Containers 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 HTTP and TCP ports, collaborate via sharing online terminals, SSH from the command line, and more.

Containers  Playground

Docker

A Linux server with Docker engine pre-installed.

Containers  Playground

contaiNERD CTL

nerdctl, containerd, and BuildKit packed together for true nerds.

Containers  Playground

Podman

A Linux server with Podman, a daemonless Docker alternative, pre-installed.

Containers  Playground

Incus

Incus is an actively improved community fork of LXD. Do you need systemd inside your containers? Give Incus a try!

Networking, Containers  Playground

Docker Swarm

A three-node swarm accompanied by an ephemeral registry for ease of experimentation. Batteries included!

Networking, Containers  Playground

Basecamp Kamal

Kamal is a simple but handy tool to deploy containerized web apps on good old VMs.

Containers, CI/CD  Playground

Dagger

A 4-in-1 playground (Docker, Podman, containerd, and Kubernetes hosts) to experiment with Dagger - a powerful development workflow automation engine.

Containers, Security  Playground

Slim(toolkit)

Don't change anything in your container image and minify it by up to 30x making it secure, too!

Category

Pro Tip: Install iximiuz Labs CLI to start playgrounds and SSH into them from your favorite local terminal:

curl -sf https://labs.iximiuz.com/cli/install.sh | sh