SimKube in the Cloud Overview
SimKube can run wherever you run k8s, from local testing environments to automated CI pipelines. For running simulations at scale or integrating SimKube into CI workflows, Applied Computing Research Labs provides prebuilt infrastructure components to simplify setup and improve reliability.
This section documents those components and where you can use them.
When to use these components
You may wish to use the infrastructure components described here if you want:
- to run SimKube simulations in CI (for example, GitHub Actions)
- a repeatable, preconfigured SimKube environment
- to avoid maintaining your own base images or runners
- to run SimKube simulations in AWS
What’s included
- Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) - Prebuilt EC2 images with SimKube and its dependencies installed and configured; available for free
- GitHub Actions Runners - Self-hosted runners built on top of our AMIs, designed for running SimKube workloads in CI; available for a small fee
Note
These runners are self-hosted in your AWS account using ACRL’s runner AMI.
The next steps cover how to use these components.
Next steps
- Learn about SimKube AMI options
- Launch and use SimKube AMIs
- Configure GitHub Actions to run simulations on self-hosted runners
Quick Start guides
How to get support
- open an issue in the SimKube GitHub repo
- message us in the SimKube Slack Channel