Add-ons, Under the Hood

cert-manager

Security

cert-manager runs in your cluster and issues and renews TLS certificates as Kubernetes secrets, with HTTP-01 and DNS-01 for Gateway API and ingress.

ClickHouse Operator

Database

Kubernetes operator add-on for provisioning ClickHouse analytics databases through Edka's dedicated Databases workspace.

Cloudflare Connector

Networking

Advertise your cluster private subnet through Cloudflare Zero Trust. Edka installs the cloudflared connector to reach internal services over a Tunnel.

CloudNative PG

Database

PostgreSQL operator Edka runs on your own cluster, with automated failover, synchronous replication, S3 backups, and point in time recovery.

Edka Agent

Operations

In-cluster Edka agent that reports inventory, captures snapshots, and surfaces control-plane state to the platform. Runs in your own cluster.

Edka DNS-01 Webhook

Security

DNS-01 solver webhook for cert-manager. Edka uses it to issue wildcard certificates and validate domains over DNS, renewing TLS without HTTP challenges.

Elastic Operator

Database

Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) operator. Edka uses it to provision and manage Elasticsearch clusters with operator-driven scaling, upgrades, and recovery.

Envoy Gateway

Networking

Run Gateway API on Kubernetes with managed Envoy Gateway classes, public and private entry points, and gateway level traffic observability.

External Secrets

Security

Securely sync your secrets from external providers like AWS Secrets Manager, Vault, GCP Secret Manager and more, directly to your Kubernetes cluster.

Flux Operator

GitOps

GitOps controller that reconciles cluster state from your Git repository. Edka uses the Flux Operator to apply manifests and Helm releases, correcting drift.

Keel

Continuous Delivery

Automate your Kubernetes deployments with Keel, providing automated updates and continuous delivery for your container workloads.

Local Path Storage Class

Storage

Rancher Local Path Provisioner storage class for node-local persistent volumes. Edka uses it for fast single-node PVCs backed directly by the node disk.

MariaDB Operator

Database

Kubernetes operator for MariaDB. Edka uses it to run databases, users, and grants as declarative resources, with provisioning and lifecycle handled in-cluster.

MetalLB

Networking

Allocate private VIPs on your cluster private subnet for Gateway API classes and private LoadBalancer exposure with MetalLB in Edka.

Metrics Server

Monitoring

Enable resource metrics and autoscaling in Kubernetes with Metrics Server, providing CPU and memory metrics for pods and nodes.

MOCO

Database

MySQL operator used by Edka for high availability MySQL runtimes, service endpoints, and managed cluster lifecycle on Kubernetes.

NGINX Ingress

Networking

Deprecated NGINX ingress controller, kept for migration. Edka now standardizes on the Gateway API with Envoy Gateway for routing, TLS, and traffic management.

Reflector

Security

Secret and ConfigMap reflection controller. Edka uses Reflector to mirror certificates and shared secrets across namespaces for workloads that need them.

Tailscale Operator

Networking

Publish Kubernetes workloads into your Tailscale tailnet with Edka using direct tailnet ingress or tailnet-published Envoy Gateway classes.

Zot Registry

Registry

In-cluster Zot OCI registry managed by Edka. Store and pull container images locally for builds and deployments, without depending on an external registry.