Linode Kubernetes Engine
Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) is Akamai's managed Kubernetes service, which runs the cluster control plane so customers can deploy containerized applications without maintaining their own cluster. It comes in two tiers, LKE and LKE Enterprise, with the larger tier supporting more nodes and pods and including a high-availability control plane. It offers node pool autoscaling, GPU support, the Akamai App Platform and management through Cloud Manager, the CLI, the API or Terraform.
Linode Kubernetes Engine is an Akamai Technologies product filed under Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Providers. Lifecycle: versioned, 7 versions listed, latest 1.34 (LKE Enterprise) (7 Jul 2026).
Source: Linode Kubernetes Engine, retrieved 15 Oct 2026
Releases and Lifecycle
All Akamai Technologies productsRelease and support dates as published by Akamai Technologies; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
Linode Kubernetes Engine 7 versions
| Version | Released | End of standard support | End of life | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.34 (LKE Enterprise)LKE Enterprise Kubernetes life cycle policy | – | – | [1] | |
| 1.36 (LKE)LKE Kubernetes life cycle policy | [1] | |||
| 1.33 (LKE Enterprise)LKE Enterprise Kubernetes life cycle policy | – | – | [1] | |
| 1.32 (LKE Enterprise)LKE Enterprise Kubernetes life cycle policy | – | – | [1] | |
| 1.35 (LKE)LKE Kubernetes life cycle policy | [1] | |||
| 1.34 (LKE)LKE Kubernetes life cycle policy | [1] | |||
| 1.31 (LKE Enterprise)LKE Enterprise Kubernetes life cycle policy | – | – | [1] |
Lifecycle Policy
- LKE Kubernetes life cycle policy. Each Kubernetes minor version on LKE has a full support stage of about nine months, a deprecated stage of about twelve weeks, and reaches end of life about one year after release, when clusters are automatically upgraded. [1]
- LKE Enterprise Kubernetes life cycle policy. Each Kubernetes minor version on LKE Enterprise has 12 months of full support and 2 months of maintenance support, with end of life 14 months after release; clusters are not force-upgraded. [1]
Sources 1
- Kubernetes versioning and life cycle policy retrieved 2026-10-13