Kubernetes 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.

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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.

This playground was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Playground on Kubernetes

Kubernetes Cluster (K3s)

A multi-node K3s cluster with a load balancer, Helm, and more.

This playground was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Playground on Kubernetes, Programming

Kubernetes Client (Go)

A collection of mini-programs demonstrating Kubernetes client-go usage and a loaded IDE. Handy if you need to write a controller or two.

This playground was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Playground on Kubernetes

Lightweight Kubernetes Cluster (K0s)

A single-node K0s cluster.

This playground was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Playground on Kubernetes

Lightweight Kubernetes Cluster (K3s)

A single-node cluster with most of the K3s bells and whistles disabled.

This playground was created by an iximiuz Labs user and is provided with no warranty.

Playground on Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD

GitOps Bootstrap

by Başar Subaşı

A sandbox where you can experiment with different k8s stacks all you want!

This playground was created by an iximiuz Labs user and is provided with no warranty.

Playground on Kubernetes, Security

Kata Containers Demo

by Ivan Velichko

A Kubernetes cluster with the Kata Containers runtime preinstalled.

This playground was created by an iximiuz Labs user and is provided with no warranty.

Playground on Kubernetes, Observability

Cloud Tracing Lab

by Adam Leskis

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.

This playground was prepared by a vendor partner and proudly hosted by iximiuz Labs.

Playground on Cloud, Kubernetes, Observability

VictoriaMetrics on Kubernetes

by Márk Sági-Kazár

VictoriaMetrics Operator on a multi-node Kubernetes cluster.

This playground was created by an iximiuz Labs user and is provided with no warranty.

Playground on Kubernetes, Security

OWASP K8s Vulnerable Cluster

by Adam Leskis

This playground presents a k3s cluster that has randomized security vulnerabilities injected based on the OWASP Kubernetes Top 10 list for 2025. Run a scan to find what's wrong, then fix it and get another random vulnerability automatically injected. Play as long as you like!

This playground was created by an iximiuz Labs user and is provided with no warranty.

Playground on Kubernetes, CI/CD

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.

This playground was created by an iximiuz Labs user and is provided with no warranty.

Playground on Kubernetes

Kube-composer

by Sameh Ammar

Open-Source Kubernetes YAML Builder with Intuitive Web Interface and Dynamic Visualization for Developers and DevOps Engineers kube-composer.com

This playground was carefully crafted by an independent author and proudly hosted by iximiuz Labs.

Playground on Kubernetes

HA Kubernetes Cluster

by Márk Sági-Kazár

A multi-node, highly available Kubernetes cluster provisioned with kubeadm.

This playground was carefully crafted by an independent author and proudly hosted by iximiuz Labs.

Playground on Kubernetes

Kubernetes the Hard Way

by Márk Sági-Kazár

A manually assembled Kubernetes cluster, inspired by Kelsey Hightower's "Kubernetes the Hard Way" tutorial.

This playground was carefully crafted by an independent author and proudly hosted by iximiuz Labs.

Playground on Kubernetes

kubeadm

by Márk Sági-Kazár

A single-machine playground to experiment with kubeadm, a tool built to provide best-practice "fast paths" for creating Kubernetes clusters.

This playground was created by an iximiuz Labs user and is provided with no warranty.

Playground on Cloud, Networking, Kubernetes

Tailscale Homelab Access

by Adam Leskis

A multi-node K3s cluster to demo connecting and troubleshooting a homelab remotely via tailscale. All username/passwords are admin/admin123