https://github.com/controlplaneio/simulator

Kubernetes Security Training Platform - focusing on security mitigation
https://github.com/controlplaneio/simulator

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Kubernetes Security Training Platform - focusing on security mitigation

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/controlplaneio/simulator
• Owner: controlplaneio
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2019-06-03T18:21:40.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-02T06:57:59.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-30T14:09:19.192Z (15 days ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 15.4 MB
• Stars: 943
• Watchers: 19
• Forks: 100
• Open Issues: 19
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Codeowners: CODEOWNERS
  • Security: SECURITY.md

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# Simulator

_🔊 Join [the hosted Simulator waitlist](https://kubesim.io) for private scenarios and training content 🚨_

A distributed systems and infrastructure simulator for attacking and debugging Kubernetes: simulator

creates a Kubernetes cluster for you in your AWS account; runs scenarios which misconfigure it and/or leave it

vulnerable to compromise and trains you in mitigating against these vulnerabilities.

## Prerequisites

- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)

- [AWS Account](https://aws.amazon.com/free)

## Download

Please download the latest release from the [releases page](https://github.com/controlplaneio/simulator/releases)

## AWS Credentials

Simulator supports the following methods of authentication to provision the AWS infrastructure. Refer to

[AWS IAM Permissions](docs/aws-iam-permissions.md) for details of the required permissions.

- [Environment Variables](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkref/latest/guide/environment-variables.html)

- [Shared Credentials file](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkref/latest/guide/file-format.html)

## Getting Started

- Read the [Player Guide](docs/player-guide.md) to learn how to launch environments, deploy, and play scenarios

- Refer to the [Walkthough Guides](docs/2023-cncf-ctf-walkthroughs) for advice

## Core Components

- [Simulator CLI](docs/cli.md)

- [Simulator Container Images](docs/container-images.md)

- [Simulator AMIs](docs/amis.md)

- [Simulator Infrastructure](docs/infrastructure.md)

- [Simulator Scenarios](docs/scenarios.md)

## More Info

For details on why we created this project, take a look at the [vision statement](./docs/vision-statement.md) and [V2 redesign](/docs/vision-statement-v2.md).

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