kubeflow/community-distribution

What is it?

Key features

• 01Installs Kubeflow components such as Pipelines, KServe, Katib, Notebooks and Trainer via Kustomize.
• 02Supports Kind, Minikube, Rancher, EKS, AKS and GKE clusters.
• 03Includes Istio, Dex and oauth2-proxy for authentication and multi-tenant access.
• 04Offers single-command or per-component installation.
• 05Provides overlays and documented upgrade steps between releases.

Use cases

• Deploying an end-to-end machine learning platform on an existing Kubernetes cluster.
• Running multi-tenant ML workloads with per-namespace isolation for teams.
• Building a customized internal Kubeflow distribution on top of upstream manifests.
• Exploring Kubeflow capabilities locally on Kind or Minikube.

Quick start

1. 1

   Create the Kind cluster with the install script

   ./tests/install_KinD_create_KinD_cluster_install_kustomize.sh
2. 2

   Save the kubeconfig for the cluster

   kind get kubeconfig --name kubeflow > /tmp/kubeflow-config
3. 3

   Install all Kubeflow components with a single command (retries until it succeeds)

   while ! kustomize build example | kubectl apply --server-side --force-conflicts -f -; do echo "Retrying to apply resources"; sleep 20; done

Things to know

• !Recommends 16+ GB RAM and 8 CPU cores, and the full install is resource-heavy.
• !Some container images may not support linux/arm64, so ARM64 is not fully supported yet.
• !The default login uses a well-known email and password that must be changed for production.

Topics

FAQ

What is community-distribution?

Kubernetes-based distribution manifests for installing the full Kubeflow Platform, including Pipelines, KServe, Katib and the Central Dashboard. This repository provides Kustomize manifests for installing the Kubeflow Platform on Kubernetes clusters such as Kind, Minikube, Rancher, EKS, AKS and GKE. It bundles official Kubeflow components like Pipelines, KServe, Katib, Notebooks, Trainer and Spark Operator, together with supporting services such as Istio, Knative, cert-manager, Dex and oauth2-proxy for routing, authentication and multi-tenancy.

Is community-distribution free to use? What license does it have?

community-distribution is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before using it in commercial products.

Is community-distribution still maintained?

Actively maintained. The last commit to community-distribution was on Nov 6, 2026.

What can I use community-distribution for?

Deploying an end-to-end machine learning platform on an existing Kubernetes cluster. Running multi-tenant ML workloads with per-namespace isolation for teams. Building a customized internal Kubeflow distribution on top of upstream manifests. Exploring Kubeflow capabilities locally on Kind or Minikube.

How do I install community-distribution?

Create the Kind cluster with the install script: ./tests/install_KinD_create_KinD_cluster_install_kustomize.sh Save the kubeconfig for the cluster: kind get kubeconfig --name kubeflow > /tmp/kubeflow-config Install all Kubeflow components with a single command (retries until it succeeds): while ! kustomize build example | kubectl apply --server-side --force-conflicts -f -; do echo "Retrying to apply resources"; sleep 20; done

Where can I get community-distribution?

The source code and installation instructions are on GitHub: https://github.com/kubeflow/community-distribution