Introduction to Hikube
What is Hikube?
Hikube is a sovereign enterprise cloud platform hosted in Switzerland. You deploy virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters, databases and storage from a single web console: console.hikube.cloud.
Infrastructure and availability
Sovereign cloud, data hosted in Switzerland
- All your data stays on Swiss territory, in line with local data protection regulations.
High availability across three datacenters
- Replicated storage is spread across three geographically separate datacenters in Switzerland.
Green IT datacenter
- Datacenter powered by renewable energy.
Services
Managed Kubernetes
- Create Kubernetes clusters in a few clicks, with node groups, autoscaling and preconfigured add-ons.
Linux and Windows virtual machines
- Deploy VMs from ready-to-use images, with persistent disks and a public IP if needed.
GPU
- Add NVIDIA GPUs to your VMs or Kubernetes node groups for AI, machine learning or high-performance computing.
Managed databases and messaging
- PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis and RabbitMQ, with users, databases and access managed from the console.
Storage
- Persistent disks for your VMs and S3-compatible buckets.
Security and isolation
- Each project is isolated from the others: its own network, resources and quotas.
- Stored data can be encrypted.
Available documentation
Getting started
- Quick start: from your first sign-in to your first cluster
- Concepts: organization, projects, quotas, services
Services
Prerequisites
Access
- A Hikube account linked to your organization. To get one, contact sales@hidora.io.
- A recent web browser.
Useful knowledge
- Cloud infrastructure: VMs, networks, storage.
- Kubernetes (for the Kubernetes service): pods, services, deployments.
First sign-in?
If you do not have access yet, contact the Hikube team at support@hidora.io.
Recommended next step
Quick start: create your first project and your first Kubernetes cluster.