snowplow

Snowplow is a web service that plays a key role within the suite of components that make up Krateo PlatformOps.

It serves multiple purposes, primarily acting as a bridge between Krateo's custom resources and the UI. By enabling a dynamic and declarative approach to defining UI components and layouts, Snowplow ensures that the interface is interpreted and rendered seamlessly by Krateo Frontend.

It handles on-demand resolution of the RESTAction custom resource and all Krateo Frontend Widgets custom resources.

Technical Reference

Environment Variables

Name	Description	Default
PORT	HTTP server port	8081
DEBUG	Enable debug logging	false
DB_HOST	Database host	localhost
DB_PORT	Database port	5432
DB_NAME	Database name	-
DB_USER	Database username	-
DB_PASS	Database password	-
DB_PARAMS	Extra connection parameters (e.g., sslmode=disable)	-
DB_READY_TIMEOUT	Max wait for PostgreSQL readiness	2m

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Learn More

Developer Guide

• Building snowplow
• ADR: Decoupling authn from snowplow for Testing and Operations

User Guide

• Endpoint reference
• RESTAction reference
• Understanding the Widget Custom Resource
• Installing snowplow on Kind

Examples

• RESTAction: list cluster namespaces
• RESTAction: invoke external API