Kubernetes for Security Researchers

Reproducibility is fundamental to good research. Kubernetes helps us achieve exactly that.

Why Kubernetes?

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Setting Up Your Research Environment

Here's how we set up our 5G security testbed:

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: open5gs-amf
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: amf
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: amf
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: amf
        image: open5gs/amf:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 38412

Tips for Researchers

Use namespaces to isolate experiments

Version your manifests with Git

Use Helm charts for complex deployments

Monitor with Prometheus and Grafana

Conclusion

Kubernetes might seem overkill for research, but the reproducibility benefits are worth the learning curve.