Installation help
We install Kipper on your servers, connect your domain, move your first apps and hand over a documented cluster, with a working session for your team.
Open source, built by Labb
Production Kubernetes on servers you own
Kipper turns a bare Linux server into a complete platform in one command: cluster, SSL, storage, monitoring, backups and a web console. Deploy apps straight from container images. Labb built it, maintains it, and helps teams adopt it.
curl -sL https://getkipper.com/install | sh
bash
$ curl -sL https://getkipper.com/install | sh ✓ kip installed$ kip install --host 203.0.113.10 --ssh-key ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 ✓ cluster ready https://c-7f2a.kipper.run$ kip app deploy --name shop --image ghcr.io/acme/shop:1.4 ✓ shop is live https://shop.c-7f2a.kipper.run$
What it installs
The pieces you would otherwise assemble by hand
- k3s Kubernetes
- Traefik ingress
- Let's Encrypt certificates
- Longhorn storage
- Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
- Velero backups
- Dex single sign-on
- Web console with logs and terminal
- Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ
- Private LLM with kip ai install
Why Labb built it
Most teams can run production Kubernetes on servers they already pay for
After years of building platforms for automotive groups on AWS, we kept meeting companies with a handful of services, a modest budget and a data-residency requirement. They needed the discipline of Kubernetes at a cost and an operational load they could carry. Kipper is the platform we wanted to hand them: opinionated, complete, and running on hardware they control.
We run our own products on it, which is the fastest way to find out what is missing.
How Labb helps
From the people who wrote it
Kipper is free. What Labb offers around it is the experience of running it in production.
Design and migration
Cluster sizing, node layout, backups and environments for your workload, and the move from a managed cloud cluster or single servers.
Operations
Kipper clusters fit the operations retainer: patching, upgrades, backups and business-hours incident response, from the engineers who maintain the software.
Questions
What people ask about Kipper
Is Kipper free?
Yes. Kipper is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. The software is free; Labb charges for installation help, consulting and operations.
Which servers does it run on?
Any Linux root server or virtual machine with SSH access: Hetzner, OVH, your own hardware, or a cloud VM. A single node is enough to start; more nodes can be added later.
How do backups work?
Velero is installed with the platform. Backups can target S3-compatible storage, and Kipper exposes them in the console and the CLI.
Can we leave Kipper later?
Yes. Underneath is standard Kubernetes (k3s) with standard components. The apps are plain deployments and can be moved to any other cluster.
Who maintains it?
Labb Consulting. The code, issues and releases are public on GitHub, and the engineers who write it are the ones you talk to.
Talk to an engineer
Want Kipper on your servers? Talk to the people who wrote it.
Thirty minutes with a senior engineer. Reply within one business day.