Kite Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Kite hosting and manage your Kubernetes clusters from one HTTPS-protected, password-protected dashboard on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Kite v0.16.0 image as a single container, generates the first administrator password and encryption keys, mounts a persistent volume for the SQLite database and publishes the dashboard in minutes — Kite connects to clusters you already have.

Deploy your Kite

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Kite?

Kite is a modern, lightweight web dashboard for Kubernetes. It browses and edits cluster resources, streams pod logs, opens pod and node terminals, shows resource metrics and supports several clusters with role-based access for its own users.

Kite is only a dashboard. It does not create or host a cluster: you connect existing Kubernetes clusters to it.

From Sign-Up to a Live Dashboard In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Kubernetes dashboard normally means a container, generated secrets, a volume, a domain and a certificate before you can see a single pod. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Kite from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Kite image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with an embedded SQLite database on the kite_data volume, generate the administrator password and encryption keys, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Add A Cluster
Save the admin password from the installation credentials, open your HTTPS Kite URL and sign in as admin. Change the password inside Kite, then add a cluster by pasting a kubeconfig.

Everything Kite Does, On Your Own Server

Kite runs in full here: a web dashboard for the Kubernetes clusters you connect, behind sign-in on your own domain.

Browse And Edit Resources
View and edit Kubernetes resources from a web UI instead of the command line.
Pod Logs And Terminals
Stream pod logs and open pod terminals from the browser.
Metrics And Events
Watch cluster resource metrics and events from the same dashboard.
Several Clusters, One Place
Connect more than one cluster by pasting a kubeconfig, or use Kite's cluster-agent option for a cluster behind a firewall.
Role-Based Access For Your Users
Give your own users roles inside Kite. Sign-in is required and anonymous API access returns 401.
Saved Settings Survive A Restart
Users, clusters and settings live in SQLite on the persistent kite_data volume, which survives an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Kubernetes Dashboard 24/7

Managed hosting for Kite, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Kite v0.16.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Kite

One dashboard for several clusters
Connect the clusters your team runs and switch between them from a single page instead of juggling kubeconfig contexts.
Debug a workload from the browser
Stream pod logs and open a pod terminal without installing kubectl on the machine you are on.
Give teammates scoped access
Add your own users inside Kite and grant the narrowest roles they need.
Keep an eye on cluster health
Watch cluster metrics and events from the dashboard.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Kite hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Kite sits alongside other tools on the same server.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

Get started

Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Kite itself is licensed by Kite's maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Kite on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Kubernetes Dashboard?

Kite on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Does Kite create a Kubernetes cluster?

No. It is a dashboard for clusters you connect to it. You add a cluster by pasting a kubeconfig, and the cluster API must be reachable from your server.

How do I sign in?

Use the admin username and the generated 24-character password from the installation credentials, then change the password inside Kite. Later edits to the password in the Environment editor have no effect.

What runs alongside Kite?

Nothing. It is a single container with an embedded SQLite database.

Can I connect a cluster behind a firewall?

Yes, with Kite's cluster-agent option, which runs inside that cluster and connects back to your site's URL. A cluster on localhost or a private address that your server cannot reach cannot be added by kubeconfig.

Is it safe to expose a Kubernetes dashboard?

Sign-in is required and anonymous API access returns 401. Anyone who signs in can see and change resources of every connected cluster within the stored credentials, including secrets and pod terminals, so keep the admin password private and grant other users narrow roles. Leave ANONYMOUS_USER_ENABLED unset: when true, every visitor is a full administrator.

What should I back up?

The kite_data volume (SQLite database with users, clusters and settings, plus installed plugins) and the KITE_ENCRYPT_KEY value. Changing that key makes saved clusters undecryptable.

Backups in xCloud

How do I monitor that Kite is up?

The image has no container health probe. Check /healthz on your domain from an external monitor; it answers 200 without signing in.

What survives a restart?

Saved clusters, users and settings on the kite_data volume survive an xCloud Restart, because it is a persistent named volume.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Kite?

No. The template pins Kite v0.16.0 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 15 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Kite?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the Kite project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Kite project.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.