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  • Updated 2026-10-29

    Wireguard VPN

    Introduction This page describes how to use the Wireguard VPN add-on to securely connect to your Kubernetes cluster and AWS VPC. While we recommend using Tailscale as full-fledged solution, we also provide Wireguard as a simple, cheaper and self-managed …

    #kubernetes #vpn
  • Updated 2026-09-01

    Ingress

    Overview An Ingress Controller is a specialized load balancer for Kubernetes that manages external access to services within a cluster. While Kubernetes Services expose applications internally, an Ingress Controller acts as the entry point for HTTP/HTTPS …

    #aws #alb #traefik #kubernetes #kubernetes_ingress
  • Updated 2026-06-02

    ECR Pull-Through Cache

    The ECR Pull-Through Cache (PTC) is an AWS-managed feature that transparently mirrors container images from upstream public registries into your own Amazon ECR. Skyscrapers uses it to guard your EKS clusters from upstream registry outages and rate limits, …

    #kubernetes #aws #ecr #DR/BC
  • Updated 2026-05-12

    Dynamic, whitelabel-style Ingress to your application

    If your application allows for end-customers to use their custom domain, we’ve offered Caddy to provide on-demand SSL certificates for a while. However with our Kubernetes reference solution there is a more native and scalable solution through the …

    #kubernetes #kubernetes_ingress
  • Updated 2026-05-12

    Helm

    Overview Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes, providing a simple and efficient way to manage Kubernetes applications. It allows users to define, install, and upgrade even the most complex Kubernetes applications. Helm uses a packaging format called …

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  • Updated 2026-05-12

    Kube-green

    Introduction Kube-green is an open-source Kubernetes operator that automatically shuts down and restarts workloads on a defined schedule. Its primary use case is reducing resource consumption and cloud costs by scaling down environments during off-hours, …

    #kubernetes #finops

How-to guides 11

  • Updated 2026-10-29

    OpenVPN

    Note The OpenVPN component in the SKsycrapers platform is considered deprecated and will be removed during the course of 2025. We recommend using Tailscale or Wireguard instead for secure VPN connectivity to your environment: Refer to our Tailscale setup …

    #kubernetes #vpn
  • Updated 2026-10-29

    Connect your cluster to Aikido

    Aikido can scan your Kubernetes cluster for misconfigurations and, optionally, the container images it runs for vulnerabilities. To do that, the Aikido Kubernetes agent runs in your cluster and reports to your Aikido workspace. We install, configure and …

    #kubernetes #security
  • Updated 2026-10-29

    Argo Workflows

    Argo Workflows runs multi-step jobs on your cluster: data pipelines, batch processing, scheduled jobs, anything you can describe as a series of containers. We run Argo for you, one installation per cluster, and set up a namespace per team with access and …

    #cicd #kubernetes #argo-workflows
  • Updated 2026-10-19

    Bitbucket Pipelines runners

    You can run self-hosted Bitbucket Pipelines runners on your Kubernetes cluster, scaled on demand by Atlassian’s runners-autoscaler. The autoscaler registers runners in your Bitbucket workspace or repository, starts a runner Job on the cluster for …

    #cicd #bitbucket #kubernetes
  • Updated 2026-10-19

    GitHub Actions runner controller

    You can dynamically deploy Github self-hosted runners on the Kubernetes clusters using the gha-runner-scale-set-controller. The controller allows developers to define either organization or repository runners, and it automatically handles the registration …

    #cicd #github-actions #kubernetes
  • Updated 2026-10-19

    Traefik Ingress

    Introduction This page describes how to use various features of Traefik as an Ingress Controller in your Kubernetes cluster. These are the most common examples we notice when helping our customers to set up Ingresses. Pre-requisites First determine whether …

    #traefik #kubernetes #kubernetes_ingress
  • Updated 2026-09-07

    Use AWS Secrets Manager secrets in Kubernetes

    It is possible to automatically mount and use secrets from AWS Secrets Manager in EKS workloads. This documentation page will show you how. Note that this feature is optional for our EKS platform, and it’s disabled by default. If you’d like to …

    #aws #kubernetes #secrets-store
  • Updated 2026-09-01

    How-to use the ECR Pull-Through Cache

    This guide covers how to enable the ECR Pull-Through Cache for your clusters. The default tier (quay.io and registry.k8s.io) is fully managed by Skyscrapers; there is nothing for you to do. The opt-in tiers (docker.io, ghcr.io, registry.gitlab.com) require …

    #kubernetes #aws #ecr #DR/BC
  • Updated 2026-09-01

    Kube-green Setup

    Introduction This guide shows how to enable kube-green on your cluster and configure sleep schedules to automatically scale down workloads during off-hours. For background on what kube-green is and how it works, see the explanation page. Enabling …

    #kubernetes #finops
  • Updated 2026-05-12

    AWS Load Balancer Controller

    Introduction This page describes how to use the AWS Load Balancer Controller as Ingress Controller in your Kubernetes cluster. The ALB controller provisions AWS Application Load Balancers for your Kubernetes Ingress resources. Pre-requisites First …

    #aws #alb #kubernetes #kubernetes_ingress
  • Updated 2026-05-12

    Cert-Manager

    Let’s Encrypt certificates SSL certificates can be automatically fetched and setup for applications deployed on the Kubernetes cluster via cert-manager. We deploy a letsencrypt-prod ClusterIssuer by default, which uses dns01 validation via Route 53. …

    #cert-manager #kubernetes #kubernetes_ingress

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