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KubeInvaders
On the record
- Audience
- The project describes uses including Kubernetes teaching, resilience testing, and demonstrations at technology conferences.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Cluster configuration
- The web console lets users configure Kubernetes connection details, including the API endpoint and certificate authority.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Cluster connection
- Users can connect a real cluster through the web console or container environment variables using an API endpoint, ServiceAccount token, namespaces, and optionally a CA certificate.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Community support
- The README directs users to Twitter accounts for news, bugs, feature requests, and other issues.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Demo mode
- The container includes a simulated Kubernetes cluster powered by KWOK, where nodes and pods are simulated and nothing real is deleted.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Game controls
- The interface includes automatic chaos experiments, shuffle, automatic namespace switching, pod-name visibility controls, and screen zoom.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Helm support
- The current project README says an official Helm chart is not supported, though the legacy chart may be used as a starting point.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project describes monitoring an HTTP URL exposed by an Ingress during a chaos session.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Intended audience
- The project describes the tool as a way for developers to explore Kubernetes deployments and resilience behavior.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Learning
- Experiments can demonstrate pod recovery, scheduling, node pressure, namespace isolation, and cluster recovery time.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists the project under the Apache 2.0 license.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Limit
- The latest release states that Helm installation support has been discontinued.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Maker services
- Platform Engineering says it supports and contributes to KubeInvaders with enterprise features and offers a resilience certification service for containerized infrastructure.platformengineering.it · read 9 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Its documentation lists URL monitoring during chaos sessions and Prometheus metrics with a Grafana dashboard.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Persistence
- The project says it uses Redis to save and manage data, configured with append-only persistence.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- KubeInvaders is a gamified chaos engineering and educational tool for Kubernetes that stresses a cluster so users can observe its resilience.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Run modes
- The project documents running KubeInvaders with Docker or Podman, including from a workstation.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- KubeInvaders runs as a container with Podman or Docker.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
