Self-Hosted Palette VerteX
Palette VerteX offers regulated industries, such as government and public sector organizations that handle sensitive and classified information simplicity, security, and scale in production Kubernetes. VerteX is available as a self-hosted platform offering that you can install in your data centers or public cloud providers to manage Kubernetes clusters.
FIPS-Compliant
Palette VerteX integrates validated Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-3 cryptographic modules in Kubernetes clusters it deploys to ensure robust data protection for your organization’s infrastructure and applications.
To learn more about our FIPS 140-3 certification, review Spectro Cloud Cryptographic Module. FIPS modules, which are accessible in our private artifact repository, extend Palette’s existing security features that include security scans, powerful RBAC, and tamper-proof edge device images. Palette VerteX protects sensitive data in clusters across edge, bare metal, on-prem data centers, air-gapped environments, and cloud.
To learn more about FIPS in Palette VerteX, check out the FIPS section.
Supported Platforms
The following section contains the content from the former VerteX Supported Platforms page. Refactor this content to be a partial and use a table similar to the following to compare and contrast support between the platforms.
| Azure Cloud | Palette Support | Palette VerteX Support |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Commercial (Public Cloud) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Azure Government | ✅ | ✅ |
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Palette VerteX supports the following infrastructure platforms for deploying Kubernetes clusters:
| Platform | Additional Information |
|---|---|
| AWS | Refer to the AWS section for additional guidance. |
| AWS Gov | Refer to the AWS section for additional guidance. |
| AWS Secret | Refer to the AWS section for additional guidance. |
| Azure | Refer to the Azure section for additional guidance. |
| Azure Gov | Refer to the Azure section for additional guidance. |
| Dev Engine | Refer to the VerteX Engine section for additional guidance. |
| MAAS | Canonical Metal-As-A-Service (MAAS) is available and supported in VerteX. |
| Edge | Edge deployments are supported in VerteX. |
| VMware vSphere | VMware vSphere is supported in VerteX. |
Review the following tables for additional information about the supported platforms.
For guidance on how to deploy a Kubernetes cluster on a supported platform, refer to the Cluster documentation.
The term IaaS refers to Palette using compute nodes that are not managed by a cloud provider, such as bare metal servers or virtual machines.
AWS
VerteX supports the following AWS services.
| Service | AWS Gov Support? |
|---|---|
| IaaS | ✅ |
| EKS | ✅ |
Azure
VerteX supports the following Azure services.
| Service | Azure Gov Support? |
|---|---|
| IaaS | ✅ |
| AKS | ✅ |
All Azure Government regions are supported with the exception of Department of Defense regions. Refer to the official Azure Government documentation to learn more about the available regions.
Dev Engine
VerteX supports the Dev Engine platform for deploying virtual clusters. However, the Dev Engine platform is not FIPS compliant and requires you to enable the non-FIPS setting. Additionally, container deployment based workflows are not supported for airgap environments.
VMware vSphere
The following versions of VMware vSphere are supported in VerteX.
| Version | Supported? |
|---|---|
| vSphere 6.7U3 | ✅ |
| vSphere 7.0 | ✅ |
| vSphere 8.0 | ✅ |
Access Palette VerteX
To set up a Palette VerteX account, contact our support team by sending an email to support@spectrocloud.com. Include the following information in your email:
- Your full name
- Organization name (if applicable)
- Email address
- Phone number (optional)
- Target Platform (VMware or Kubernetes)
- A brief description of your intended use of VerteX
Our dedicated support team will promptly get in touch with you to provide the necessary assistance and share the installer image, credentials, and an endpoint URL to access the FIPS registry.