# Aerospike Kubernetes Operator system requirements

## Supported Aerospike Database versions:

AKO supports Aerospike Database Enterprise Edition (EE) 6.0 and later.

## Supported Kubernetes versions:

-   Kubernetes 1.23 to 1.33.

## Supported platforms:

-   [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster.html).
    
-   [Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/creating-a-zonal-cluster).
    
    ::: caution
    Aerospike does not support GKE Autopilot clusters, only standard clusters. Autopilot clusters impose certain restrictions that can impact deployment workflows on both OLM and Helm.
    
    -   OLM does not work well in Autopilot clusters due to resource constraints.
    -   On Helm, `cert-manager` does not work out of the box due to Autopilot’s enforced security.
    :::
    
-   [Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/learn/quick-kubernetes-deploy-portal?tabs=azure-cli).
    
-   Locally via [Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/create-cluster/cluster-intro/) or [Microk8s](https://microk8s.io/docs/clustering).
    

## Required local setup:

The computer where you run kubectl commands needs:

-   kubectl 1.23 or later.
-   The files in the [Aerospike Kubernetes Operator GitHub repository](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-kubernetes-operator).