Volcano

aid: volcano
name: Volcano
description: >-
  Volcano is a CNCF incubating batch processing and high-performance
  computing (HPC) scheduler for Kubernetes. It provides advanced scheduling
  capabilities including gang scheduling, fair-share scheduling, queue
  management, and job lifecycle management for batch workloads such as
  machine learning training, big data processing, and scientific computing.
  Volcano extends Kubernetes with three CRDs: Job (vcjob), Queue, and PodGroup.
url: https://volcano.sh
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Batch Processing
  - Cloud Native
  - HPC
  - Incubating
  - Kubernetes
  - Scheduling
  - Machine Learning
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
apis:
  - aid: volcano:volcano-api
    name: Volcano Batch Scheduling API
    description: >-
      Volcano extends Kubernetes with CRDs for batch workload management.
      The Job resource defines batch workloads with multiple task types and
      lifecycle policies. Queue resources manage job scheduling with
      weight-based fair sharing and resource quotas. Volcano supports
      gang scheduling ensuring all pods in a group are scheduled together,
      and integrates with frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, Spark, and MPI.
    humanURL: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/
      - type: Reference
        url: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/vcjob/
      - type: Getting Started
        url: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/installation/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/volcano-job-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/volcano-job-schema.json
    tags:
      - Batch Scheduling
      - Gang Scheduling
      - Queues
  - aid: volcano:volcano-queue-api
    name: Volcano Queue API
    description: >-
      Kubernetes CRD for defining and managing job queues in Volcano. Queues
      collect PodGroups and support weight-based fair-share scheduling and resource
      quotas, providing the primary mechanism for multi-tenant resource partitioning
      and priority-based job admission.
    humanURL: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/v1-10-0/queue/
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/v1-10-0/queue/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/volcano-queue-openapi.yml
    tags:
      - Batch Scheduling
      - Kubernetes
      - Multi-Tenancy
      - Queues
      - Resource Management
  - aid: volcano:volcano-podgroup-api
    name: Volcano PodGroup API
    description: >-
      Kubernetes CRD that represents a group of pods with strong association,
      used as the unit of gang scheduling in Volcano. PodGroups define the minimum
      number of pods that must be scheduled together, enabling all-or-nothing
      scheduling semantics for distributed training and computing workloads.
    humanURL: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/podgroup/
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/podgroup/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/volcano-podgroup-openapi.yml
    tags:
      - Batch Scheduling
      - Distributed Computing
      - Gang Scheduling
      - Kubernetes
      - Pod Management
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://volcano.sh/en/
  - type: JSON-LD
    url: json-ld/volcano-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/volcano-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/volcano-job-structure.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/volcano-vocabulary.yml
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/volcano-rules.yml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/batch-workload-management.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/
  - type: Getting Started
    url: https://volcano.sh/en/docs/installation/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://volcano.sh/en/blog/
  - type: GitHub Organization
    url: https://github.com/volcano-sh
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/volcano-sh/volcano
  - type: Community
    url: https://github.com/volcano-sh/community
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]