github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws@v0.16.4/docs/README.md (about) 1 # Introduction {#introduction} 2 3 kube-aws is a command-line tool to create/update/destroy Kubernetes clusters on AWS. The [full manual can be found here](https://kubernetes-incubator.github.io/kube-aws/). 4 5 To start using kube-aws, try the [Getting Started Guide](getting-started/README.md). 6 7 Once you are familiar with the basic setup, the sections [Add-Ons](add-ons/README.md) and some [Advanced Topics](advanced-topics/README.md) cover additional setup, use cases and configuration. 8 9 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws) [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20License%202.0-blue.svg)](LICENSE) 10 11 12 # Features {#features} 13 14 * Create, update and destroy Kubernetes clusters on AWS 15 * Highly available and scalable Kubernetes clusters backed by multi-AZ deployment and Node Pools 16 * Deployment to an existing VPC 17 * Powered by various AWS services including CloudFormation, KMS, Auto Scaling, Spot Fleet, EC2, ELB, S3, etc 18 19 # Kubernetes Incubator 20 21 kube-aws is a [Kubernetes Incubator project](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/incubator.md). The project was established 2017-03-15. The incubator team for the project is: 22 23 - Sponsor: Tim Hockin (@thockin) 24 - Champion: Mike Danese (@mikedanese) 25 - SIG: sig-aws 26 27 # Announcements 28 29 Older releases of kube-aws had been signed by the CoreOS key and were verifiable with the [CoreOS Application Signing Public Key](https://coreos.com/security/app-signing-key/). This was when kube-aws was maintained primarily by CoreOS. However, the signing process has been postponed since v0.9.3 since the comm. Please read the [issue \#288](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws/issues/288) for more information. 30 31 # Documentation Updates 32 33 Please [contact us](getting-in-touch.md) if you wish to see a topic added to the manual.