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Reference Architecture

The MKE Reference Architecture provides a technical overview of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE). It is your source for the product hardware and software specifications, standards, component information, and configuration detail.

• Introduction to MKE
• MKE hardware requirements
• MKE software requirements
• Manager nodes
• Worker nodes
• Admission controllers
• Pause containers
• Volumes
• Configuration
• Web UI and CLI
• Role-based access control
• MKE limitations