Excalidraw

Run your own Excalidraw whiteboard on Kubernetes with Edka’s one click installation. Get a fast, hand drawn style canvas for diagrams and brainstorming, provisioned on your own cluster so your sketches stay under your control.

Excalidraw is available on the Free plan.

What Edka Provisions

• Excalidraw Web Client: Deploys the official excalidraw/excalidraw container (version 0.18.1) via Edka’s Helm chart on your cluster.
• Dedicated Namespace: Created and labeled for you (defaults to excalidraw), so the app is cleanly isolated and managed by Edka.
• Internal Service: A ClusterIP Service on port 80 with a stable in-cluster endpoint at http://<release>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local.
• Self-Hosted Canvas: A stateless, privacy friendly whiteboard that runs entirely within your own infrastructure.

Configuration Options

Resources

• CPU & Memory: Tune requests and limits to fit your needs. Defaults are lightweight at 50m / 64Mi requests and 250m / 256Mi limits.

Placement

• Node Pool: Pin Excalidraw pods to a specific node pool, with automatic tolerations for that pool’s taints.

Access

• Expose via Gateway: Optionally publish the web client through an Envoy Gateway traffic class.
• Hostname & Traffic Class: Provide your own hostname (e.g. excalidraw.example.com) and select an available Gateway traffic class to reach the app externally over HTTPS.

Auto-Updates

• Version Policy: Opt in to automatic chart and image updates with a policy of patch, minor, major, all, or a custom tag pattern.
• Check Frequency: Choose how often the Edka agent checks for newer versions, from every 5 minutes up to daily.

Getting Started

1. Click “Deploy Excalidraw” below
2. Pick a namespace and adjust resources if needed
3. Optionally enable Gateway access and set a hostname
4. Deploy - your whiteboard runs on your cluster in minutes
5. Open the internal service, or your external URL if access is enabled

Deploy Excalidraw