Edka | Reduce Kubernetes Complexity | Deploy anything

# Edka > Production-ready Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner account. Cut your cloud costs by 70% while keeping full control. Last updated: 2026-02-19 Provision, scale, and manage your Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner with GitOps workflows, one-click add-ons, and built-in monitoring. ## Key Benefits: - Reduce cloud infrastructure costs by up to 70% using Hetzner's competitive pricing - Maintain full root access and control over your infrastructure - Deploy production ready Kubernetes clusters in under 2 minutes - Eliminate complexity with preconfigured add-ons and automated deployments - Exit anytime - no vendor lock-in, keep full access to your infrastructure ## Features: - K3s-based lightweight Kubernetes clusters optimized for performance - One-click deployment of essential add-ons (cert-manager, metrics-server, Gateway API controllers) - Automated application deployments with semantic versioning and instant rollbacks - Built-in GitOps workflows for infrastructure as code - Integrated monitoring, logging, and alerting out of the box - Autoscaling, persistent volumes, and secrets management - Minimal configuration UIs for databases, monitoring stacks, and more ## How It Works - **Layer 1 - Cluster Provisioning**: Creates optimized K3s clusters on your own Hetzner infrastructure - **Layer 2 - Add-ons**: One-click deploy essential Kubernetes operators and tools - **Layer 3 - Applications**: Deploy databases, monitoring, and services with minimal config - **Layer 4 - Deployments**: Automated updates, rollbacks, scaling, and traffic management ## Documentation - [Documentation](https://edka.io/docs/): Complete guide to using Edka - [Getting Started](https://edka.io/docs/get-started/): Quick start tutorials ## Blog Posts - [GitHub Deployments, Preview Environments and Wildcard TLS](https://edka.io/blog/branch-deployments-previews-tls/): Git-based branch deployments with PR previews and managed wildcard TLS for domains - [MySQL on Edka with MOCO](https://edka