports ClusterClass when provisioning unmanaged (EC2-based) clusters.

  • Does not support ClusterClass when provisioning managed (EKS) clusters: this is a work-in-progress.

  • Full support of ClusterClass.

  • Full support of ClusterClass.

  • Full support of ClusterClass.

  • Full support of ClusterClass.