Architecture
Overview
Codezero is made up of components that run locally on your developer workstation, in the Kubernetes cluster and a central cloud hosted Hub.
- Hub (blue) is hosted by Codezero.
- Teamspace is the System and Operator (yellow) components installed in your cluster.
- The CLI, Desktop App and Daemon are installed and run on your Local development machine (green).
HUB
The Hub is Codezero's Admin Console, and our central authority that manages Organizations, Users, Roles, Policies and Teamspaces. The Hub is managed by Codezero and is available at https://hub.codezero.io. If you would like to run a self-hosted Hub, for a specific application, please connect: [email protected]
TEAMSPACE
A Teamspace is a vanilla Kubernetes cluster with Codezero installed. A Teamspace consists of a System and an Operator.
Space Agent
The Space Agent is a Kubernetes controller that manages in-cluster resources that are added or altered depending on developer actions. It gives visibility into all activities happening in the cluster and co-ordinates between Local and In-cluster tunnels.
The System has a single, secure tunnel that is used for Consume and Serve traffic between Local and In-cluster services.
Operator
The Operator manages Serve resources in the Kubernetes cluster.
LOCAL
The local agent is composed of:
- A CLI and Daemon (aka
czctl) - A Desktop App (Codezero.app)
Daemon / CLI
The Daemon runs with root privileges and is:
- A tunnel to the current selected Teamspace
- A secure proxy for client applications (
czctl, Desktop App) to communicate with the current Teamspace
The Daemon executable is generally located at /usr/local/bin/czctl or /opt/homebrew/czctl (depending on install method).
The Daemon is started when you run czctl start or when you start the Codezero Desktop app.
Desktop App
The Desktop app provides a GUI for the Service Catalog, Serve and Control sessions, and easy access to Logs. It is a single app that also contains the CLI and Daemon. It requires root/admin privileges to start the Daemon.