Product
A Product, within the context of k8sdc, is a software application that is used to realise a Solution. The k8sdc platform uses a number of Products.
Products
The Products that are currently used by k8sdc are listed in the following table.
| Product Name | Solutions | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes Dashboard | Cluster Management (Kubernetes) | The Kubernetes Dashboard is used to mange the Kubernetes cluster through a web interface. |
| Ceph | Distributed block storage (Ceph) | Ceph is used to attach block storage to the Containers. |
| OpenDJ | Identity Management (OpenDJ+Keycloak) | OpenDJ is used as the LDAP server for the Identity Management Solution. |
| Keycloak | Identity Management (OpenDJ+Keycloak) | Keycloak is used as the web UI for managing users and groups in the Identity Management Solution. |
| Traefik | HTTP/S Reverse Proxy (Traefik) | Traefik is used for the HTTP(S) Reverse Proxy Solution. |
| Prometheus | Metrics (Prometheus) | Prometheus is used to collect, parse and store metrics from various endpoints. |
| Grafana | Metrics (Prometheus) | Grafana is used to visualise and query Prometheus metrics. |
| Elasticsearch | Logging (ELK+Kafka) | Elasticsearch is used to store logs from various endpoints. |
| Logstash | Logging (ELK+Kafka) | Logstash is used to collect, parse and forward logs to Kafka and Elasticsearch. |
| Kibana | Logging (ELK+Kafka) | Kibana is used to visualise and query logs from Elasticsearch |
| Kafka | Logging (ELK+Kafka) | Kafka is used to temporarily buffer logs before they are forwarded to Elasticsearch. This allows for bursts of logs to be ingested without overwhelming Elasticsearch. |
| Zookeeper | Logging (ELK+Kafka) | Zookeeper is used by Kafka to maintain cluster state. |
| Jenkins | Job Management (Jenkins) | Jenkins is used to define and run jobs, i.e. CI/CD build/test/deploy jobs. |
| Artifactory | Artifact Storage (Artifactory) | Artifactory is used to store the build artifacts from a build. It is also used to store the dependancies needed for the builds. |
| Portus | Image Repository (Portus) | Portus provides an web based UI, with security, for the Docker image repository. |
Product Roadmap
Next Products
The following Products will be added to k8sdc in the near future.
- Gitlab.
- Nextcloud.
- Mattermost
Possible Products
The following Products will possibly be added to k8sdc in the future.
- Taiga.
- PostgreSQL.
- etc.....