DevOps Playgrounds
Remote sandbox environments for learning and experimenting without worrying about setup and cleanup. Run anything on vanilla Linux VMs, get a fresh Docker host or Kubernetes cluster in seconds, publish ports, collaborate via sharing terminal sessions, SSH from the command line, and more.
Official Collection
Playgrounds crafted by iximiuz Labs for efficient hands-on learning and safe experimentation.
Kubernetes Cluster
A multi-node Kubernetes cluster provisioned with kubeadm, allowing you to choose your preferred container runtime and networking plugin. Perfect for CKA, CKAD, and CKS preparation.
Coding Agent Base
Get a disposable agentic coding environment in seconds. Claude Code, Gemini CLI, OpenAI Codex, Opencode, and Plandex pre-installed and ready to use.
FlexBox
Your perfect base playground. Create purpose-built sandbox environments by choosing up to five VMs with custom root filesystems and organizing them into any number of local networks.
Independent Authors
Playgrounds from outstanding independent authors proudly hosted by iximiuz Labs.
Nix on Ubuntu
Experiment with the Nix package manager, a powerful tool for reproducible and isolated software environments, on Ubuntu.
OpenSearch
OpenSearch is an open-source, enterprise-grade search and observability suite that brings order to unstructured data at scale.
Kubernetes the Hard Way
A manually assembled Kubernetes cluster, inspired by Kelsey Hightower's "Kubernetes the Hard Way" tutorial.
Community Collection
Playgrounds contributed by the community members sharing their knowledge and expertise.
Cloud Tracing Lab
Diagnose realistic distributed tracing scenarios in a preloaded k3s VM, for users to get more familiar with traces in general and jaeger-ui specifically. There's guided investigation through distributed traces, along with identification of slow spans and comparing two traces to identify what changed to make it slow down.
Coder Development Environment
A fully configured Coder instance running on Ubuntu 24.04 with Docker support. Uses a custom OCI image with pre-installed Coder and Docker.
PostgreSQL 18.x.y on Ubuntu 24.04 (customized)
PostgreSQL 18.x.y Playground with Ubuntu 24.04 OS (customized)
Uncloud Cluster
A multi-node Uncloud cluster with a standalone control node. About Uncloud: https://github.com/psviderski/uncloud
ArgoCD + Gitea
Experiment with GitOps - deploy a demo app to a Kubernetes cluster with ArgoCD, with app manifests stored in a Git repo hosted in Gitea.