Supported VM sizes
Minimum supported cluster configuration
Clusters managed by GKE on Azure require a minimum of five Standard DS2 v2 Azure VMs. The first three form your control plane instances; the last two are your initial node pool. Your clusters may need more powerful control plane and node pool VMs depending on the demands of your workloads.
Recommended control plane VM sizing
| Cluster size (nodes) | Control plane instances | Node pool instances |
|---|---|---|
| Demo | 3x Standard_B2s | 2x Standard_B2s |
| 1-10 Nodes | 3x Standard_DS2_v2 | workload dependent |
| 11-100 nodes | 3x Standard_DS3_v2 | workload dependent |
| 101-200 nodes | 3x Standard_DS4_v2 | workload dependent |
Supported Azure VM types
GKE on Azure supports the following Azure VM sizes for control planes and node pools. For more information, see VM sizes in the Azure documentation.
| Type | Size |
|---|---|
| B series burstable | Standard_B2s |
| B series burstable | Standard_B2ms |
| B series burstable | Standard_B4ms |
| B series burstable | Standard_B8ms |
| B series burstable | Standard_B12ms |
| B series burstable | Standard_B16ms |
| B series burstable | Standard_B20ms |
| Compute optimized | Standard_F2s_v2 |
| Compute optimized | Standard_F4s_v2 |
| Compute optimized | Standard_F8s_v2 |
| Compute optimized | Standard_F16s_v2 |
| Compute optimized | Standard_F32s_v2 |
| Compute optimized | Standard_F48s_v2 |
| Compute optimized | Standard_F64s_v2 |
| Compute optimized | Standard_F72s_v2 |
| General purpose | Standard_DS2_v2 |
| General purpose | Standard_DS3_v2 |
| General purpose | Standard_DS4_v2 |
| General purpose | Standard_DS5_v2 |
| General purpose | Standard_D2s_v3 |
| General purpose | Standard_D4s_v3 |
| General purpose | Standard_D8s_v3 |
| General purpose | Standard_D16s_v3 |
| General purpose | Standard_D32s_v3 |
| General purpose | Standard_D48s_v3 |
| General purpose | Standard_D64s_v3 |