Karavel

What is Karavel?

Karavel is a project that provides tools and knowledge around the Kubernetes stack to deploy and manage private Containers-as-a-Service platforms in the Cloud and on premise.

The main output of the Karavel project is the Karavel Container Platform, a curated set of components and services based on the best-in-breed open source projects, carefully configured to deliver a production-ready platform for enterprises.

The Karavel Container Platform

Karavel provides many different components that together form a cohesive and integrated environment called the Karavel Container Platform.

The Karavel Container Platform selects specific versions of these components that are tried and tested together and publishes them as a ready-to-use kit to assemble GitOps-enabled platforms for enterprises. Check out our quickstart guide for an introductory view to the Platform.

Features

• Run on any conformant Kubernetes cluster
• 100% open source stack based on community and CNCF projects
• GitOps first workflow, enabling the platform to be self-hosted and updating itself
• Built-in security tools for secrets management, policy enforcement and access control
• Elastic routing layer with automated DNS, load balancing and certificate management
• Comprehensive observability stack with metrics, logging and distributed tracing collection and visualization

Components

The full list of available components is available here.

These are the most notable components offered by the Karavel Container Platform:

• ArgoCD
• cert-manager
• Dex
• External DNS
• External Secrets
• NGINX Ingress Controller
• Grafana
• Loki
• Prometheus
• Tempo

Quickstart

You can get up and running quickly and efficiently with our Quickstart Guide or by looking at the e2e repository that includes samples and instructions to test the platform on all supported platforms.