Hazelcast IMDG Standard Support has expired. Extended support for version 4.1 ends in April 2024. Extended support for version 4.2 ends in September 2024.

We recommend that you try Hazelcast Platform.

In Hazelcast Platform, we’ve combined the in-memory storage of IMDG with the stream processing power of Jet. Find out more in our Platform documentation.

The following topics are a good place to start:

Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment

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Hazelcast provides a few methods to simplify deploying Hazelcast cluster into Kubernetes-based environments. For production-grade Kubernetes deployment, use Helm chart or Kubernetes/OpenShift Operator.

Quick Start

If you just want to play with Hazelcast on Kubernetes, execute the following commands to create Hazelcast cluster with 3 members into default namespace using the default Service Account.

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-kubernetes/master/rbac.yaml
kubectl run hazelcast-1 --image=hazelcast/hazelcast:$HAZELCAST_VERSION
kubectl run hazelcast-2 --image=hazelcast/hazelcast:$HAZELCAST_VERSION
kubectl run hazelcast-3 --image=hazelcast/hazelcast:$HAZELCAST_VERSION

Hazelcast members automatically discovers themselves using the Hazelcast Kubernetes Discovery plugin and therefore form one Hazelcast cluster.

Helm Chart

Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes. Hazelcast is distributed in a form of Helm Charts:

See the Hazelcast Helm Charts documentation for more details.

Kubernetes/OpenShift Operator

Kubernetes Operators are software extensions to Kubernetes which help you create and manage your applications. You can deploy and manage Hazelcast using the following Operators:

There are a few different ways in using Hazelcast Operators:

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