Managed Kubernetes

A managed Kubernetes control plane for $1 per node

Bring your own servers. OneBuck.dev runs the Kubernetes control plane while your workloads run on worker nodes you own. Priced per node, from $1 per month.

$1 / node / month

One slot covers one worker node in one hosted control plane.

What it does

Dedicated control plane — one hosted Kubernetes control plane per customer, built on k0s with k0smotron.
Join command — provisions a command that installs the k0s worker and enrolls the node in your cluster.
Standard tooling — gives you a kubeconfig so you can use normal kubectl, Helm, Deployments and CRDs.
Your workloads, your nodes — customer workloads stay on customer worker nodes, not in the control plane.
Per-tenant isolation — namespaces, RBAC, network policies, resource limits, secrets and separate datastore credentials.
No silent replacement — refuses to silently replace an existing k3s, kubeadm, microk8s or k0s install; it asks first.

Current limits

Control plane	One dedicated k0s/Kubernetes control plane per customer
Worker nodes	Your Linux servers (amd64 or arm64)
Pricing unit	1 worker node
Client tooling	Standard kubectl and Helm
Isolation	Namespaces, RBAC, network policies, resource limits, secrets
Supported OS	Linux

Setup

Create a cluster in the dashboard.
Copy the join command and run it with sudo on each worker node.
Download the kubeconfig and connect with kubectl.

# On each worker node:
curl -fsSL https://api.onebuck.dev/join/<token> | sudo sh

# Then, locally:
kubectl --kubeconfig onebuck.yaml get nodes

The join script checks for an existing Kubernetes install and asks before replacing it, and it is safe to re-run.

Common use cases

Run a small cluster without operating etcd or an API server yourself.
Spin up ephemeral clusters for CI.
Give edge or home-lab workers a managed control plane.
Use standard Kubernetes APIs with your existing tooling.

FAQ

Do you host my workloads?

No. Workloads run on your worker nodes. OneBuck runs the control plane.

Is this a custom platform?

No. It is standard Kubernetes, so kubectl, Helm and CRDs work normally.

Which architectures are supported?

Linux on amd64 and arm64.

What if a node already runs Kubernetes?

The join script detects k3s, kubeadm, microk8s or k0s and asks before changing anything.

How is this priced?

$1 per worker node per month.

Start a cluster for $1

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