DevOps Playgrounds
Remote sandbox environments for learning and experimentation — without setup or cleanup. Launch fresh Linux VMs, Docker hosts, or Kubernetes clusters in seconds, publish ports, share terminal sessions, and connect over SSH.
Official Collection
See all →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, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Opencode 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
See all →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
See all →Playgrounds contributed by the community members sharing their knowledge and expertise.
Doom Perf Lab
Explore live host CPU/Memory/Disk/Network telemetry as an interactive Doom diagnostics lab. All the elements in the game react to system signals (eg, the cpu cores glow red when there's high utilization).
HotROD + Jaeger on K3s
Jaeger's HotROD demo app pre-deployed on a 3-node K3s cluster, wired to a Jaeger v2 all-in-one over OTLP. Click a customer, then read the trace.
Rust Programming
A disposable Rust development environment with stable, beta, and nightly toolchains, cargo-watch, rustfmt, clippy, rust-analyzer, and the musl target pre-installed.
GitOps Bootstrap
A sandbox where you can experiment with different k8s stacks all you want!
Podman with Docker Compose
Podman Playground with Docker Compose for better Developer Experience. Docker Compose: v5.3.1
SilverStack Dev Machine
A fully provisioned DevOps workstation on Ubuntu 24.04 - every tool pre-installed, every alias pre-wired, zero setup required.
Vendor Materials
Playgrounds prepared by software vendors to help you learn and experiment with their products and services.
VictoriaMetrics Cluster
A multi-node VictoriaMetrics cluster with vminsert, vmselect, and vmstorage components.
Uncloud Cluster
A multi-node Uncloud cluster with a standalone control node. About Uncloud: https://github.com/psviderski/uncloud