Working with Managed Nodes

Find out about managed nodes, the differences between managed nodes and virtual nodes, and how to create managed nodes using Kubernetes Engine (OKE).

Managed nodes are OCI Compute instances running in your tenancy that you control and configure, with a shared operational responsibility. Kubernetes Engine provisions and updates the Kubernetes software on managed nodes.

By contrast, virtual nodes provide a serverless Kubernetes experience, enabling you to run containerized applications at scale without the operational overhead of managing, scaling, upgrading, and troubleshooting the node infrastructure. For a detailed comparison of managed nodes and virtual nodes, see Comparing Managed Nodes with Virtual Nodes.