Resource Requirements

Use this table to plan which labs you can run together and how much to allocate to minikube.

Quick Guidelines

• Lightweight labs (most concept demos): You can run 3-4 at the same time on 4 CPU / 8GB
• Medium labs (Redis, CloudNativePG, Prometheus): Run 1-2 at a time on 4 CPU / 8GB
• Heavy labs (real-world 32-40, Istio): Run one at a time on 6 CPU / 12GB

All Labs

#	Lab	Namespace	CPU Request	Memory Request	Notes
01	Simple App	simple-app	100m	128Mi
02	Helm	helm-app	100m	128Mi	Requires Helm v3.13+
03	Kustomize	kustomize-dev, kustomize-prod	200m	256Mi	Two namespaces
04	ArgoCD	argocd	500m	512Mi	Helm install for ArgoCD
05	Cert-Manager	cert-manager	200m	256Mi	Helm install for cert-manager
06	Redis	redis-demo	400m	512Mi	PostgreSQL + Redis + app; requires image build
07	YAKD	yakd	100m	128Mi
08	Headlamp	headlamp	100m	128Mi
09	CloudNativePG	cnpg-demo	500m	1Gi	Operator + 3-node PG cluster
10	StatefulSet	statefulset-demo	200m	256Mi
11	Jobs & CronJobs	jobs-demo	100m	128Mi
12	DaemonSet	daemonset-demo	100m	128Mi
13	HPA	hpa-demo	200m	256Mi	Requires metrics-server addon
14	RBAC	rbac-demo	100m	128Mi
15	CRDs & Operators	operator-demo	200m	256Mi
16	Service Types	service-types	200m	256Mi
17	ConfigMaps & Secrets	config-demo	100m	128Mi
18	Probes & Lifecycle	probes-demo	200m	256Mi
19	Network Policies	netpol-demo	200m	256Mi
20	Resource Quotas	quota-demo	200m	256Mi
21	Pod Disruption Budgets	pdb-demo	200m	256Mi
22	Prometheus & Grafana	monitoring	500m	1Gi	Helm install for kube-prometheus-stack
23	Deployment Strategies	deploy-strategies	300m	384Mi
24	Pod Security	security-demo	100m	128Mi
25	kubectl Debug	debug-demo	100m	128Mi
26	Multi-Container	multi-container	200m	256Mi
27	PersistentVolumes	storage-demo	200m	256Mi
28	Vault	vault	300m	512Mi	Helm install for Vault
29	External Secrets	eso-demo	300m	512Mi	Requires Vault running (lab 28)
30	Tekton Basics	tekton-demo	300m	384Mi	Installs Tekton Pipelines
31	Tekton CI/CD	tekton-cicd	400m	512Mi	Installs Tekton Pipelines + Triggers
32	Microservices Platform	microservices	1000m	2Gi	Frontend + API + worker + Redis + PostgreSQL
33	API Gateway (Kong)	kong-demo	800m	1.5Gi	Kong + backend services
34	Event-Driven (Kafka)	kafka-demo	1000m	2Gi	Kafka broker + Zookeeper + producers + consumers
35	EFK Logging	logging	1000m	2Gi	Elasticsearch + Fluent Bit + Kibana
36	ML Model Serving	ml-serving	500m	1Gi	FastAPI + HPA
37	GitOps Full Loop	gitops-demo	800m	1.5Gi	Tekton + ArgoCD combined
38	Multi-Tenant	tenant-*	600m	1Gi	Multiple isolated namespaces
39	Chaos Engineering	chaos-demo	500m	1Gi	App + chaos tooling
40	Progressive Delivery	argo-rollouts	500m	1Gi	Argo Rollouts controller + app
41	Istio Service Mesh	istio-system, mesh-demo	1000m	2Gi	Istio control plane + data plane
42	Kyverno	kyverno	300m	512Mi	Kyverno controller + policies
43	Velero	velero	300m	512Mi	Velero + MinIO
44	Sealed Secrets	sealed-secrets	200m	256Mi	Sealed Secrets controller
45	Vertical Pod Autoscaler	vpa-demo	300m	384Mi	VPA controller + admission webhook
46	Advanced Ingress & Routing	gateway-demo	300m	384Mi	Gateway controller + routes
47	Reloader	reloader-demo	200m	256Mi	Reloader controller
48	Knative Serving	knative-demo	500m	1Gi	Knative + Kourier networking
49	Trivy Operator	trivy-operator	200m	512Mi	Trivy operator + scan pods
50	Falco	falco-demo	300m	512Mi	Falco daemonset with eBPF
51	OpenTelemetry	otel-demo	400m	768Mi	Jaeger all-in-one + HotROD

Resource Tiers

Lightweight (run 3-4 together)

Labs 01, 02, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 44, 47, 49

These labs use minimal resources. Safe to run several at the same time on a standard 4-CPU / 8GB minikube cluster.

Medium (run 1-2 at a time)

Labs 03, 04, 05, 06, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 50, 51

These labs install operators, run databases, or use multiple pods. You can run one or two together if you have 4 CPUs and 8GB RAM.

Heavy (run alone)

Labs 09, 22, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41, 48

These labs run multi-service stacks, monitoring platforms, or service mesh. Allocate at least 6 CPUs and 12GB RAM and run them one at a time.