Deploy Gardener on Google Cloud C4A (Arm-based Axion VMs)
Introduction
Get started with Gardener on Google Axion C4A (Arm Neoverse-V2)
Create a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine for Gardener
Install Gardener on your Arm-based SUSE VM
Verify Gardener cluster health and functionality
Benchmark Gardener cluster security with kube-bench
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About this Learning Path

Skill level:  Introductory
Reading time:  50 min
Last updated:  31 Jul 2026
Skill level:
  Introductory
Reading time:
  50 min
Last updated:
  31 Jul 2026
Author:Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:Neoverse
Tags: Containers and Virtualization Google Cloud Linux Gardener Kubernetes Docker KinD Helm kube-bench
Author:
  • Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:
Neoverse
Tags:
Containers and Virtualization Google Cloud Linux Gardener Kubernetes Docker KinD Helm kube-bench

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for software developers deploying and optimizing Gardener workloads on Linux Arm64 environments, specifically using Google Cloud C4A virtual machines powered by Axion processors.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

  • Provision an Arm-based SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) virtual machine on Google Cloud (C4A with Axion processors)
  • Install and configure Gardener on a SUSE Arm64 (C4A) instance
  • Deploy Garden, Seed, and Shoot clusters locally using Kubernetes in Docker (KinD)
  • Validate Gardener functionality by deploying workloads into a Shoot cluster
  • Perform baseline security benchmarking of Gardener-managed Kubernetes clusters using kube-bench on Arm64

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

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