S8 — Local PoC
Run OpenBox on your laptop to evaluate features, demo to stakeholders, or develop against the platform.
Not for production
Local PoC uses ephemeral storage, no HA, no TLS, no external DNS. Do NOT run real customer data here.
When to pick S8
- Trial before committing infrastructure spend
- Sales demo on a customer's laptop
- Developer eval / integration testing
- CI smoke tests (Minikube in GitHub Actions)
Requirements
Minimum laptop:
| Resource | Value |
|---|---|
| CPU | 4 cores |
| RAM | 8 GB (16 GB recommended for full feature set) |
| Disk | 30 GB free |
| OS | macOS / Linux / Windows with WSL2 |
Software:
- Docker Desktop / Docker Engine / Podman
kubectl≥ 1.27helm≥ 3.12- Minikube OR kind (pick one)
Minikube vs kind — quick pick
| Minikube | kind | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed to start | 30-60 sec | 15-30 sec |
| Multi-node emulation | Native (--nodes=N) | Native (config file) |
| Ingress addon | minikube addons enable ingress | Manual install |
| Storage provisioner | Built-in standard StorageClass | Built-in standard StorageClass |
| Best for | Manual demo | CI + repeatable clusters |
Both work. Pick whichever you already have.
Read next
- Minikube quickstart → — one-liner install script
- kind quickstart → — for CI or scripted workflows
- Limitations vs prod → — capability delta table
Cost
$0 — laptop only.