# Kubernetes driver — Native

> If you have access to cluster nodes of different architectures, the Kubernetes driver can take advantage of these for native builds.

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## Knowledge

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If you have access to cluster nodes of different architectures, the Kubernetes driver can take advantage of these for native builds. To do this, use the --append flag of docker buildx create.

First, create your builder with explicit support for a single architecture, for example amd64

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker buildx create \
  --bootstrap \
  --name=kube \
  --driver=kubernetes \
  --platform=linux/amd64 \
  --node=builder-amd64 \
  --driver-opt=namespace=buildkit,nodeselector="kubernetes.io/arch=amd64"
```

This creates a Buildx builder named kube, containing a single builder node named builder-amd64. Assigning a node name using --node is optional. Buildx generates a random node name if you don't provide one.

Note that the Buildx concept of a node isn't the same as the Kubernetes concept of a node. A Buildx node in this case could connect multiple Kubernetes nodes of the same architecture together.

With the kube builder created, you can now introduce another architecture into the mix using --append. For example, to add arm64

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker buildx create \
  --append \
  --bootstrap \
  --name=kube \
  --driver=kubernetes \
  --platform=linux/arm64 \
  --node=builder-arm64 \
  --driver-opt=namespace=buildkit,nodeselector="kubernetes.io/arch=arm64"
```

Listing your builders shows both nodes for the kube builder

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker buildx ls
NAME/NODE       DRIVER/ENDPOINT                                         STATUS   PLATFORMS
kube            kubernetes
  builder-amd64 kubernetes:///kube?deployment=builder-amd64&amp;kubeconfig= running  linux/amd64*, linux/amd64/v2, linux/amd64/v3, linux/386
  builder-arm64 kubernetes:///kube?deployment=builder-arm64&amp;kubeconfig= running  linux/arm64*
```

You can now build multi-arch amd64 and arm64 images, by specifying those platforms together in your build command

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker buildx build --builder=kube --platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 -t &lt;user&gt;/&lt;image&gt; --push .
```

You can repeat the buildx create --append command for as many architectures that you want to support.

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