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Workloads Overview

The LoKO Catalog contains 29+ pre-configured workloads organized by category.

Categories

Databases

Relational and NoSQL databases with web management UIs:

PostgreSQL (with pgAdmin UI)
MySQL (with phpMyAdmin UI)
MongoDB (with mongo-express UI)
DynamoDB Local (with dynamodb-ui)

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Cache & Key-Value

In-memory caching systems with unified web management UI:

Valkey (Redis-compatible)
Memcached
phpCacheAdmin (unified cache UI)

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Message Queues

Message brokers and streaming platforms:

RabbitMQ (with management UI)
NATS (with dashboard UI)
Redpanda (Kafka-compatible)
ElasticMQ (SQS-compatible, with web UI)
goaws (SNS-compatible)

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Object Storage

S3-compatible distributed object storage:

Garage

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DevOps & CI/CD

Git hosting and CI/CD runners:

Forgejo (Git hosting)
Forgejo Runner (CI/CD)

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Dev & Testing Tools

HTTP testing, developer utilities, and email/SMS testing:

httpbin (HTTP request & response testing)
IT Tools (developer utilities — converters, encoders, formatters)
Mock SMTP/SMS

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GitOps

Continuous delivery and deployment automation (integration coming soon):

ArgoCD
Flux Operator

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Collaboration

Virtual whiteboard, design, and diagramming tools:

Excalidraw (virtual whiteboard)
Penpot (open-source design & prototyping, Figma alternative)

Browse Collaboration →

Using Workloads

List Available Workloads

loko workloads list --all

Get Workload Info

loko workloads info postgres

Deploy Workload

loko workloads add postgres
loko workloads enable postgres --now

Connect to Workload

loko workloads connect postgres --show-password

Workload Types

System Workloads

Infrastructure services (databases, caches, queues):

Deployed to loko-workloads namespace by default
Accessible at <workload>.${LOKO_DOMAIN}
Managed credentials
Health checks included

User Workloads

Custom applications and services:

Deployed to custom namespaces
Accessible at <workload>.${LOKO_DOMAIN}
Custom configuration
Optional ingress

Common Fields

All workloads include:

workloads:
  <name>:
    type: system | user
    description: "Brief description"
    defaults:
      namespace: loko-workloads
      ports: [5432]
      storage:
        size: 10Gi
    chart:
      repo: <helm-repo>
      name: <chart-name>
      version: "x.y.z"
    endpoints:
      - name: client
        protocol: tcp | http | https
        port: 5432
    connections:
      default: "connection://string"
    secrets:
      - name: password
        type: password
    health_checks:
      - type: tcp | http | exec

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