As we continue our behind-the-scenes work on improving and expanding our platforms, we’re happy to announce that we’ve added support for Kubernetes Cluster API. Cluster API (AKA: CAPI, pronounced “kappy”) is used to build declarative, Kubernetes-style APIs using config files that are similar to other infrastructure as code tools. CAPL  (a  Kubernetes Cluster API  implementation for Linode) adds portability, automation capabilities, and ease of cluster creation, configuration, and management. It is a standalone open source tool that can be installed in existing Kubernetes clusters on Akamai, including the  Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) . Manual installation (bootstrapping) of a Kubernetes environment is an arduous process and difficult to maintain at scale. This led to the creation of numerous Kubernetes distributions that were to simplify cluster deployment and management.…