Tools

How to extended K8s power!

Auto Scaling

Clusterman

GitHub - YelpArchive/clusterman: Cluster Autoscaler for Kubernetes and MesosGitHub

Hint: https://engineeringblog.yelp.com/2019/11/open-source-clusterman.html

custom-pod-autoscaler

GitHub - jthomperoo/custom-pod-autoscaler: Custom Pod Autoscaler program and base images, allows creation of Custom Pod AutoscalersGitHub

Also check: https://github.com/jthomperoo/predictive-horizontal-pod-autoscaler

goldilocks

GitHub - FairwindsOps/goldilocks: Get your resource requests "Just Right"GitHub

k8s-worker-pod-autoscaler

GitHub - practo/k8s-worker-pod-autoscaler: Kubernetes autoscaler for the workers. Resource is called WPA. Queues Supported: SQS, Beanstalkd.GitHub

Keda

GitHub - kedacore/keda: KEDA is a Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling component. It provides event driven scale for any container running in KubernetesGitHub

kube-downscaler

GitHub - hjacobs/kube-downscaler: Scale down Kubernetes deployments after work hoursGitHub

Kubernetes autoscaler

GitHub - kubernetes/autoscaler: Autoscaling components for KubernetesGitHub

pangolin

GitHub - dpeckett/pangolin: An enhanced Horizontal Pod Autoscaler for Kubernetes.GitHub

predictive-horizontal-pod-autoscaler

GitHub - jthomperoo/predictive-horizontal-pod-autoscaler: Horizontal Pod Autoscaler built with predictive abilities using statistical modelsGitHub

sqs-autoscaler-controller

GitHub - uswitch/sqs-autoscaler-controller: Kubernetes controller for scaling Deployments based on AWS SQS queue lengthGitHub

Artifact management

Grafeas

GitHub - grafeas/grafeas: Artifact Metadata APIGitHub

JFrog

Software Supply Chain Platform for DevOps & Security | JFrogJFrog

Nexus

GitHub - sonatype/nexus-oss: Sonatype Nexus OSSGitHub

skopeo

GitHub - containers/skopeo: Work with remote images registries - retrieving information, images, signing contentGitHub

Backup

etcdctl

Operating etcd clusters for KubernetesKubernetes

Kasten (k10)

#1 Kubernetes Data Protection & MobilityVeeam Software

katafygio

GitHub - bpineau/katafygio: Dump, or continuously backup Kubernetes objets as yaml files in gitGitHub

PX-Backup

Cloud Native Application Backups using PX-BackupPortworx

Stash

Stash - Backup and Recovery Solution for KubernetesKubeStash

Velero

GitHub - vmware-tanzu/velero: Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumesGitHub

Blogs / References

• https://blog.kubernauts.io/

• https://dev.to/sendilkumarn/kubernetes-for-everyone-opb

• https://ahmet.im/blog/

• https://blog.heptio.com/

• https://medium.com/flant-com

• https://srcco.de

• https://k8s.af

• https://medium.com/flant-com

• https://medium.com/faun/

• https://0x65.dev/

• https://www.tigera.io/blog/

• http://dockerlabs.collabnix.com/kubernetes/kubetools/

• https://developers.blog.br/

• https://learnk8s.io/how-many-clusters

Best practices

Admin cluster tasks

Administer a ClusterKubernetes

12 Kubernetes Configuration Best PracticesRed Hat

kubectl-doctor

GitHub - emirozer/kubectl-doctor: kubectl cluster triage plugin for k8s - 🏥 (brew doctor equivalent)GitHub

Untrak

GitHub - yanc0/untrak: Find untracked resources in Kubernetes cluster, garbage collect them.GitHub

Popeye

popeye/README.md at master · derailed/popeyeGitHub

Production Checklist

Production Checklist for Web Apps on KubernetesSRCco.de

Kubernetes production best practicesLearnKube

rudr (Open Application Model specification)

GitHub - oam-dev/rudr: A Kubernetes implementation of the Open Application Model specificationGitHub

sonobuoy

GitHub - vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy: Sonobuoy is a diagnostic tool that makes it easier to understand the state of a Kubernetes cluster by running a set of Kubernetes conformance tests and other plugins in an accessible and non-destructive manner.GitHub

Spiffe

https://spiffe.io/spire/try/getting-started-k8s/spiffe.io

Broker/PubSub/Messaging

NATS

GitHub - nats-io/k8s: NATS on Kubernetes with Helm ChartsGitHub

Chaos Engineering

chaos-mesh

GitHub - chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh: A Chaos Engineering Platform for Kubernetes.GitHub

chaoskube

GitHub - linki/chaoskube: chaoskube periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster.GitHub

chaostoolkit-kubernetes

GitHub - chaostoolkit/chaostoolkit-kubernetes: Kubernetes driver extension of the Chaos Toolkit probes and actions APIGitHub

Gremlin

Reliability Testing & Chaos Engineering | Gremlinwww.gremlin.com

kubethanos

GitHub - berkay-dincer/kubethanos: Kills half of your randomly selected kubernetes pods.GitHub

kube-monkey

GitHub - asobti/kube-monkey: An implementation of Netflix's Chaos Monkey for Kubernetes clustersGitHub

KubeInvaders

GitHub - lucky-sideburn/kubeinvaders: Gamified Chaos Engineering Tool for KubernetesGitHub

litmus

GitHub - litmuschaos/litmus: Litmus helps SREs and developers practice chaos engineering in a Cloud-native way. Chaos experiments are published at the ChaosHub (https://hub.litmuschaos.io). Community notes is at https://hackmd.io/a4Zu_sH4TZGeih-xCimi3QGitHub

powerfulseal

GitHub - powerfulseal/powerfulseal: A powerful testing tool for Kubernetes clusters.GitHub

Cluster management

Cloudhealth

VMware Tanzu CloudHealth | VMware TanzuBroadcom

kubermatic

GitHub - kubermatic/kubermatic: Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform - the Central Kubernetes Management Platform For Any InfrastructureGitHub

mission-control

VMware Tanzu PlatformBroadcom

Continuous Development

AppSody

https://appsody.dev/appsody.dev

CodeWind

Archived Projects | The Eclipse FoundationEclipseFdn

DevSpace

GitHub - devspace-sh/devspace: DevSpace - The Fastest Developer Tool for Kubernetes ⚡ Automate your deployment workflow with DevSpace and develop software directly inside Kubernetes.GitHub

dksnap

GitHub - kelda/dksnap: Docker Snapshots for Development and Test DataGitHub

Draft

GitHub - Azure/draft: A day 0 tool for getting your app on k8s fastGitHub

Garden

GitHub - garden-io/garden: Automation for Kubernetes development and testing. Spin up production-like environments for development, testing, and CI on demand. Use the same configuration and workflows at every step of the process. Speed up your builds and test runs via shared result cachingGitHub

Kabanero

https://kabanero.io/kabanero.io

kail

GitHub - boz/kail: kubernetes log viewerGitHub

kubetail

GitHub - johanhaleby/kubetail: Bash script to tail Kubernetes logs from multiple pods at the same timeGitHub

kubectl-debug

GitHub - aylei/kubectl-debug: This repository is no longer maintained, please checkout https://github.com/JamesTGrant/kubectl-debug.GitHub

kubespy

GitHub - pulumi/kubespy: Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time, powered by Pulumi.GitHub

ksync

GitHub - ksync/ksync: Sync files between your local system and a kubernetes cluster.GitHub

Okteto

Ship Faster with Flexible, Automated Cloud Dev Environmentsokteto.com

https://okteto.com/blog/remote-kubernetes-development/

Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces

https://developers.redhat.com/products/codeready-workspacesdevelopers.redhat.com

skaffold

GitHub - GoogleContainerTools/skaffold: Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes DevelopmentGitHub

Squash

GitHub - solo-io/squash: The debugger for microservicesGitHub

Stern

https://github.com/wercker/sterngithub.com

Telepresence

GitHub - telepresenceio/telepresence: Local development against a remote Kubernetes or OpenShift clusterGitHub

Tilt

GitHub - tilt-dev/tilt: Define your dev environment as code. For microservice apps on Kubernetes.GitHub

If you are trying to use Tilt with minikube and get this error Error: Could not read node IP from minikube: exec: "minikube": executable file not found in $PATH

Edit ir your minikube kubeconfig file and change the fields bellow to minikubeA (or any string different of minikube):

• clusters.0.name

• contexts.context.cluster

• contexts.0.name

• current-context

Libs / Frameworks

Jib

GitHub - GoogleContainerTools/jib: 🏗 Build container images for your Java applications.GitHub

CI/DI

Admiralty

Multi-Cluster Kubernetes. Simplified. | Admiraltyadmiraltyio

Apollo

GitHub - logzio/apollo: NOT MAINTAINED. Apollo - The logz.io continuous deployment solution over kubernetesGitHub

Argo

GitOps friendly

GitHub - argoproj/argo-workflows: Workflow Engine for KubernetesGitHub

autoapply

GitOps friendly

GitHub - autoapply/autoapply: Automatically apply changes to a Kubernetes clusterGitHub

Cellery

GitHub - wso2/cellery: Build run and manage code-first composites on KubernetesGitHub

Drone CI

Drone CI – Automate Software Testing and Deliverydrone.io

Fabric8

fabric8: open source Integrated Development Platform for Kubernetesfabric8.io

Faros

GitOps friendly

GitHub - pusher/faros: Faros is a CRD based GitOps controllerGitHub

Flagger

GitOps friendly

Operator that automates the promotion of canary deployments

GitHub - fluxcd/flagger: Progressive delivery Kubernetes operator (Canary, A/B Testing and Blue/Green deployments)GitHub

flux

GitOps friendly

GitHub - fluxcd/flux: Successor: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2GitHub

Hint: https://github.com/justinbarrick/fluxcloud

JenkinsX

GitOps friendly

Jenkins X - Cloud Native CI/CD Built On KubernetesJenkins X - Cloud Native CI/CD Built On Kubernetes

Ketch

GitHub - theketchio/ketch: Ketch is an application delivery framework that facilitates the deployment and management of applications on Kubernetes using a simple command line interfaceGitHub

ko (deploy Go applications)

GitHub - ko-build/ko: Build and deploy Go applicationsGitHub

krane

GitHub - Shopify/krane: A command-line tool that helps you ship changes to a Kubernetes namespace and understand the resultGitHub

Prow

test-infra/prow at master · kubernetes/test-infraGitHub

Rollout

GitOps friendly

Feature Management: Control, Test, and Release | CloudBeesCloudBees

Shippable

https://www.shippable.com/www.shippable.com

Spinnaker

https://www.spinnaker.io/concepts/pipelines/www.spinnaker.io

Tekton

TektonTekton

Reference: https://medium.com/ibm-garage/fun-with-gitops-stitching-kubernetes-tekton-and-argo-ee348afd0b08

Weave Flux

Under Maintenancewww.weave.works

Werf

GitOps friendly

GitHub - werf/werf: A solution for implementing efficient and consistent software delivery to Kubernetes facilitating best practices.GitHub

kubegrid

Kubegrid -- manage a large number of Kubernetes clusters in one placekubegrid.com

CLI

click

GitHub - databricks/click: The "Command Line Interactive Controller for Kubernetes"GitHub

Tubekit

GitHub - reconquest/tubekit: 🧪 kubectl alternative with quick context switching, kubectl on steroidsGitHub

K9s

GitHub - derailed/k9s: 🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!GitHub

Krew (kubectl plugins)

GitHub - kubernetes-sigs/krew: 📦 Find and install kubectl pluginsGitHub

https://awesomeopensource.com/project/ishantanu/awesome-kubectl-plugins

https://github.com/etopeter/kubectl-view-utilization

kube-ps1

GitHub - jonmosco/kube-ps1: Kubernetes prompt info for bash and zshGitHub

kubebox

GitHub - astefanutti/kubebox: ⎈❏ Terminal and Web console for KubernetesGitHub

kubectl-sudo

GitHub - postfinance/kubectl-sudo: Run kubernetes commands with the security privileges of another userGitHub

kube-prompt

GitHub - c-bata/kube-prompt: An interactive kubernetes client featuring auto-complete.GitHub

kubectl-tmux-exec

GitHub - predatorray/kubectl-tmux-exec: A kubectl plugin for executing commands interactively across multiple pods or containers using tmuxGitHub

kubectl-tree

GitHub - ahmetb/kubectl-tree: kubectl plugin to browse Kubernetes object hierarchies as a tree 🎄 (star the repo if you are using)GitHub

kubectx

GitHub - ahmetb/kubectx: Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectlGitHub

Hint: add something like this in your $HOME/.bashrc

export KC=$HOME/.kube
export KUBECONFIG=$KC/my-kubeconfig-001:\
$KC/my-kubeconfig-002:\
$KC/my-kubeconfig-003

alias ctx="kubectl ctx"
alias ns="kubectl ns"

PS1="[\u@\h \W \$(kubectl ctx -c):\$(kubectl ns -c)]\$ "

kubediff

GitHub - weaveworks/kubediff: Kubediff: a tool for Kubernetes to show differences between running state and version controlled configuration.GitHub

kubelive

GitHub - ameerthehacker/kubelive: kubectl tool reinvented to be more reactive and interactive :fire:GitHub

kubeprompt

GitHub - jlesquembre/kubeprompt: Isolated kubectl shells and prompt infoGitHub

kube-shell

GitHub - cloudnativelabs/kube-shell: Kubernetes shell: An integrated shell for working with the KubernetesGitHub

kubectl-fzf

GitHub - bonnefoa/kubectl-fzf: A fast kubectl autocompletion with fzfGitHub

kubie

GitHub - sbstp/kubie: A more powerful alternative to kubectx and kubensGitHub

Cron

k8s-job-notify

GitHub - sukeesh/k8s-job-notify: Kuberenets Job/CronJob NotifierGitHub

Krontab

GitHub - jacobtomlinson/krontab: ⏰ A crontab like editor for Kubernetes cron jobsGitHub

Database

CockroachDB

Deploy CockroachDB in a Single Kubernetes ClusterCockroachDB Docs

Kubedb

KubeDB - Run Production-Grade Databases on KubernetesKubeDB

MemSQL

SingleStore | The Performance You Need for Enterprise AISingleStore

Nebula

GitHub - vesoft-inc/nebula: A distributed, fast open-source graph database featuring horizontal scalability and high availabilityGitHub

Tutorial: https://nebula-graph.io/en/posts/how-to-deploy-nebula-graph-in-kubernetes/

TiDB

GitHub - pingcap/tidb-operator: TiDB operator creates and manages TiDB clusters running in Kubernetes.GitHub

Percona

Percona Operator for MySQLwww.percona.com

Stolon (PostgreSQL)

GitHub - sorintlab/stolon: PostgreSQL cloud native High Availability and more.GitHub

Data and event streaming

Apache Flink operator

GitHub - lyft/flinkk8soperator: Kubernetes operator that provides control plane for managing Apache Flink applicationsGitHub

rudder-server

GitHub - rudderlabs/rudder-server: Privacy and Security focused Segment-alternative, in Golang and ReactGitHub

Data encryption

zettaset

https://www.zettaset.com/products/xcrypt-kubernetes-encryption/www.zettaset.com

Deployment/package management

arkade

GitHub - alexellis/arkade: Open Source Marketplace For Developer ToolsGitHub

artifacthub

GitHub - artifacthub/hub: Find, install and publish Cloud Native packagesGitHub

keel

GitHub - keel-hq/keel: Kubernetes Operator to automate Helm, DaemonSet, StatefulSet & Deployment updatesGitHub

kubeapps

GitHub - vmware-tanzu/kubeapps: A web-based UI for deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes clustersGitHub

kubernetes-gated-deployments

kubernetes-gated-deployments/README.md at master · godaddy/kubernetes-gated-deploymentsGitHub

reckoner

GitHub - FairwindsOps/reckoner: Declaratively install and manage multiple Helm chart releasesGitHub

rio

GitHub - rancher/rio: Application Deployment Engine for KubernetesGitHub

monocular

GitHub - helm/monocular: ⚠️(OBSOLETE) Search and discovery UI for Helm Chart repositoriesGitHub

teresa

GitHub - luizalabs/teresa: Open source tool to deploy apps to Kubernetes clustersGitHub

Diagrams

diagrams

GitHub - mingrammer/diagrams: :art: Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architecturesGitHub

cloudskew

Online Diagram, Flowchart Maker | CloudSkewwww.cloudskew.com

Distributions / Platforms

Firekube

GitOps friendly

GitHub - weaveworks/wks-quickstart-firekube: Example configuration to create Kubernetes clusters powered by ignite and gitopsGitHub

Heptio

https://heptio.com/heptio.com

kubic

openSUSE Kubic - RetiredopenSUSE Kubic - Retired

konvoy

D2iQ Konvoy: Kubernetes Distributions for the Enterprised2iq.com

OpenShift

Red Hat OpenShift enterprise application platformwww.openshift.com

Okd

Kubernetes at Scale on any Infrastructure | OKD Kubernetes Platformwww.okd.io

Pharos

GitHub - kontena/pharos-docs: Pharos documentationGitHub

k0s

GitHub - k0sproject/k0s: k0s - The Zero Friction KubernetesGitHub

k3s

GitHub - k3s-io/k3s: Lightweight KubernetesGitHub

Hint: https://github.com/alexellis/k3sup

Kind (Kubernetes IN Docker)

GitHub - kubernetes-sigs/kind: Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing KubernetesGitHub

kubernix

GitHub - saschagrunert/kubernix: Single dependency Kubernetes clusters for local testing, experimenting and developmentGitHub

Lokomotive

GitHub - kinvolk-archives/lokomotive-kubernetes: Lokomotive is a 100% open-source Kubernetes distribution from the folks at KinvolkGitHub

metalk8s

GitHub - scality/metalk8s: An opinionated Kubernetes distribution with a focus on long-term on-prem deploymentsGitHub

Hint: https://github.com/danderson/metallbme

tk8

GitHub - kubernauts/tk8: CLI to deploy Kubernetes with RKE, EKS or Kubeadm and deploy additional addonsGitHub

Typhoon

GitHub - poseidon/typhoon: Minimal and free Kubernetes distribution with TerraformGitHub

Run K8s locally

Kind

GitHub - kubernetes-sigs/kind: Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing KubernetesGitHub

Microk8s

MicroK8s – Zero-ops Kubernetes for developers, edge and IoT | CanonicalCanonical

Minikube

GitHub - kubernetes/minikube: Run Kubernetes locallyGitHub

Loan a cloud IP to your minikube cluster.

Docker run time

Containerd

containerdcontainerd

CRI-O

cri-ocri-o.io

Hint: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools

gVisor

GitHub - google/gvisor: Application Kernel for ContainersGitHub

Rkt

Red Hat OpenShift enterprise application platformcoreos.com

FaaS

Fission

FissionFission

Fn

GitHub - fnproject/fn: The container native, cloud agnostic serverless platform.GitHub

IronFunctions

GitHub - iron-io/functions: IronFunctions - the serverless microservices platform byGitHub

knative

KnativeGitHub

Hint for debugging: https://github.com/nimakaviani/knative-inspect

Kubeless

https://kubeless.io/kubeless.io

Nuclio

GitHub - nuclio/nuclio: High-Performance Serverless event and data processing platformGitHub

OpenFaaS

GitHub - openfaas/faas: OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made SimpleGitHub

OpenWhisk

Apache OpenWhisk is a serverless, open source cloud platformopenwhisk.apache.org

Frameworks

Admission controllers

admission-control

GitHub - elithrar/admission-control: A helpful micro-framework for writing Kubernetes Admission Controllers 🔎🎟GitHub

Java

Quarkus

Quarkus - Supersonic Subatomic JavaQuarkusIO

Geocoder

Pelias

GitHub - pelias-deprecated/kubernetes: Tools for running Pelias services on kubernetesGitHub

Governance

Replex

AppDynamics joins the Splunk Observability portfolio | SplunkSplunk

spot.io

Manage hybrid IT spend and risk: ITAM, SaaS, FinOps and more | Flexeraflexera

kubecost

IBM Kubecost - K8s Cost Monitoring - ApptioApptio

GitOps

awesome-gitops

GitHub - weaveworks/awesome-gitops: A curated list for awesome GitOps resourcesGitHub

gitops.tech

GitOpsGitOps

GUI

helm-cabin

GitHub - Nick-Triller/helm-cabin: Web UI that visualizes Helm releases in a Kubernetes clusterGitHub

Infra.app

Infra App - Simplest Kubernetes Desktop Clientinfra.app

k8dash

GitHub - skooner-k8s/skooner: Simple Kubernetes real-time dashboard and management.GitHub

Konstellate

https://github.com/containership/konstellategithub.com

Kontena

Kontena.io is now Suptask.comwww.kontena.io

Kubeman

GitHub - walmartlabs/kubeman: The Hero that Kubernetes deservesGitHub

Kubernetic

Kubernetic - The Kubernetes Desktop Clientharburio

kubeturbo

GitHub - turbonomic/kubeturboGitHub

kube-ops-view

GitHub - hjacobs/kube-ops-view: Kubernetes Operational View - read-only system dashboard for multiple K8s clustersGitHub

export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/cluster001:$HOME/.kube/cluster002
kubectl config view --flatten > KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/all-clusters
docker run -it -p8080:8080 -v $HOME/.kube/all-clusters:/kube hjacobs/kube-ops-view --kubeconfig-path=/kube

kubevious

GitHub - kubevious/kubevious: Kubevious - Kubernetes without disastersGitHub

kube-web-view

kube-web-viewCodeberg.org

Kubernator

GitHub - smpio/kubernator: Alternative Kubernetes UIGitHub

Kontena Lens

GitHub - lensapp/lens: Lens - The way the world runs KubernetesGitHub

Octant

GitHub - vmware-archive/octant: Highly extensible platform for developers to better understand the complexity of Kubernetes clusters.GitHub

kube-resource-report

GitHub - hjacobs/kube-resource-report: Report Kubernetes cluster and pod resource requests vs usage and generate static HTMLGitHub

kube-web-view

GitHub - hjacobs/kube-web-view: Mirror of Kubernetes Web View: allows to list and view all Kubernetes resources (incl. CRDs) with permalink-friendly URLs in a plain-HTML frontendGitHub

webkubectl

GitHub - 1Panel-dev/webkubectl: Run kubectl command in Web Browser.GitHub

portainer-k8s

GitHub - portainer/portainer-k8s: Deploy Portainer inside k8sGitHub

Image management

Base images

distroles

GitHub - GoogleContainerTools/distroless: 🥑 Language focused docker images, minus the operating system.GitHub

Builders

buildah

GitHub - containers/buildah: A tool that facilitates building OCI images.GitHub

gitkube

GitOps friendly

GitHub - hasura/gitkube: Build and deploy docker images to Kubernetes using git pushGitHub

Kaniko

GitHub - GoogleContainerTools/kaniko: Build Container Images In KubernetesGitHub

makisu

GitHub - uber-archive/makisu: Fast and flexible Docker image building tool, works in unprivileged containerized environments like Mesos and Kubernetes.GitHub

Cache

kube-fledged

GitHub - senthilrch/kube-fledged: A kubernetes operator for creating and managing a cache of container images directly on the cluster worker nodes, so application pods start almost instantlyGitHub

Installers

bootkube

GitHub - kubernetes-retired/bootkube: This project now lives at https://github.com/kinvolk/bootkubeGitHub

Kops

GitHub - kubernetes/kops: Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and ManagementGitHub

Kubeadm

Creating a cluster with kubeadmKubernetes

Kubeadmn on bare metal:

https://github.com/luxas/kubeadm-workshop

https://blog.alexellis.io/kubernetes-in-10-minutes/

https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/independent/high-availability/

kube-aws

GitHub - kubernetes-retired/kube-aws: [EOL] A command-line tool to declaratively manage Kubernetes clusters on AWSGitHub

Kubespray

GitHub - kubernetes-sigs/kubespray: Deploy a Production Ready Kubernetes ClusterGitHub

RKE

GitHub - rancher/rke: Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE), an extremely simple, lightning fast Kubernetes distribution that runs entirely within containers.GitHub

RKE Chick-Fil-A use case: https://medium.com/@cfatechblog/bare-metal-k8s-clustering-at-chick-fil-a-scale-7b0607bd3541

wksctl

GitOps friendly

GitHub - weaveworks/wksctl: Open Source Weaveworks Kubernetes SystemGitHub

Machine Learning

kubeflow

GitHub - kubeflow/kubeflow: Machine Learning Toolkit for KubernetesGitHub

terraform-gke-kubeflow-cluster

GitHub - spotify/terraform-gke-kubeflow-cluster: Terraform module for creating GKE clusters to run KubeflowGitHub

volcano

GitHub - volcano-sh/volcano: A Cloud Native Batch System (Project under CNCF)GitHub

Managed solutions

DOKS

GitHub - digitalocean/DOKS: Managed Kubernetes designed for simple and cost effective container orchestration.GitHub

giantswarm

Giant Swarm - The Curated Platform Engineering Stackwww.giantswarm.io

kublr

Fast Kubernetes Orchestration for Enterprise-Grade | SolvdSolvd

pivotal

VMware Tanzu PlatformBroadcom

platform9

Home PagePlatform9

rancher

https://rancher.com/what-is-rancher/what-rancher-adds-to-kubernetes/rancher.com

Volterra

Distributed Cloud ServicesF5, Inc.

Manifests management

Debug

yq

kubectl get pod mypod -o yaml |  yq r - metadata.labels

Reference: http://mikefarah.github.io/yq/#install

Templating

alterant

GitHub - cloud66-oss/alterant: A simple Kubernetes configuration modifier.GitHub

kompose

GitHub - kubernetes/kompose: Convert Compose to KubernetesGitHub

Validation

Checkov

checkovwww.checkov.io

copper

GitHub - cloud66-oss/copper: A configuration file validator for Kubernetes.GitHub

kpt

GitHub - kptdev/kpt: Automate Kubernetes Configuration EditingGitHub

kubeval

Validate a Kubernetes YAML or JSON configuration file

GitHub - instrumenta/kubeval: Validate your Kubernetes configuration files, supports multiple Kubernetes versionsGitHub

Kubeval was having to pull down all the schemas each time. Learn how speedup the process.

Kube YAML

kubeyaml.comkubeyaml.com

Monitoring / Logging

botkube

GitHub - kubeshop/botkube: An app that helps you monitor your Kubernetes cluster, debug critical deployments & gives recommendations for standard practicesGitHub

DARK (Dashboards As Resources in Kubernetes)

GitHub - K-Phoen/dark: (grafana) Dashboards As Resources in KubernetesGitHub

Fluentd

Fluentd | Open Source Data Collectorwww.fluentd.org

Prometheus

Prometheus - Monitoring system & time series databaseprometheus.io

Long-term retention storage

Cortex

https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex

Thanos

https://github.com/improbable-eng/thanos

InfluxDB

https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/influxdb/

M3B3

http://m3db.github.io/m3/

Loghouse

GitHub - flant/loghouse: Ready to use log management solution for Kubernetes storing data in ClickHouse and providing web UI.GitHub

Loki

Grafana Loki OSS | Log aggregation systemGrafana Labs

https://blog.giantswarm.io/grafana-logging-using-loki/

Kube Eagle

GitHub - cloudworkz/kube-eagle: A prometheus exporter created to provide a better overview of your resource allocation and utilization in a Kubernetes cluster.GitHub

Kuberhealthy

GitHub - kuberhealthy/kuberhealthy: A Kubernetes operator for running synthetic checks as pods. Works great with Prometheus!GitHub

kube-state-metrics

GitHub - kubernetes/kube-state-metrics: Add-on agent to generate and expose cluster-level metrics.GitHub

kubewatch

GitHub - vmware-archive/kubewatch: Watch k8s events and trigger HandlersGitHub

Kubricks

GitHub - kubricksllc/Kubricks: Visualizer/troubleshooting tool for single Kubernetes clustersGitHub

searchlight (for Icinga)

GitHub - searchlight/searchlight: 🔦 Alerts for KubernetesGitHub

Weave Scope

GitHub - weaveworks/scope: Monitoring, visualisation & management for Docker & KubernetesGitHub

Reference: https://medium.com/@sachin.arote1/monitoring-kubernetes-cluster-using-prometheus-and-grafana-6ddd7aabe468

Multi-cluster (multicluster)

Consult

Consul integration | Nomad | HashiCorp DeveloperConsul integration | Nomad | HashiCorp Developer

Multi-tenant

keiko

GitHub - keikoproj/keiko: Enable Kubernetes at scaleGitHub

Kiosk

GitHub - loft-sh/kiosk: kiosk 🏢 Multi-Tenancy Extension For Kubernetes - Secure Cluster Sharing & Self-Service Namespace ProvisioningGitHub

KubeSphere

GitHub - kubesphere/kubesphere: The container platform tailored for Kubernetes multi-cloud, datacenter, and edge management ⎈ 🖥 ☁️GitHub

Networking

Antrea

GitHub - antrea-io/antrea: Kubernetes networking based on Open vSwitchGitHub

Container Network Interface (CNIs)

Calico

GitHub - projectcalico/calico: Cloud native networking and network securityGitHub

Multus

GitHub - k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni: A CNI meta-plugin for multi-homed pods in KubernetesGitHub

egress-operator

GitHub - monzo/egress-operator: A Kubernetes operator to produce egress gateway Envoy pods and control access to them with network policiesGitHub

fwd (por forwarding)

GitHub - adamglt/fwd: Bulk port-forwarding for kubectlGitHub

goldpinger

GitHub - bloomberg/goldpinger: Debugging tool for Kubernetes which tests and displays connectivity between nodes in the cluster.GitHub

inlets

GitHub - inlets/inlets-operator: Get public TCP LoadBalancers for local Kubernetes clustersGitHub

GitHub - inlets/inletsctl: Create inlets servers on the top cloud platformsGitHub

kilo

Build multi-cloud Kubernetes clusters | Kilokilo.squat.ai

kokotap

GitHub - redhat-nfvpe/kokotap: Tools for kubernetes pod network tappingGitHub

kube-magic-ip-address

GitHub - mumoshu/kube-magic-ip-address: daemonset that assigns a magic IP address to pods. Useful for implementing node-local services on Kubernetes. Use in combination with dd-agent, dd-zipkin-proxy, kube2iam, kiam, and Elastic's apm-serverGitHub

kubepox

https://github.com/aporeto-inc/kubepoxgithub.com

ktunnel

CLI tool that establishes a reverse tunnel between a kubernetes cluster and your local machine

GitHub - omrikiei/ktunnel: A cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetesGitHub

kuttle

GitHub - kayrus/kuttle: Kubernetes wrapper for sshuttleGitHub

kubefwd

GitHub - txn2/kubefwd: Bulk port forwarding Kubernetes services for local development.GitHub

kube-ovn

GitHub - kubeovn/kube-ovn: A Bridge between SDN and Cloud Native (Project under CNCF)GitHub

ksniff

GitHub - eldadru/ksniff: Kubectl plugin to ease sniffing on kubernetes pods using tcpdump and wiresharkGitHub

Mapping external services

Readiness vs liveliness probes: How to set them up and when to use them in your Kubernetes cluster | Google Cloud BlogGoogle Cloud Blog

Policy recipes

GitHub - ahmetb/kubernetes-network-policy-recipes: Example recipes for Kubernetes Network Policies that you can just copy pasteGitHub

Skupper

Skupperskupper.io

Submariner

:: Submariner k8s project documentation websitesubmariner.io

trireme-kubernetes

https://github.com/aporeto-inc/trireme-kubernetesgithub.com

Weave

GitHub - weaveworks/weave: Simple, resilient multi-host containers networking and more.GitHub

Nodeless / Virtual Cluster

AWS Fargate

Serverless Compute - AWS Fargate - AWSAmazon Web Services, Inc.

Azure Container Instances (ACI)

Azure Container Instances | Microsoft Azureazure.microsoft.com

elotl

Nodeless KubernetesElotl

Gardener

GardenerGardener

Ignite (for AWS Firecracker)

GitOps friendly

GitHub - weaveworks/ignite: Ignite a Firecracker microVMGitHub

Loft

vCluster - Virtual Kubernetes Clustersloft.sh

virtual-kubelet

GitHub - virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet: Virtual Kubelet is an open source Kubernetes kubelet implementation.GitHub

Node management

kured

Kubernetes Reboot Daemon.

GitHub - kubereboot/kured: Kubernetes Reboot DaemonGitHub

https://hub.helm.sh/charts/stable/kured

OpenID Connect Identity (OIDC)

Dex

GitHub - dexidp/dex: OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity and OAuth 2.0 provider with pluggable connectorsGitHub

keycloak

helm-charts/charts/keycloak at master · codecentric/helm-chartsGitHub

Operating systems

bottlerocket

GitHub - bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containersGitHub

Operators

Community

kubedex

https://kubedex.com/operators/kubedex.com

operatorhub

OperatorHub.io | The registry for Kubernetes OperatorsOperator Hub

Guidelines

Kubernetes Operator Maturity Model Guidelines for multi-Operator Stacks

kubeplus/Guidelines.md at master · cloud-ark/kubeplusGitHub

SDK

Overview

Source: https://admiralty.io/blog/kubernetes-custom-resource-controller-and-operator-development-tools/

kubebuilder

GitHub - kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder: Kubebuilder - SDK for building Kubernetes APIs using CRDsGitHub

kudo

https://kudo.dev/kudo.dev

Metacontroller

MetaController.appSpaceship

operator-sdk

GitHub - operator-framework/operator-sdk: SDK for building Kubernetes applications. Provides high level APIs, useful abstractions, and project scaffolding.GitHub

Roperator

GitHub - psFried/roperator: Experimental Kubernetes Operator kit written in RustGitHub

Performance

Load /stress test

k6

GitHub - grafana/k6: A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScriptGitHub

k8s-testsuite

GitHub - mrahbar/k8s-testsuite: Test suite for KubernetesGitHub

resource-consumer

kubernetes/test/images/resource-consumer at master · kubernetes/kubernetesGitHub

Benchmark

k8s-testsuite

GitHub - mrahbar/k8s-testsuite: Test suite for KubernetesGitHub

kubestone

https://kubestone.io/en/latest/kubestone.io

test-infra

GitHub - kubernetes/test-infra: Test infrastructure for the Kubernetes project.GitHub

weathervane

GitHub - vmware/weathervane: Virtual-Infrastructure and Cloud Performance BenchmarkGitHub

P2P Registry

Kraken

GitHub - uber/kraken: P2P Docker registry capable of distributing TBs of data in secondsGitHub

Dragonfly

GitHub - dragonflyoss/dragonfly: Delivers efficient, stable, and secure data distribution and acceleration powered by P2P technology, with an optional content‑addressable filesystem that accelerates OCI container launch.GitHub

Proxy / Mesh / API Management

Ambassador

Gravitee & Edge Stack: Unified API Visibility and Governancewww.getambassador.io

Backyards

https://github.com/banzaicloud/backyards-cligithub.com

Cilium

Cilium - Cloud Native, eBPF-based Networking, Observability, and Securitycilium.io

Envoy

Envoy proxy - homewww.envoyproxy.io

Gloo

Gloo Gateway :: Gloo Edge Docsgloo.solo.io

SuperGloo

Gloo Mesh (Gloo Platform APIs) | Solo.io documentationsupergloo.solo.io

Gravitee

Istio

The Istio service meshIstio

Kong

Solution for Managing APIs in KubernetesKong Inc.

Kuma

https://github.com/kong/kumagithub.com

Linkerd

Enterprise power without enterprise complexityLinkerd

Kiali

Kialikiali.io

Maesh

https://mae.sh/mae.sh

meshery

GitHub - meshery/meshery: Meshery, the cloud native managerGitHub

Traefik

Run APIs Easily. Anywhere. | Traefik LabsTraefik Labs

voyager

GitHub - voyagermesh/voyager: 🚀 Secure L7/L4 (HAProxy) Ingress Controller for KubernetesGitHub

Resource Quota management

kube-capacity

GitHub - robscott/kube-capacity: A simple CLI that provides an overview of the resource requests, limits, and utilization in a Kubernetes clusterGitHub

kube-resource-explorer

GitHub - dpetzold/kube-resource-explorer: Explore your kube resource usage and allocation.GitHub

kuberhaus

GitHub - stephenlacy/kuberhaus: Kubernetes resource dashboard with node/pod layout and resource requestsGitHub

kubectl-snapshot

GitHub - fbrubbo/kubectl-snapshotGitHub

limit-operator

GitHub - Myafq/limit-operator: Kubernetes operator helping define LimitRange on cluster level.GitHub

https://medium.com/swlh/make-your-kubernetes-cluster-bulletproof-6304dd667ade

RBAC Management

Athenz

GitHub - AthenZ/k8s-athenz-identity: Athenz Identity provider for kubernetes servicesGitHub

rakkess

GitHub - corneliusweig/rakkess: Review Access - kubectl plugin to show an access matrix for k8s server resourcesGitHub

permission-manager

GitHub - sighupio/permission-manager: Permission Manager is a project that brings sanity to Kubernetes RBAC and Users management, Web UI FTWGitHub

rbac-manager

GitHub - FairwindsOps/rbac-manager: A Kubernetes operator that simplifies the management of Role Bindings and Service Accounts.GitHub

Service Catalog / Infra provision

Overview

Introduction to Kubernetes Service CatalogMedium

Consul

HashiCorp Consul and Kubernetes Service Catalog Syncwww.hashicorp.com

Google

Config Connector overview  |  Google Cloud DocumentationGoogle Cloud Documentation

AWS

Become an AWS Partner | AWS Partner NetworkAmazon Web Services, Inc.

Azure

Open Service Broker -osba.sh

GitHub - Azure/azure-service-operator: Azure Service Operator allows you to create Azure resources using kubectlGitHub

Terraform

kubeform

https://github.com/kubeform/kubeformgithub.com

kubevirt

GitHub - kubevirt/kubevirt: Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.GitHub

Storage

kadalu

GitHub - kadalu/kadalu: A lightweight Persistent storage solution for Kubernetes / OpenShift / Nomad using GlusterFS in background. More information at https://kadalu.techGitHub

NVMe-oF

NVMe-oF storage delivers the last mile of the Kubernetes infrastructure revolutionDCDNoticias

Portworx

Persistent Kubernetes Storage & Data Management | PortworxPortworx

rook

Rookrook.io

Template tools

hyscale

GitHub - hyscale/hyscale: HyScale is an Application Centric Abstraction Framework over K8s.GitHub

kustomize

GitHub - kubernetes-sigs/kustomize: Customization of kubernetes YAML configurationsGitHub

Kustomize best practices: https://medium.com/@lundbird/managing-kubernetes-environments-with-kustomize-ab3ab819d079

Troubleshoot / Debug / Tracing

crash-diagnostics

GitHub - vmware-tanzu/crash-diagnostics: Crash-Diagnostics (Crashd) is a tool to help investigate, analyze, and troubleshoot unresponsive or crashed Kubernetes clusters.GitHub

Jaeger

IntroductionJaeger

Mosaic

https://github.com/nectar-cs/mosaicgithub.com

Sample profilers

Python

py-spy

GitHub - benfred/py-spy: Sampling profiler for Python programsGitHub

Sloop

GitHub - salesforce/sloop: Kubernetes History VisualizationGitHub

Workflow

Source: https://learnk8s.io/troubleshooting-deployments

Scheduling

Descheduler

GitHub - kubernetes-sigs/descheduler: Descheduler for KubernetesGitHub

Secret management

Conjur

GitHub - cyberark/conjur: CyberArk Conjur automatically secures secrets used by privileged users and machine identitiesGitHub

git-secret

GitOps friendly

GitHub - sobolevn/git-secret: :busts_in_silhouette: A bash-tool to store your private data inside a git repository.GitHub

helm-ssm

GitHub - totango/helm-ssm: A low dependency tool for retrieving and injecting secrets from AWS SSM into HelmGitHub

k8sec

GitHub - dtan4/k8sec: CLI tool to manage Kubernetes Secrets easilyGitHub

Kamus

GitOps friendly

GitHub - Soluto/kamus: An open source, git-ops, zero-trust secret encryption and decryption solution for Kubernetes applicationsGitHub

kustomize-sops

GitOps friendly

GitHub - viaduct-ai/kustomize-sops: KSOPS - A Flexible Kustomize Plugin for SOPS Encrypted ResourcesGitHub

Krane + EJSON

GitOps friendly

GitHub - Shopify/krane: A command-line tool that helps you ship changes to a Kubernetes namespace and understand the resultGitHub

sealed-secrets (kubeseal)

GitOps friendly

GitHub - bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets: A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted SecretsGitHub

Reference: https://learnk8s.io/kubernetes-secrets-in-git/

secrets-init

GitHub - doitintl/secrets-init: minimalistic init system for containers with AWS/GCP secrets supportGitHub

SOPS

GitOps friendly

GitHub - getsops/sops: Simple and flexible tool for managing secretsGitHub

Vault-CRD

GitHub - DaspawnW/vault-crd: Vault CRD for sharing Vault Secrets with KubernetesGitHub

Vault Secrets Operator

GitOps friendly

GitHub - ricoberger/vault-secrets-operator: Create Kubernetes secrets from Vault for a secure GitOps based workflow.GitHub

yaml-crypt

GitHub - autoapply/yaml-crypt: Encrypt and decrypt YAML documentsGitHub

Security

Aqua

Aqua Cloud Native Application SecurityAqua

Checkmarx

Checkmarx One: AI-Powered Application Security PlatformCheckmarx

CIS Benchmark

CIS Kubernetes BenchmarksCIS

CVE

Kubernetes Kubernetes : Security vulnerabilities, CVEscvedetails

Kubernetes Kubernetes security vulnerabilities, CVEs, versions and CVE reportscvedetails

mkit

GitHub - darkbitio/mkit: MKIT is a Managed Kubernetes Inspection Tool that validates several common security-related configuration settings of managed Kubernetes cluster objects and the workloads/resources running inside the cluster.GitHub

filter-k8s-logs

GitHub - tadeugr/filter-k8s-logs: Filter Kubernetes secrets from application logsGitHub

Reference: https://radu-matei.com/blog/filter-k8s-logs/

Falco

GitHub - falcosecurity/falco: Cloud Native Runtime SecurityGitHub

gatekeeper

GitHub - open-policy-agent/gatekeeper: 🐊 Policy Controller for KubernetesGitHub

Kubei

GitHub - openclarity/openclarity: OpenClarity is an open source platform built to enhance security and observability of cloud native applications and infrastructureGitHub

ksphere

DKP | D2iQ Kubernetes Platformd2iq.com

NeuVector

Open Source Container Security Platform & Solutions | Rancher SecuritySUSE

Teleport

https://gravitational.com/teleport/docs/kubernetes_ssh/gravitational.com

Red-kube

GitHub - lightspin-tech/red-kube: Red Team K8S Adversary Emulation Based on kubectlGitHub

Snyk

Snyk AI Security Fabric | Secure Code, Models & Agents | SnykSnyk

Styra

HomepageStyra

Tigera

TigeraTigera - Creator of Calico

k-rail

Kubernetes security tool for policy enforcement

GitHub - cruise-automation/k-rail: Kubernetes security tool for policy enforcementGitHub

karydia

GitHub - SAP-archive/karydia: Kubernetes Security WalnutGitHub

kube-bench

GitHub - aquasecurity/kube-bench: Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes BenchmarkGitHub

kube-hunter

GitHub - aquasecurity/kube-hunter: Hunt for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clustersGitHub

kube-score

GitHub - zegl/kube-score: Kubernetes object analysis with recommendations for improved reliability and security. kube-score actively prevents downtime and bugs in your Kubernetes YAML and Charts. Static code analysis for Kubernetes.GitHub

kube-scan

GitHub - octarinesec/kube-scan: kube-scan: Octarine k8s cluster risk assessment toolGitHub

kube-owasp-zap

GitHub - simplyzee/kube-owasp-zap: Owasp Zap chart for KubernetesGitHub

kubesec

kubesec/README.md at master · controlplaneio/kubesecGitHub

KubiScan

GitHub - cyberark/KubiScan: A tool to scan Kubernetes cluster for risky permissionsGitHub

Kyverno

KyvernoKyverno

Twistlock

Prisma Cloud | Comprehensive Cloud SecurityPalo Alto Networks

Sysdig

Vulnerability Management Tools | Sysdigsysdig.com

VeraCode

https://www.sourceclear.com/vulnerability-database/libraries/github-com-kubernetes-kubernetes/go/go/lid-898896/summarywww.sourceclear.com

trivy

GitHub - aquasecurity/trivy: Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and moreGitHub

TLS management

cert-manager

GitHub - cert-manager/cert-manager: Automatically provision and manage TLS certificates in KubernetesGitHub

Variables management

Env vars

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-environment-variable-container/

EnvFrom (ConfigMap)

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-pod-configmap/#configure-all-key-value-pairs-in-a-configmap-as-container-environment-variables

PodPreset

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/podpreset/

Volumes

Flocker

GitHub - ClusterHQ/flocker: Container data volume manager for your Dockerized applicationGitHub

kubectl-unbound-pvc

GitHub - ishantanu/kubectl-unbound-pvc: A kubectl plugint to see PVCs which are not in "Bound" stateGitHub

Workflow management

Airflow

Kubernetes — Airflow 3.1.7 Documentationairflow.apache.org

Airflow is not good for dynamic workflows: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41517798/proper-way-to-create-dynamic-workflows-in-airflow, https://hackernoon.com/https-medium-com-talperetz24-scaling-effectively-when-kubernetes-met-celery-e6abd7ce4fed

brigade

GitHub - brigadecore/brigade: Event-driven scripting for KubernetesGitHub

Hint: https://github.com/brigadecore/buck

Argo vs. Brigade some of the key differences are:

• K8s CRD vs. javascript execution service

• Declarative YAML vs. javascript

• Argo has built-in artifact support for input/output handling

• Argo does not have event handling yet (working on it :-)

  As of dec 2017

kruise

GitHub - openkruise/kruise: Automated management of large-scale applications on Kubernetes (incubating project under CNCF)GitHub

luigi

GitHub - spotify/luigi: Luigi is a Python module that helps you build complex pipelines of batch jobs. It handles dependency resolution, workflow management, visualization etc. It also comes with Hadoop support built in.GitHub