Octopus Suite Documentation

Disclaimer This suite project and setup are not an official SKAO deployment. They are used to quickly test new functionalities and simulate the devices we work on at k8s.stfc.skao.int/integration-octopus/ska-octopus-frontend.

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• Octopus Suite Overview
• Octopus Suite
  • ⚙️ How It Works
  • 🏗️ Architecture Overview
  • 🧩 Why this stack?
  • ⚙️ Config UI
  • 🧱 Detached Widget Model
  • 🔮 Why This Architecture Rocks
  • 🆚 Grafana Comparison
  • 🚀 Quick Start
  • 🧪 End-to-End Testing
• Practical Developer Setup (New Cluster)
  • 1) Prepare your cluster
  • 2) Create required secrets
  • 3) Install charts (choose the right path)
  • 4) Post-install checks (new server)
  • 5) Open the Config UI and load endpoints
  • 6) Open the frontend and log in
  • 7) Register the Tango table widget
• Octopus vs Grafana: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Fit
  • Executive Summary
  • Octopus Strengths in Contrast to Grafana
  • Octopus Gaps Where Grafana Excels
  • Common Grafana Pain Points Reported by Users
  • How Octopus Mitigates These Pain Points
  • Strategic Recommendations
• Upcoming Features
  • ska-octopus-frontend
  • ska-octopus-backend
  • ska-octopus-sdk
  • ska-octopus-build-widgets
  • ska-octopus-widgets
• Widget Release Tracker
  • Widget seed presets