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Tarook

About Tarook

Tarook is a lifecycle management tool for Kubernetes clusters. It can be deployed starting with OpenStack or directly on bare metal. The tool handles recurring tasks related to IaaS resources, system updates and Kubernetes updates. Tarook has received Certified Kubernetes status from the CNCF. Tarook is open source software.

Products

k8s-core: Handles deployment and management of the kubeadm cluster.
k8s-supplements: Supplements the system with tools and services needed for productive operation.

Used for

Deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack or bare metal.
Setting up high availability Kubernetes clusters with keepalived and HAProxy.
Managing certificates and access rights automatically via HashiCorp Vault.
Configuring Ceph storage on Kubernetes clusters.
Deploying and managing Kubernetes workers with NVIDIA GPUs for compute-intensive workloads.

Who it is for

Used by infrastructure teams at a regional cloud provider managing Kubernetes clusters for customer projects.
Used by medium-sized companies modernising IT infrastructure.
Used by companies specialising in machine learning and AI applications.

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How to evaluate Containers & Kubernetes

This is how the CIOPages Research Team evaluates this category. It is not an assessment of Tarook. It comes from our Kubernetes Platforms buyer guide.

25%

Control Plane & Day-2 Lifecycle

Managed vs. self-managed control plane and its SLA; how Kubernetes version upgrades roll (in-place, surge, blue-green) and how disruptive they are to running pods; long-term-support version options; CVE patch cadence and how quickly fixes reach the fleet; automated node remediation and certificate rotation

20%

Fleet & Multi-Cluster Management

Single console and API to govern many clusters across clouds, on-prem, and edge; declarative cluster lifecycle and config (Cluster API or equivalent); fleet-wide policy and drift detection; zero-touch provisioning for edge; whether it manages clusters it did not create (imported/attached) or only its own

20%

Security & Compliance

Default-deny posture and admission control (Pod Security, OPA/Kyverno); image scanning and signing in the supply chain; RBAC plus OIDC/enterprise-identity integration; network policy and microsegmentation; CIS-benchmark conformance, audit logging, and FedRAMP/FIPS coverage where regulated

15%

Networking, Storage & Service Mesh

CNI options and how locked-in the default is; ingress and gateway controllers with TLS, rate-limiting, and WAF; CSI drivers for block/file/object and stateful-workload maturity; service mesh integration (Istio, Linkerd, Cilium); cross-cluster connectivity and load balancing

10%

Developer Experience & Self-Service

Namespace and cluster self-service vs. ticket-based provisioning; GitOps support (Argo CD, Flux) as a first-class workflow; developer portal and golden-path integration (Backstage or built-in console); IDE plugins and local-dev parity; how opinionated the platform is about how teams ship

10%

Cost, Portability & Commercial Model

Licensing unit (per-core, per-node, per-cluster, consumption) and how it scales with you; control-plane and extended-support fees; realistic exit cost and how provider-shaped the abstractions are; GPU/AI scheduling support; ecosystem breadth (operators, Helm, marketplace) and how much you must self-integrate

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