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Cluster tools

The add-ons a managed cloud sells you as services, installed into your own cluster with one click. Each runs in your space, on its own secure address that only you can reach, and shows what it costs in CPU and memory before you connect it.

Last updated 2026-09-05

How tools work

Metrics Server is not offered as a tool because your cluster already ships one: kubectl top works out of the box.

Run & see

ToolWhat it does in your cluster
Kubernetes DashboardThe full Kubernetes Dashboard — workloads, YAML, logs, exec — in your own cluster. Choose Read-only or Full admin when you connect.
Cluster Space (3D)A navigable 3D view of this cluster: nodes, your apps grouped by namespace, and every tool you run.
Ghost BrowserA real logged-in browser with an HTTP API and an on-board agent, driven from your own LLM. Persistent profiles, one owner.
Master · BoardroomAn autonomous business agent that researches demand, builds and verifies products, and works them toward a sale through your Ghost Browser.

Observability

ToolWhat it does in your cluster
PrometheusTime-series metrics scraped from your own cluster — turns dashboard estimates into measured graphs.
GrafanaDashboards over your own Prometheus (and Loki), on its own secure address.
Loki + PromtailLog aggregation and search across every pod in your cluster; view them in Grafana.
Kube State MetricsObject-level metrics (deployments, pods, nodes, jobs) so dashboards and SLOs are complete.
AlertmanagerRoutes alerts from your Prometheus to email, Slack or a webhook, with its own UI.
JaegerDistributed tracing (OTLP) with a trace explorer. In-memory all-in-one.

Security & policy

ToolWhat it does in your cluster
Trivy OperatorContinuous CVE scanning of your images plus config audits — feeds the security score with real data.
KyvernoPolicy-as-code: block privileged pods, require limits, mutate defaults.
FalcoRuntime threat detection (eBPF): a shell in a container, a crypto-miner, unexpected file access.
External SecretsSync secrets into your cluster from AWS, GCP, Vault or 1Password instead of keeping them in Git.

Networking

ToolWhat it does in your cluster
cert-managerIssues and renews TLS certificates inside your cluster, so a hostname you serve yourself does not depend on the platform.
Ingress (Traefik)Your cluster’s own front door: terminates TLS and routes hostnames itself — the prerequisite for your own multi-tenancy.

Storage, backup & scaling

ToolWhat it does in your cluster
MinIOS3-compatible object storage in your cluster, with a console — buckets for backups, uploads, artifacts.
VeleroScheduled backup and restore of manifests and volumes to your own MinIO.
KEDAEvent-driven autoscaling on queue depth, cron, HTTP and 60+ other triggers, down to zero.
GoldilocksRight-sizing advice — how much CPU and memory each app really needs. Advice only; KEDA does the scaling.
OpenCostPer-app cost allocation from your own cluster (needs Prometheus).

Dependencies

Some tools build on others: Grafana and OpenCost read from Prometheus; Velero writes to MinIO; the Master works through Ghost Browser. The dashboard tells you what to connect first.

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