k8s-worker

Kubernetes Worker

Channel Revision Published Runs on
latest/edge 1834 02 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
latest/edge 1833 02 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
latest/edge 1832 02 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
latest/edge 1831 02 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
latest/edge 576 19 Mar 2025
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
latest/edge 573 19 Mar 2025
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/stable 1835 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/stable 1844 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/stable 1836 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/stable 1845 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/stable 1837 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/stable 1846 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/candidate 1846 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/candidate 1836 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/candidate 1835 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/candidate 1844 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/candidate 1845 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/candidate 1837 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/beta 1846 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/beta 1845 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/beta 1844 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/beta 1837 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/beta 1836 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.32/beta 1835 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.35/stable 1842 17 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/stable 1851 17 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/stable 1843 17 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/stable 1852 17 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/candidate 1851 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/candidate 1843 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/candidate 1842 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/candidate 1852 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/beta 1852 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/beta 1851 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/beta 1843 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.35/beta 1842 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/stable 1840 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/stable 1849 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/stable 1841 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/stable 1850 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/candidate 1840 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/candidate 1850 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/candidate 1849 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/candidate 1841 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/beta 1850 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/beta 1849 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/beta 1841 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.34/beta 1840 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/stable 1838 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/stable 1847 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/stable 1839 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/stable 1848 16 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/candidate 1839 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/candidate 1847 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/candidate 1838 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/candidate 1848 12 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/beta 1848 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/beta 1847 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/beta 1839 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.33/beta 1838 11 Feb 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04
1.31/candidate 142 11 Dec 2024
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.31/candidate 141 27 Nov 2024
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
1.30/beta 65 23 May 2024
Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 20.04
juju deploy k8s-worker --channel 1.32/stable
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Platform:

Ubuntu
24.04 22.04 20.04

Canonical Kubernetes Worker

Scale your Canonical Kubernetes cluster by adding worker nodes.

Canonical Kubernetes k8s is a performant, lightweight, secure and opinionated Kubernetes distribution that includes all the components you need to create and manage scalable clusters for any use case. This charm automates the deployment and operation of a Kubernetes worker node on any machine-type cloud.

Quick Start

Deploy a complete cluster with control plane and workers in three commands:

juju deploy k8s
juju deploy k8s-worker
juju relate k8s k8s-worker:cluster 

What are Worker Nodes?

Worker nodes are where your containerized applications actually run. While the control plane (k8s charm) handles cluster management and scheduling, worker nodes execute the workloads. Scale your cluster by deploying additional k8s-worker units as your needs grow.

Learn More

Find tutorials, how-to guides, and reference material in the Canonical Kubernetes documentation. New to Canonical Kubernetes? Start with our tutorial.

Project and community

Canonical Kubernetes is a member of the Ubuntu family. It’s an open source project which warmly welcomes community contributions, suggestions, fixes and constructive feedback.

Thinking about using Canonical Kubernetes for your next project? Get in touch!