K2 Enterprise Virtualization on Yandex BareMetal servers is a jointly-developed product that combines all private cloud benefits with full control at the hypervisor level and helps customers avoid any OPEX of procuring, deploying, and maintaining hardware and a virtualization layer.

You get a ready-to-use virtualization platform, while we take care of the rest, including the full cycle of platform creation, deployment on BareMetal servers in the Yandex Cloud infrastructure, and support.

Technology Stack Components

The service covers installation, configuration, and monthly maintenance of the following technology stack:

1. Enterprise-grade hypervisor that helps create and isolate virtual machines and supports a wide range of guest operating systems.
2. Centralized management platform that helps administer the entire virtual infrastructure from a single console, including live virtual machine migration, load balancing, health monitoring, and security policy management.

Key Features and Benefits

• Full-fledged management and support
  We provide full-cycle technical support for the platform, from initial deployment and customization to incident resolution, so that you can avoid the trouble of infrastructure management and focus on your core business.
• High performance and high availability
  BareMetal servers guarantee predictable and high performance for resource-intensive applications, while clustering and distributed storage technologies ensure resilience and automatic recovery in the event of hardware failures.
• Integration and scalability
  The service offers the maximum possible process automation for easy integration with existing end-user systems. Thanks to seamless scalability, you can gradually increase capacity by adding new physical hosts and disks without any service interruption.

How to Subscribe to the Service

To subscribe to the service, you need to create a Yandex Cloud account.

Step-by-Step Activation Guide

1. Log in to Yandex Cloud under the Yandex ID you will use for working with the virtualization platform.
2. Click the “Console” button.
3. Select “BareMetal” -> “BareMetal Extend -> Virtualization”.
4. Click the “Lease cluster” button.
5. Fill out the service order form by selecting the required parameters and values.
6. Once done, your account manager will contact you to discuss the service activation.
7. Once activated, you will receive the credentials to connect to the management console.
8. Connect to the management console and start using the virtualization environment.

⚠️ Important Note: After a free trial period of 14 days, you’ll get charged for the service.

Use Cases

1. Migrating corporate information systems to the cloud
   Seamless migration of an existing virtual infrastructure to the cloud without the need to re-architect applications or retrain staff.
2. Building high-load and mission-critical systems from scratch
   The ideal solution for deploying databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL, etc.), business intelligence (BI), ERP, and other mission-critical software that requires maximum performance, low latency, and high availability, achieved through BareMetal configuration.
3. Organizing secure Dev/Test/Prod environments
   The single platform to create and host isolated virtual environments for Dev/Test/Prod, which simplifies management, improves security, and accelerates software releases.
4. Ensuring business continuity (DRaaS)
   A disaster recovery platform deployed in the cloud to ensure fault tolerance and rapid recovery of business applications in case of emergency.

Yandex Cloud technical support is available 24/7 to respond to requests. The types of requests available and their response time depend on your pricing plan. You can enable paid support in the management console. Learn more about requesting technical support.