vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS)

VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) is the enterprise Kubernetes runtime built into VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), enabling organizations to deploy and manage modern containerized applications on a unified private cloud platform. As Kubernetes environments grow, platform teams face increasing challenges in maintaining consistent security, governance, and compliance across clusters. Nirmata, powered by the open-source Kyverno policy engine, provides Kubernetes-native policy enforcement for VKS, enabling centralized security, governance, and compliance across Kubernetes environments. With Nirmata, platform teams can implement policy guardrails that help ensure workloads are secure, compliant with organizational standards, and aligned with VMware Cloud Foundation and Kubernetes best practices

Key Benefits

Nirmata enhances VMware Cloud Foundation with enterprise-grade Kubernetes governance, helping organizations secure, standardize, and automate operations across their Kubernetes environments.

  1. Centralized Kubernetes governance across VMware Cloud Foundation environments with consistent security and operational policies.
  2. Policy-as-Code powered by Kyverno, enabling automated policy enforcement using native Kubernetes resources. Continuous compliance and audit readiness with real-time reporting and automated compliance monitoring.
  3. GitOps-friendly integration that seamlessly fits into existing CI/CD pipelines and application delivery workflows.
  4. Reduced security risks and configuration drift by enforcing policies before workloads are deployed and maintaining consistency across clusters.

Learn more

Explore how Nirmata and Broadcom enable secure, scalable, and policy-driven Kubernetes governance on VMware Cloud Foundation with these resources:

→ Nirmata Kubernetes Governance for VMware Cloud Foundation and VKS – Learn how Nirmata provides centralized policy management, compliance automation, and Kubernetes governance capabilities. Learn more

→ VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service Overview – Understand VMware’s integrated Kubernetes capabilities for deploying and managing Kubernetes workloads on VMware Cloud Foundation. Learn more

→ Nirmata and Broadcom Collaboration: Enterprise Kubernetes Governance for VMware Cloud Foundation – Discover how Nirmata and Broadcom help enterprises improve Kubernetes security, compliance, and operational efficiency at scale. Read the blog