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⁠The Kubernetes Platform That Eliminates Operational Chaos

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Axiom Studio's extensible Kubernetes Dashboard provides clear visibility into your Kubernetes clusters and streamlines Helm app management through a single, intuitive interface.
With built-in RBAC, it ensures secure access while offering integrated insights into workloads deployed via GitOps tools like ArgoCD and FluxCD across multiple clusters. Axiom creates a centralized DevOps hub, accelerating operations by up to 20x :rocket:

Check out the below video to experience the full power of the Kubernetes Dashboard.

Out of the box, Devtron's Kubernetes Dashboard includes:

• Helm Application Management⁠ to streamline deploying, configuration, and management of Helm apps
• Resource Browser⁠ to visualize and manage different cluster resources like Nodes, Pods, ConfigMaps, Custom Resource Definations (CRDs), etc
• Single Sign On (SSO)⁠ to simplify onboarding and authenticating team members.
• Fine Grained RBAC⁠ to control the level of access users have to different Dashboard and Cluster resources.

Devtron⁠ helps you deploy, observe, manage & debug existing Helm apps in all your clusters.

⁠Axiom Dashboard

Axiom's Kubernetes Dashboard offers a variety of different features, giving you flexibility to manage your clusters as you desire.

⁠Features 🤩

• Simplified configuration and management for Helm applications with easy rollback
• Compare and reconcile configuration drifts across environments
• Manage Helm deployments to multiple Kubernetes environments
• A single pane of glass for Helm, ArgoCD, and FluxCD applications across multiple clusters
• Centralized Dashboard to view and manage K8s resources across multiple clusters
• Comprehensive SSO and RBAC to ensure secure dashboard access for team collaboration

To get a more comprehensive understanding of Axiom's Kubernetes Dashboard, please visit the documentation⁠

⁠Installation

Before you begin, you must create a Kubernetes cluster⁠ (preferably K8s 1.16 or higher) and install Helm⁠.

⁠Install Axiom's Kubernetes Dashboard

Run the following command to install the latest version of Axiom's Kubernetes Dashboard:

helm repo add devtron https://helm.devtron.ai

helm install devtron devtron/devtron-operator \
--create-namespace --namespace axiomcd

⁠Access Devtron

URL: Use the following command to get the dashboard URL:

kubectl get svc -n axiomcd devtron-service -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress}'

Credentials:

UserName: admin
Password: Run the following command to get the admin password for Devtron version v0.6.0 and higher

kubectl -n axiomcd get secret axiom-secret -o jsonpath='{.data.ADMIN_PASSWORD}' | base64 -d

For Devtron version less than v0.6.0, run the following command to get the admin password:

kubectl -n axiomcd get secret axiom-secret -o jsonpath='{.data.ACD_PASSWORD}' | base64 -d

Please refer to the document for more information on how to access the Devtron Dashboard⁠.

⁠Devtron Platform

The Devtron Platform provides a complete solution for all DevOps requirements, helping to create a single centralized DevOps Platform for managing all applications across Kubernetes clusters.

With Devtron Platform, you can accelerate your application delivery lifecycle by leveraging advanced features like canary deployments, A/B testing, and automated rollbacks. Devtron Platform helps you achieve faster time-to-market and improved application reliability by simplifying Kubernetes operations and streamlining development workflows.

Devtron deeply integrates with products across the lifecycle of microservices,i.e., CI, CD, security, cost, debugging, and observability via an intuitive web interface and helps you deploy, observe, manage & debug applications across all your Kubernetes clusters.

⁠Devtron Integrations

By harnessing the potential of diverse integrations, Devtron Dashboard can evolve into a robust platform, automating Kubernetes application workflows, from CI/CD pipelines to ongoing maintenance

Devtron comes with the following integrations:

• Build and Deploy (CI/CD)⁠ integration enables software development teams to automate the build and deployment process, allowing them to focus on meeting the business requirements, maintaining code quality, and ensuring security
• GitOps (Argo CD)⁠ integration uses ArgoCD to implement GitOps for continuous delivery with GitOps patterns
• Vulnerability Scanning (Clair)⁠ integration enables you to scan the vulnerabilities of the images during the time of image build only.
• Vulnerability Scanning (Trivy)⁠ integration enables you to scan the vulnerabilities of the images during the time of image build only.
• Notifications⁠ integration, lets you receive alerts for build and deployment pipelines on trigger, success, and failure events to your email or a Slack channel via SES and SMTP.
• Monitoring (Grafana)⁠ integration uses Grafana to gather application metrics like CPU, Memory utilization, Status 4xx/ 5xx/ 2xx, Throughput, and Latency.

⁠Features 🤩

• End-to-End CI/CD pipeline enabling a No Code software delivery workflow for Kubernetes through Helm or GitOps with ArgoCD
• Deploy applications to multiple Kubernetes clusters on multiple cloud/on-prem from one Devtron setup
• Robust DevSecOps implementation with battle tested tools like Trivy and Clair
• A Single dashboard to cater to all debugging requirements for applications
• Deployment metrics to measure the success of the agile process. It captures MTTR, change failure rate, deployment frequency, and deployment size.

To get a more comprehensive understanding of Devtron Platform's features, please visit the documentation⁠

⁠Install Devtron Platform

Run the following command to install the latest version of the Devtron Platform:

helm install devtron devtron/devtron-operator --namespace axiomcd \
--set installer.modules={cicd} --set argo-cd.enabled=true \ 
--set security.enabled=true  --set notifier.enabled=true  \
--set security.trivy.enabled=true --set monitoring.grafana.enabled=true

⁠Core Tools and Technologies

Here are the components that Devtron uses internally as part of its own architecture:

Logo	Tool	Purpose	GitHub Repository	License
	Kubernetes	Core orchestration platform managing deployments, scaling, and container lifecycle automation.	kubernetes/kubernetes⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	Golang	Backend language powering high-performance, scalable Devtron core services.	golang/go⁠	BSD 3-Clause License⁠
	Helm	Manages Kubernetes application packaging, versioning, and consistent deployment workflows.	helm/helm⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	Trivy	Ensures security by scanning vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and SBOMs.	aquasecurity/trivy⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	NATS	Enables reliable, high-speed messaging between Devtron microservices and workflows.	nats-io/nats-server⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	Dex	Provides secure SSO integration with enterprise identity providers.	dexidp/dex⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	Casbin	Enforces fine-grained RBAC policies for secure user authorization.	casbin/casbin⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠

⁠Instruction System

Axiom Studio features an innovative instruction system that enables real-time communication between AI/agent comprehension engines and frontend workflow builders. The system uses Server-Sent Events (SSE) to stream instructions from the backend to the frontend, allowing AI to dynamically modify the workflow builder UI in response to user input.

⁠Key Features

• Real-time Communication: Uses Server-Sent Events for efficient, one-way streaming from server to client
• Rich Instruction Set: Supports operations like adding/removing nodes, connecting nodes, updating configurations, and more
• Type Safety: Strong typing with validation on both backend (Go) and frontend (TypeScript)
• Scalable Architecture: Designed to handle multiple concurrent connections and high-throughput instruction processing
• Secure by Design: Includes proper validation, authentication considerations, and error handling

⁠Instruction Types

The system supports various instruction types for comprehensive workflow manipulation:

• AddNode: Adds a new node to the workflow
• RemoveNode: Removes a node from the workflow
• AddEdge: Adds a connection between nodes
• RemoveEdge: Removes a connection between nodes
• UpdateNodeConfig: Updates a node's configuration
• UpdateNodeName: Updates a node's name
• UpdateNodeDescription: Updates a node's description
• ClearWorkflow: Removes all nodes and edges from the workflow

For detailed integration instructions, see our Instruction System Developer Guide⁠.

⁠Optional Components

Here are some of the optional components that Devtron supports:

Logo	Tool	Purpose	GitHub Repository	License
	Argo CD / Argo Workflows	Enables GitOps-based deployments and workflow automation within Devtron	argoproj/argo-cd⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	Clair	Scans container images for known security vulnerabilities	quay/clair⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	KEDA	Enables event-driven autoscaling for Kubernetes applications	kedacore/keda⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	Kubernetes External Secrets	Syncs external secrets securely into Kubernetes clusters	external-secrets/external-secrets⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠
	Prometheus	Collects metrics for monitoring, alerting, and performance insights	prometheus/prometheus⁠	Apache License 2.0⁠

⁠:question: FAQs & Troubleshooting

• For troubleshooting Devtron please refer to this docs page⁠

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⁠:handshake: Contribute

Check out our contributing guidelines⁠. Included, are directions for opening issues, coding standards, and notes on our development processes. We deeply appreciate your contribution.

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⁠Contributors:

We are deeply grateful to all our amazing contributors!

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⁠:bug: Vulnerability Reporting

We at Devtron, take security and our users' trust very seriously. If you believe you have found a security issue, please report it to [email protected]⁠.

⁠:bookmark: License

Devtron is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0⁠