Stakater Cloud Orchestrator


The Hyperscaler Engine for VMware Environments




Built on VMware VKS · vSphere · vSAN · NSX-T

Stakater



Founded 2016

10 years in Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure

Global Team — 8 Countries

Sweden, Czech Republic, Austria, Spain, Pakistan, Netherlands, Australia, Vietnam

Stakater Cloud

Runs in production since Oct 2024

VMware Compatibility

Native VMware Stack

Runs on VKS — the Kubernetes you already have

Works with vSAN, NSX-T, vCenter out of the box

No migration required. Protect your VMware investment.

What We've Built



Cloud

Stakater Cloud

Our managed cloud — in production since Oct 2024

Production workloads. Paying customers.

Open Source

Reloader

24B+ downloads · 9.9k stars

Forecastle

IngressMonitorController

+ many more

Kubernetes-Native

Multi-Tenant Operator

Enterprise multi-tenancy for any Kubernetes — including VKS



Open source, commercial, and managed — running in production for years.

The Gap



Infrastructure: Solved

✓ VMware VKS (Kubernetes)
✓ vSphere (Virtualization)
✓ vSAN (Storage)
✓ NSX-T (Networking)

The VMware runtime layer is mature.

The Commercial Layer: Missing

? Multi-tenant management
? Self-service portal
? Metering and billing
? White-label customer experience


The VMware infrastructure is ready. The commercial layer to sell it — isn't.

How We Got Here



OCT 2024

Stakater Cloud launched — multi-tenant, self-service, metered, billing-integrated

MARKET SHIFT

CSPs and MSPs building cloud services on top of VMware — needing a cloud operating model above VKS

DEMAND

Multiple CSPs and MSPs asked us to provide our customer-facing platform layer

THE GAP

VMware covers the infrastructure — but no commercial layer for self-service, tenancy, billing, or XaaS

TODAY

Decoupled and productized → Cloud Orchestrator runs above VKS, powering cloud businesses on VMware worldwide

Solved

VMware Stack

VKS · vSphere · vSAN · NSX-T

Runs the infrastructure

+

New

Cloud Orchestrator

Runs the commercial layer



Together — a complete cloud offering

Cloud Orchestrator — The Platform Layer

Cloud Product

Self-service portal Service catalog Cost transparency SLA-backed plans Custom branding
↑

Cloud Orchestrator

Multi-tenancy Governance API-first automation Cost management White-label control plane
↑

VMware Stack

VKS (Kubernetes) vSphere (VMs) vSAN (Storage) NSX-T (Networking)

Architecture


Configuration Layer
Single Source of Truth
Tenant management, service definitions, policies, and identity.
End users interact here — never with infrastructure directly.
Clusters connect in
Execution Layer
VMware VKS Hosting Clusters
One or many VKS clusters. Enforce rules locally. Run workloads.
vSAN-backed storage. NSX-T network isolation. Independent from each other.
✓ Security by separation
✓ Multi-cluster independence
✓ Scale without rearchitecting
✓ Sovereign-ready by design
Configuration Layer — KCP
KCP Workspaces
KCP Keycloak Portal Service Catalog FinOps Operator
Organizations → Workspaces → Projects.
Declarative desired state synced to hosting clusters.
Outbound sync (cluster → KCP)
Execution Layer — VMware VKS
VMware VKS Hosting Clusters
VKS Cluster A
MTO

Enforces tenant rules locally

VKS Cluster B
MTO

Enforces tenant rules locally

VKS Cluster N
MTO

Enforces tenant rules locally

Clusters are not routable to each other. Each connects independently into KCP.
vSAN provides persistent storage. NSX-T enforces network tenant boundaries.
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What End Users See


A white-label self-service cloud portal.



Service Catalog

Browse and provision VMs, clusters, databases, custom services

Resource Management

Start, stop, scale, monitor — full lifecycle control

Cost Overview

Usage breakdown, estimated spend, historical records

Access & Audit

Organization roles, activity log, compliance trail



Their brand. Their domain. The customer never sees the VMware infrastructure underneath.

Why This Wins



Secure

KCP virtual control planes give hard tenant separation. NSX-T enforces network isolation at every layer.

VMware-Native

No rip-and-replace. Cloud Orchestrator connects to VKS via the Kubernetes API — your vSphere, vSAN, and NSX-T stay intact.

Sovereign-Ready

On-prem, air-gapped, white-labeled. Full control. No hyperscaler dependency.




Governance by design — not bolted on after.

Works With Your VMware Stack



Kubernetes

VKS (vSphere K8s Service) Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Virtualization

vSphere / ESXi vCenter KubeVirt on VKS

Storage

vSAN vSAN ESA vSphere CSI Driver

Networking

NSX-T NSX Advanced LB (AVI) vSphere Distributed Switch


Cloud Orchestrator sits above the VMware stack — protecting your investment.

Who We Serve



Telco

Sovereign / national cloud on VMware Edge & 5G platform services Modernise vCloud Director estates

CSP

Build and sell cloud services on VKS Offer XaaS — VMs, clusters, DBs

MSP

Manage customer environments on vSphere Standardize and scale operations

Enterprise

Build internal cloud (IDP) on VMware

Government

Build sovereign cloud on VMware

Defining the
Next-Generation Cloud




VMware VKS · vSphere · vSAN · NSX-T

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Stakater Cloud Orchestrator


Your VMware investment. Our commercial layer. A complete cloud product.