From b09bb2a4975942f88bcb10498fe5083f636da028 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:04:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/43] remove k3s and use trixie

---
 .devcontainer/Dockerfile  | 13 ++-----------
 .devcontainer/onCreate.sh |  8 --------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 7a1c5b0..39b730b 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # ghcr.io/eda-labs/eda-devcontainer
-FROM public.ecr.aws/docker/library/debian:bookworm-slim
+FROM public.ecr.aws/docker/library/debian:trixie-slim
 
 ARG EDA_VERSION=25.12.1
-ARG EDA_PLAYGROUND_REPO=kaelemc/playground
+ARG EDA_PLAYGROUND_REPO=nokia-eda/playground
 ARG EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR=/home/vscode/.playground
 
 ENV EDA_VERSION=${EDA_VERSION//./-}
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install --no-instal
     iproute2 \
     procps \
     vim \
-    fontconfig \
     xz-utils \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ RUN useradd -m -s /bin/zsh vscode && \
 COPY --chmod=755 scripts/ /usr/local/bin/.
 COPY codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml /eda-codespaces/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
 
-RUN curl -fsSL --retry 3 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | TAG=v5.8.3 bash
-
 # Add EDA Playground tools to PATH (zsh)
 RUN echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR/tools"' >> /etc/zsh/zshrc
 
@@ -55,12 +52,6 @@ RUN SRL=$(curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nokia-eda/playground/refs/h
 RUN sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
 RUN curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sudo sh -s -- -y
 
-# Install Nerd Font for terminal icons (starship, etc.)
-RUN mkdir -p /home/vscode/.local/share/fonts && \
-    curl -fsSL https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/JetBrainsMono.tar.xz | \
-    tar -xJf - -C /home/vscode/.local/share/fonts && \
-    fc-cache -fv
-
 # copy shell files
 COPY --chown=vscode:vscode shell/ /home/vscode/
 COPY --chown=vscode:vscode shell/starship.toml /home/vscode/.config/starship.toml
diff --git a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
index de91b6d..4b72589 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,3 @@ free -m
 sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
 sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_instances=512
 
-ensure-docker-is-ready
-
-k3d cluster create eda-demo \
-    --image rancher/k3s:v1.34.1-k3s1 \
-    --k3s-arg "--disable=traefik@server:*" \
-    --k3s-arg "--disable=servicelb@server:*" \
-    --volume "$HOME/.images.txt:/opt/images.txt@server:*" \
-    --no-lb

From 4bf030736714f1646bff6eb4cfb6050496bd8b3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:13:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 02/43] try kind

---
 .devcontainer/devcontainer.json | 2 +-
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh     | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index be36f06..35e2163 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Nokia EDA in GitHub Codespaces",
-    "image": "ghcr.io/eda-labs/codespaces/base:main",
+    "image": "ghcr.io/eda-labs/codespaces/base:kindly",
     "features": {
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {
             "version": "latest",
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 1182e8a..85c961b 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ cd $EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR
 
 ensure-docker-is-ready
 
+# start the kind cluster
+make kind
 
+# preload images into kind cluster from the EDA core list
 TOKEN=$($EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR/tools/yq -o=json '.assets.registries[].auth' $HOME/.bundle.yaml | jq -r '(reduce range(.extraEncodeCount + 1) as $_ (.username; @base64d)) + ":" + (reduce range(.extraEncodeCount + 1) as $_ (.password; @base64d))')
-docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds $TOKEN {}"
+docker cp /home/vscode/images.txt eda-demo-control-plane:/opt/images.txt
+docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds $TOKEN {}"
 
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes NO_LB=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file

From 61be48eb7a159bdd9c64896967d5a254092b0f56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:15:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/43] clone main

---
 .devcontainer/Dockerfile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 39b730b..20ba57c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ RUN echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR/tools"' >> /etc/zsh/zshrc
 
 USER vscode
 
-RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch v0.0.1 "https://github.com/$EDA_PLAYGROUND_REPO" $EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR && cd $EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR && \
+RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch main "https://github.com/$EDA_PLAYGROUND_REPO" $EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR && cd $EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR && \
     make download-tools
 
 RUN curl -o $HOME/.bundle.yaml "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nokia-eda/edaadm/refs/heads/main/bundles/eda-bundle-core-$EDA_VERSION.yaml" && \

From b019444c507139ec6755a53e1146881b0348a1b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:23:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/43] maybe lets go back to bookworm

---
 .devcontainer/Dockerfile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 20ba57c..cdea507 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ghcr.io/eda-labs/eda-devcontainer
-FROM public.ecr.aws/docker/library/debian:trixie-slim
+FROM public.ecr.aws/docker/library/debian:bookworm-slim
 
 ARG EDA_VERSION=25.12.1
 ARG EDA_PLAYGROUND_REPO=nokia-eda/playground

From 6f6ea42ce97f9ae80f6f6ad4407254335ada2be4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:28:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 05/43] hidden images

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 85c961b..9cbc9f3 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ make kind
 
 # preload images into kind cluster from the EDA core list
 TOKEN=$($EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR/tools/yq -o=json '.assets.registries[].auth' $HOME/.bundle.yaml | jq -r '(reduce range(.extraEncodeCount + 1) as $_ (.username; @base64d)) + ":" + (reduce range(.extraEncodeCount + 1) as $_ (.password; @base64d))')
-docker cp /home/vscode/images.txt eda-demo-control-plane:/opt/images.txt
+docker cp /home/vscode/.images.txt eda-demo-control-plane:/opt/images.txt
 docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds $TOKEN {}"
 
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes NO_LB=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file

From 4eab4ee22393a538dd47f912604b135ecbb4b1ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:43:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 06/43] use LB with kind

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 9cbc9f3..a1b7649 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ TOKEN=$($EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR/tools/yq -o=json '.assets.registries[].auth' $HOME/.
 docker cp /home/vscode/.images.txt eda-demo-control-plane:/opt/images.txt
 docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds $TOKEN {}"
 
-make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes NO_LB=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file
+make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file

From 2b54b04655ddefc11172660a33948edfd4ad0d67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:09:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/43] use token from playground

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index a1b7649..e223f21 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ ensure-docker-is-ready
 # start the kind cluster
 make kind
 
+# get token
+encoded=$(grep 'GH_PKG_TOKEN ?=' "Makefile" | sed 's/.*?= *//')
+prefix=$(printf '%s' 'Z2hwCg==' | base64 -d)
+suffix=$(printf '%s' "$encoded" | base64 -d | cut -c 4-)
+TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
+
 # preload images into kind cluster from the EDA core list
-TOKEN=$($EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR/tools/yq -o=json '.assets.registries[].auth' $HOME/.bundle.yaml | jq -r '(reduce range(.extraEncodeCount + 1) as $_ (.username; @base64d)) + ":" + (reduce range(.extraEncodeCount + 1) as $_ (.password; @base64d))')
 docker cp /home/vscode/.images.txt eda-demo-control-plane:/opt/images.txt
 docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds $TOKEN {}"
 

From 55a3726d304ae5af06a0699e1690dcac054c9af3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:20:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/43] strip newline

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index e223f21..ae49231 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ make kind
 # get token
 encoded=$(grep 'GH_PKG_TOKEN ?=' "Makefile" | sed 's/.*?= *//')
 prefix=$(printf '%s' 'Z2hwCg==' | base64 -d)
-suffix=$(printf '%s' "$encoded" | base64 -d | cut -c 4-)
+suffix=$(printf '%s' "$encoded" | base64 -d | cut -c 4- | tr -d '\n')
 TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 
 # preload images into kind cluster from the EDA core list

From bc2318de92ad9b813ebe7e415f379f64388ffa37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:33:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/43] added username

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index ae49231..4f64174 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 
 # preload images into kind cluster from the EDA core list
 docker cp /home/vscode/.images.txt eda-demo-control-plane:/opt/images.txt
-docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds $TOKEN {}"
+docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
 
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file

From 3ece3c854cd67a4525170a9ec06d4b7343b199d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:51:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/43] time to eda

---
 .devcontainer/postAttach.sh | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
index 55284f9..81dfca6 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 echo "
-                     .:....             
-                .:=**+--:.               _____ ____    _      ___ ____    _   _ ____   
-              :=*******##**+-:..        | ____|  _ \  / \    |_ _/ ___|  | | | |  _ \  
-            .=+******###*++=-::.        |  _| | | | |/ _ \    | |\___ \  | | | | |_) | 
-           -+++******######***=...      | |___| |_| / ___ \   | | ___) | | |_| |  __/  
-          -++++******#######+----.      |_____|____/_/   \_\ |___|____/   \___/|_|     
-       .-++++++******#########*-:::.                                                   
-      .++++++++******########=:=:.      
-   ..-=---=++++******#########+  ..     
-   ..      -++++=-:::-=+####::*=        URL: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}
-            =++:         +##*  .        
-            .:.           .-:           
+    ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+    ║                                                                                     ║
+    ║  ████████╗██╗███╗   ███╗███████╗    ████████╗ ██████╗     ███████╗██████╗  █████╗   ║
+    ║  ╚══██╔══╝██║████╗ ████║██╔════╝    ╚══██╔══╝██╔═══██╗    ██╔════╝██╔══██╗██╔══██╗  ║
+    ║     ██║   ██║██╔████╔██║█████╗         ██║   ██║   ██║    █████╗  ██║  ██║███████║  ║
+    ║     ██║   ██║██║╚██╔╝██║██╔══╝         ██║   ██║   ██║    ██╔══╝  ██║  ██║██╔══██║  ║
+    ║     ██║   ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║███████╗       ██║   ╚██████╔╝    ███████╗██████╔╝██║  ██║  ║
+    ║     ╚═╝   ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝╚══════╝       ╚═╝    ╚═════╝     ╚══════╝╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝  ║
+    ║                                                                                     ║
+    ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+
+  ⚡ URL: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}
+
 "
\ No newline at end of file

From 40db7bfd263ddb85d95cdf7a6c6eec4b05bb5f21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:58:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 11/43] run eda

---
 .devcontainer/postAttach.sh | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
index 81dfca6..d848397 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 echo "
-    ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
-    ║                                                                                     ║
-    ║  ████████╗██╗███╗   ███╗███████╗    ████████╗ ██████╗     ███████╗██████╗  █████╗   ║
-    ║  ╚══██╔══╝██║████╗ ████║██╔════╝    ╚══██╔══╝██╔═══██╗    ██╔════╝██╔══██╗██╔══██╗  ║
-    ║     ██║   ██║██╔████╔██║█████╗         ██║   ██║   ██║    █████╗  ██║  ██║███████║  ║
-    ║     ██║   ██║██║╚██╔╝██║██╔══╝         ██║   ██║   ██║    ██╔══╝  ██║  ██║██╔══██║  ║
-    ║     ██║   ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║███████╗       ██║   ╚██████╔╝    ███████╗██████╔╝██║  ██║  ║
-    ║     ╚═╝   ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝╚══════╝       ╚═╝    ╚═════╝     ╚══════╝╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝  ║
-    ║                                                                                     ║
-    ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
+         ╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗
+         ║                                       ║
+         ║      ██████╗ ██╗   ██╗███╗   ██╗      ║
+         ║      ██╔══██╗██║   ██║████╗  ██║      ║
+         ║      ██████╔╝██║   ██║██╔██╗ ██║      ║
+         ║      ██╔══██╗██║   ██║██║╚██╗██║      ║
+         ║      ██║  ██║╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║      ║
+         ║      ╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝      ║
+         ║      ███████╗██████╗  █████╗          ║
+         ║      ██╔════╝██╔══██╗██╔══██╗         ║
+         ║      █████╗  ██║  ██║███████║         ║
+         ║      ██╔══╝  ██║  ██║██╔══██║         ║
+         ║      ███████╗██████╔╝██║  ██║         ║
+         ║      ╚══════╝╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝         ║
+         ║                                       ║
+         ╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝
 
-  ⚡ URL: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}
+   ⚡ URL: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}
 
 "
\ No newline at end of file

From 39f6ede5197734e2e070257d867cad191d7a5d5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:58:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 12/43] patch kc

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk  | 9 +++++++++
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index e3d01cf..8fa51b1 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -31,3 +31,12 @@ define INSTALL_KPT_PACKAGE
 		echo -e "--> INSTALL: [\033[0;32m$2\033[0m] - Applied and reconciled package"						;\
 	}
 endef
+
+.PHONY: patch-codespaces-engineconfig
+patch-codespaces-engineconfig: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the EngineConfig manifest to add codespaces custom settings
+	@{	\
+		echo "--> INFO: Patching EngineConfig manifest for codespaces"																			;\
+		ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE="$(KPT_CORE)/engine-config/engineconfig.yaml"																		;\
+		if [[ ! -f "$$ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE" ]]; then (echo "[ERROR] EngineConfig manifest not found at $$ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE" && exit 1); fi		;\
+		$(YQ) eval '.spec.customSettings = load("$(CODESPACES_ENGINECONFIG_CUSTOM_SETTINGS_PATCH)").customSettings' -i "$$ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE"	;\
+	}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 4f64174..b9fcc67 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 docker cp /home/vscode/.images.txt eda-demo-control-plane:/opt/images.txt
 docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
 
-make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file
+make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
+
+# apply keycloak patch for codespaces redirects
+make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE patch-codespaces-engineconfig
\ No newline at end of file

From c3c13bb3683605141cd87dd7c5c5078acc877019 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:37:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 13/43] added the right target

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk  | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 8fa51b1..0ad43f1 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -39,4 +39,24 @@ patch-codespaces-engineconfig: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the EngineConfig mani
 		ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE="$(KPT_CORE)/engine-config/engineconfig.yaml"																		;\
 		if [[ ! -f "$$ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE" ]]; then (echo "[ERROR] EngineConfig manifest not found at $$ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE" && exit 1); fi		;\
 		$(YQ) eval '.spec.customSettings = load("$(CODESPACES_ENGINECONFIG_CUSTOM_SETTINGS_PATCH)").customSettings' -i "$$ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE"	;\
-	}
\ No newline at end of file
+	}
+
+.PHONY: configure-codespaces-keycloak
+configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl for GitHub Codespaces
+	@if [ -n "$(CODESPACE_NAME)" ] && [ -n "$(GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN)" ]; then \
+		CODESPACE_URL="https://$(CODESPACE_NAME)-9443.$(GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN)" ;\
+		KC_URL="https://eda-keycloak:9443/core/httpproxy/v1/keycloak" ;\
+		echo "--> INFO: Configuring Keycloak frontendUrl for Codespaces..." ;\
+		$(KUBECTL) wait --for=condition=ready pod -l eda.nokia.com/app=keycloak -n $(EDA_CORE_NAMESPACE) --timeout=300s ;\
+		TOKEN=$$($(KUBECTL) exec -n $(EDA_CORE_NAMESPACE) deploy/eda-toolbox -- curl -sk -X POST \
+			"$${KC_URL}/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token" \
+			-d "username=admin" -d "password=admin" -d "grant_type=password" -d "client_id=admin-cli" | jq -r '.access_token') ;\
+		$(KUBECTL) exec -n $(EDA_CORE_NAMESPACE) deploy/eda-toolbox -- curl -sk -X PUT \
+			"$${KC_URL}/admin/realms/eda" \
+			-H "Authorization: Bearer $${TOKEN}" \
+			-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			-d "{\"attributes\": {\"frontendUrl\": \"$${CODESPACE_URL}/core/httpproxy/v1/keycloak\"}}" ;\
+		echo "--> INFO: Keycloak frontendUrl set to: $${CODESPACE_URL}/core/httpproxy/v1/keycloak" ;\
+	else \
+		echo "--> INFO: Not running in Codespaces, skipping Keycloak frontendUrl configuration" ;\
+	fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index b9fcc67..1fcbbd6 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
 
 # apply keycloak patch for codespaces redirects
-make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE patch-codespaces-engineconfig
\ No newline at end of file
+make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE configure-codespaces-keycloak KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file

From 3b6b28c359864a0e1ca647a4db5718de6b817857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:42:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 14/43] try an override of deps in make for kc patching

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk  | 3 +++
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 0ad43f1..55b26b4 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ patch-codespaces-engineconfig: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the EngineConfig mani
 		$(YQ) eval '.spec.customSettings = load("$(CODESPACES_ENGINECONFIG_CUSTOM_SETTINGS_PATCH)").customSettings' -i "$$ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE"	;\
 	}
 
+.PHONY: ls-ways-to-reach-api-server 
+ls-ways-to-reach-api-server: | $(KUBECTL) configure-codespaces-keycloak
+
 .PHONY: configure-codespaces-keycloak
 configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl for GitHub Codespaces
 	@if [ -n "$(CODESPACE_NAME)" ] && [ -n "$(GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN)" ]; then \
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 1fcbbd6..9ec044a 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
 
 # apply keycloak patch for codespaces redirects
-make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE configure-codespaces-keycloak KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file
+# make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE configure-codespaces-keycloak KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file

From 78a83fd207cc078a01e92265ef460d75a8af846f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:02:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 15/43] give k apply some time

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 55b26b4..cffa049 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -62,4 +62,16 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 		echo "--> INFO: Keycloak frontendUrl set to: $${CODESPACE_URL}/core/httpproxy/v1/keycloak" ;\
 	else \
 		echo "--> INFO: Not running in Codespaces, skipping Keycloak frontendUrl configuration" ;\
-	fi
\ No newline at end of file
+	fi
+
+
+.PHONY: metallb-operator
+metallb-operator: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KUBECTL) ; $(info --> LB: Loading the load balancer, metallb in the cluster)
+	@{	\
+		$(KUBECTL) apply -f $(CFG)/metallb-native.yaml | $(INDENT_OUT)	;\
+		sleep 5 														;\
+		$(KUBECTL) wait --namespace metallb-system \
+						--for=condition=ready pod \
+						--selector=app=metallb \
+						--timeout=120s | $(INDENT_OUT);\
+	}
\ No newline at end of file

From db30032fd6d89f2a9d977b4cdcbd3978c0c476be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:29:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 16/43] wait longer

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index cffa049..44eb1c4 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 metallb-operator: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KUBECTL) ; $(info --> LB: Loading the load balancer, metallb in the cluster)
 	@{	\
 		$(KUBECTL) apply -f $(CFG)/metallb-native.yaml | $(INDENT_OUT)	;\
-		sleep 5 														;\
+		sleep 15 														;\
 		$(KUBECTL) wait --namespace metallb-system \
 						--for=condition=ready pod \
 						--selector=app=metallb \

From cccd979f251c06042ce755a3b382b707d0e19dbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:52:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 17/43] k3d with lb

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk  |  2 +-
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 18 +++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 44eb1c4..00b02f3 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 metallb-operator: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KUBECTL) ; $(info --> LB: Loading the load balancer, metallb in the cluster)
 	@{	\
 		$(KUBECTL) apply -f $(CFG)/metallb-native.yaml | $(INDENT_OUT)	;\
-		sleep 15 														;\
+		sleep 10 														;\
 		$(KUBECTL) wait --namespace metallb-system \
 						--for=condition=ready pod \
 						--selector=app=metallb \
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 9ec044a..810860e 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ cd $EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR
 
 ensure-docker-is-ready
 
-# start the kind cluster
-make kind
+# start the k3d cluster
+k3d cluster create eda-demo \
+    --image rancher/k3s:v1.34.1-k3s1 \
+    --k3s-arg "--disable=traefik@server:*" \
+    --k3s-arg "--disable=servicelb@server:*" \
+    --volume "$HOME/.images.txt:/opt/images.txt@server:*" \
 
 # get token
 encoded=$(grep 'GH_PKG_TOKEN ?=' "Makefile" | sed 's/.*?= *//')
@@ -14,11 +18,7 @@ prefix=$(printf '%s' 'Z2hwCg==' | base64 -d)
 suffix=$(printf '%s' "$encoded" | base64 -d | cut -c 4- | tr -d '\n')
 TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 
-# preload images into kind cluster from the EDA core list
-docker cp /home/vscode/.images.txt eda-demo-control-plane:/opt/images.txt
-docker exec eda-demo-control-plane sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
+# preload images into the cluster from the EDA core list
+docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds $TOKEN {}"
 
-make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
-
-# apply keycloak patch for codespaces redirects
-# make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE configure-codespaces-keycloak KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
\ No newline at end of file
+make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE

From e724e3e4f5feb823297029a39c5a9d708d60705b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:53:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 18/43] set image

---
 .devcontainer/devcontainer.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 35e2163..a5fc03e 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Nokia EDA in GitHub Codespaces",
-    "image": "ghcr.io/eda-labs/codespaces/base:kindly",
+    "image": "ghcr.io/eda-labs/codespaces/base:try-k3d-lb",
     "features": {
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {
             "version": "latest",

From 4d188782d8f6a58a1d95b16e134dd101b97667af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:55:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 19/43] install k3d

---
 .devcontainer/Dockerfile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index cdea507..d1a5827 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ RUN useradd -m -s /bin/zsh vscode && \
 COPY --chmod=755 scripts/ /usr/local/bin/.
 COPY codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml /eda-codespaces/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
 
+# install k3d
+RUN curl -fsSL --retry 3 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | TAG=v5.8.3 bash
+
 # Add EDA Playground tools to PATH (zsh)
 RUN echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR/tools"' >> /etc/zsh/zshrc
 

From b9edba45f3b4587e7551ee5ff58fc2fc83c8b846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:00:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 20/43] add username

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 810860e..f48102e 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ suffix=$(printf '%s' "$encoded" | base64 -d | cut -c 4- | tr -d '\n')
 TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 
 # preload images into the cluster from the EDA core list
-docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds $TOKEN {}"
+docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
 
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE

From 8bfb58f617a28942bf20a53496a653a4ccc02350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kaelem Chandra <kc@kaelem.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:41:52 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 21/43] Use EDA port env var

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 00b02f3..26643f4 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ls-ways-to-reach-api-server: | $(KUBECTL) configure-codespaces-keycloak
 .PHONY: configure-codespaces-keycloak
 configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl for GitHub Codespaces
 	@if [ -n "$(CODESPACE_NAME)" ] && [ -n "$(GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN)" ]; then \
-		CODESPACE_URL="https://$(CODESPACE_NAME)-9443.$(GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN)" ;\
+		CODESPACE_URL="https://$(CODESPACE_NAME)-$(EDA_PORT).$(GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN)" ;\
 		KC_URL="https://eda-keycloak:9443/core/httpproxy/v1/keycloak" ;\
 		echo "--> INFO: Configuring Keycloak frontendUrl for Codespaces..." ;\
 		$(KUBECTL) wait --for=condition=ready pod -l eda.nokia.com/app=keycloak -n $(EDA_CORE_NAMESPACE) --timeout=300s ;\

From 981cb5c76a78039f8391b47697a6872fdeac9f6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:56:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 22/43] overrides everywhere

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 26643f4..201f02b 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -74,4 +74,15 @@ metallb-operator: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KUBECTL) ; $(info --> LB: Loading the loa
 						--for=condition=ready pod \
 						--selector=app=metallb \
 						--timeout=120s | $(INDENT_OUT);\
-	}
\ No newline at end of file
+	}
+
+KIND_BRIDGE_NAME=k3d-eda-demo
+
+.PHONY: metallb-configure-pools
+metallb-configure-pools: | $(BASE) $(KPT) ; $(info --> LB: Applying metallb IP pool configuration) @ ## Create metallb address pools
+	$(eval KIND_SUBNETS=$(shell docker network inspect -f '{{range .IPAM.Config}}{{.Subnet}} {{end}}' $(KIND_BRIDGE_NAME)))
+	$(eval KIND_SUBNET=$(shell echo "$(KIND_SUBNETS)" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v ':' | head -n 1 | awk -F'.' '{print $$1 "." $$2}'))
+	$(eval KIND_SUBNET6=$(shell echo "$(KIND_SUBNETS)" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep ':' | head -n 1 | awk -F':' '{print $$1 ":" $$2 ":" $$3 ":" $$4}'))
+	@echo "--> LB: Detected IPv4 Subnet: $(KIND_SUBNET)"
+	@echo "--> LB: Detected IPv6 Subnet: $(KIND_SUBNET6)"
+	@cat $(LB_CFG_SRC_POOL) | $(KPT) fn eval - --image $(APPLY_SETTER_IMG) --truncate-output=false --output unwrap -- LB_IP_POOLS="[$(KIND_SUBNET).255.0/24, $(KIND_SUBNET6):ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff/120]" LB_POOL_NAME=$(LB_POOL_NAME) | $(KUBECTL) apply -f - | $(INDENT_OUT)

From 818aa3851136165ecd13e2f8fde20ea3baa58223 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:03:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 23/43] added no-lb

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index f48102e..de2aca8 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ k3d cluster create eda-demo \
     --k3s-arg "--disable=traefik@server:*" \
     --k3s-arg "--disable=servicelb@server:*" \
     --volume "$HOME/.images.txt:/opt/images.txt@server:*" \
+    --no-lb
 
 # get token
 encoded=$(grep 'GH_PKG_TOKEN ?=' "Makefile" | sed 's/.*?= *//')

From 89e051be28d5f85abcc72e5e251a07e9afc91a31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kaelem Chandra <kc@kaelem.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:55:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 24/43] Better log message for reconcile timeout

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 201f02b..431e9ae 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 KPT_RETRY ?= 5
-KPT_LIVE_APPLY_ARGS += --reconcile-timeout=3m
+KPT_RECONCILE_TIMEOUT ?= 3m
+KPT_LIVE_APPLY_ARGS += --reconcile-timeout=$(KPT_RECONCILE_TIMEOUT)
 
 # Override the INSTALL_KPT_PACKAGE macro
 # 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ define INSTALL_KPT_PACKAGE
 				echo -e "--> INSTALL: [\033[1;31m$2\033[0m] - Failed after $(KPT_RETRY) attempts"			;\
 				exit 1																						;\
 			fi																								;\
-			echo -e "--> INSTALL: [\033[1;33m$2\033[0m] - Attempt $$attempt failed, retrying..."			;\
+			echo -e "--> INSTALL: [\033[1;33m$2\033[0m] - Attempt $$attempt failed after $(KPT_RECONCILE_TIMEOUT), retrying..."	;\
 			sleep 2																							;\
 		done																								;\
 		popd &>/dev/null || (echo "[ERROR]: Failed to switch back from $2" && exit 1)						;\

From e021f8fdd974321b5efbe60880558c3f24c16a4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:18:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 25/43] no v6 in codespaces for k3d?

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 431e9ae..3733efc 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -83,7 +83,5 @@ KIND_BRIDGE_NAME=k3d-eda-demo
 metallb-configure-pools: | $(BASE) $(KPT) ; $(info --> LB: Applying metallb IP pool configuration) @ ## Create metallb address pools
 	$(eval KIND_SUBNETS=$(shell docker network inspect -f '{{range .IPAM.Config}}{{.Subnet}} {{end}}' $(KIND_BRIDGE_NAME)))
 	$(eval KIND_SUBNET=$(shell echo "$(KIND_SUBNETS)" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v ':' | head -n 1 | awk -F'.' '{print $$1 "." $$2}'))
-	$(eval KIND_SUBNET6=$(shell echo "$(KIND_SUBNETS)" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep ':' | head -n 1 | awk -F':' '{print $$1 ":" $$2 ":" $$3 ":" $$4}'))
 	@echo "--> LB: Detected IPv4 Subnet: $(KIND_SUBNET)"
-	@echo "--> LB: Detected IPv6 Subnet: $(KIND_SUBNET6)"
-	@cat $(LB_CFG_SRC_POOL) | $(KPT) fn eval - --image $(APPLY_SETTER_IMG) --truncate-output=false --output unwrap -- LB_IP_POOLS="[$(KIND_SUBNET).255.0/24, $(KIND_SUBNET6):ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff/120]" LB_POOL_NAME=$(LB_POOL_NAME) | $(KUBECTL) apply -f - | $(INDENT_OUT)
+	@cat $(LB_CFG_SRC_POOL) | $(KPT) fn eval - --image $(APPLY_SETTER_IMG) --truncate-output=false --output unwrap -- LB_IP_POOLS="[$(KIND_SUBNET).255.0/24]" LB_POOL_NAME=$(LB_POOL_NAME) | $(KUBECTL) apply -f - | $(INDENT_OUT)

From 9109cd8055a35462150561cd732e38aa32ee6a2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:02:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 26/43] internal k3d lb

---
 .devcontainer/onCreate.sh   | 11 +++++++++++
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk  | 24 +++---------------------
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 10 ----------
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
index 4b72589..8669ede 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,14 @@ free -m
 sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
 sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_instances=512
 
+ensure-docker-is-ready
+
+# start the k3d cluster
+k3d cluster create eda-demo \
+    --image rancher/k3s:v1.34.1-k3s1 \
+    --volume "$HOME/.images.txt:/opt/images.txt@server:*" \
+    --port "9443:9443" \
+    --port "9444:9444" \
+    --port "9445:9445" \
+    --port "9446:9446" \
+    --port "9447:9447"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 3733efc..304a3e5 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ patch-codespaces-engineconfig: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the EngineConfig mani
 		$(YQ) eval '.spec.customSettings = load("$(CODESPACES_ENGINECONFIG_CUSTOM_SETTINGS_PATCH)").customSettings' -i "$$ENGINE_CONFIG_FILE"	;\
 	}
 
+.PHONY: configure-try-eda-params
+configure-try-eda-params: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KPT) $(KPT_SETTERS_TRY_EDA_FILE) patch-codespaces-engineconfig ## Configure parameters specific to try-eda
+
 .PHONY: ls-ways-to-reach-api-server 
 ls-ways-to-reach-api-server: | $(KUBECTL) configure-codespaces-keycloak
 
@@ -64,24 +67,3 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 	else \
 		echo "--> INFO: Not running in Codespaces, skipping Keycloak frontendUrl configuration" ;\
 	fi
-
-
-.PHONY: metallb-operator
-metallb-operator: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KUBECTL) ; $(info --> LB: Loading the load balancer, metallb in the cluster)
-	@{	\
-		$(KUBECTL) apply -f $(CFG)/metallb-native.yaml | $(INDENT_OUT)	;\
-		sleep 10 														;\
-		$(KUBECTL) wait --namespace metallb-system \
-						--for=condition=ready pod \
-						--selector=app=metallb \
-						--timeout=120s | $(INDENT_OUT);\
-	}
-
-KIND_BRIDGE_NAME=k3d-eda-demo
-
-.PHONY: metallb-configure-pools
-metallb-configure-pools: | $(BASE) $(KPT) ; $(info --> LB: Applying metallb IP pool configuration) @ ## Create metallb address pools
-	$(eval KIND_SUBNETS=$(shell docker network inspect -f '{{range .IPAM.Config}}{{.Subnet}} {{end}}' $(KIND_BRIDGE_NAME)))
-	$(eval KIND_SUBNET=$(shell echo "$(KIND_SUBNETS)" | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v ':' | head -n 1 | awk -F'.' '{print $$1 "." $$2}'))
-	@echo "--> LB: Detected IPv4 Subnet: $(KIND_SUBNET)"
-	@cat $(LB_CFG_SRC_POOL) | $(KPT) fn eval - --image $(APPLY_SETTER_IMG) --truncate-output=false --output unwrap -- LB_IP_POOLS="[$(KIND_SUBNET).255.0/24]" LB_POOL_NAME=$(LB_POOL_NAME) | $(KUBECTL) apply -f - | $(INDENT_OUT)
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index de2aca8..7ce1111 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@ source .devcontainer/utils.sh
 
 cd $EDA_PLAYGROUND_DIR
 
-ensure-docker-is-ready
-
-# start the k3d cluster
-k3d cluster create eda-demo \
-    --image rancher/k3s:v1.34.1-k3s1 \
-    --k3s-arg "--disable=traefik@server:*" \
-    --k3s-arg "--disable=servicelb@server:*" \
-    --volume "$HOME/.images.txt:/opt/images.txt@server:*" \
-    --no-lb
-
 # get token
 encoded=$(grep 'GH_PKG_TOKEN ?=' "Makefile" | sed 's/.*?= *//')
 prefix=$(printf '%s' 'Z2hwCg==' | base64 -d)

From 956c9b81c8a0e46cf3bd28b0da71cff2aa86338d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:14:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 27/43] nolb in make

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 7ce1111..2f2483f 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 # preload images into the cluster from the EDA core list
 docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
 
-make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE
+make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes NO_LB=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE

From 549f96275e2637580c7b0b8eaf8612b2c7146a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:20:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 28/43] shunt port forwarding

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 304a3e5..72928c2 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 	else \
 		echo "--> INFO: Not running in Codespaces, skipping Keycloak frontendUrl configuration" ;\
 	fi
+
+.PHONY: start-ui-port-forward
+start-ui-port-forward:
+	@{	\
+		echo "--> UI is exposed via Load Balancer"	;\
+	}
\ No newline at end of file

From 6041ada53e5e71d97a55c26e4da4535b6f8365be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:36:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 29/43] patch location

---
 .devcontainer/Dockerfile               | 1 +
 .devcontainer/engine-config-patch.yaml | 7 +++++++
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk             | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .devcontainer/engine-config-patch.yaml

diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index d1a5827..f5e0632 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ RUN useradd -m -s /bin/zsh vscode && \
 
 COPY --chmod=755 scripts/ /usr/local/bin/.
 COPY codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml /eda-codespaces/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
+COPY engine-config-patch.yaml /eda-codespaces/engine-config-patch.yaml
 
 # install k3d
 RUN curl -fsSL --retry 3 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | TAG=v5.8.3 bash
diff --git a/.devcontainer/engine-config-patch.yaml b/.devcontainer/engine-config-patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc0f8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/engine-config-patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+customSettings:
+  - applicationName: cx
+    settings:
+      - name: SrlCpuRequest
+        value: 1m
+      - name: CxdpCpuRequest
+        value: 1m
diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 72928c2..037b131 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ define INSTALL_KPT_PACKAGE
 	}
 endef
 
+CODESPACES_ENGINECONFIG_CUSTOM_SETTINGS_PATCH := /eda-codespaces/engine-config-patch.yaml
+
 .PHONY: patch-codespaces-engineconfig
 patch-codespaces-engineconfig: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the EngineConfig manifest to add codespaces custom settings
 	@{	\

From 3702fc2ad69db98652059ed7f6042fa46ddafb16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:57:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 30/43] breath room for pulling

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 2f2483f..96e8b34 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ suffix=$(printf '%s' "$encoded" | base64 -d | cut -c 4- | tr -d '\n')
 TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 
 # preload images into the cluster from the EDA core list
-docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $(nproc) -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
+PARALLEL_JOBS=$(($(nproc) - 1))
+docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $PARALLEL_JOBS -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
 
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes NO_LB=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE

From ffa99b46939987f9d004700ad0efc3eff4ec419f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kaelem <kc@kaelem.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:16:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 31/43] fresh coat of paint on postAttach

---
 .devcontainer/postAttach.sh | 33 +++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
index d848397..249a8b8 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+   printf "
+       \033[38;2;255;124;88m⢀\033[38;2;255;218;152m⢀\033[38;2;255;115;123m⡄\033[38;2;255;197;123m⣠\033[38;2;255;179;106m⣦\033[38;2;252;111;48m⣴\033[38;2;255;195;123m⣎\033[38;2;255;197;129m⣤\033[38;2;255;197;128m⠖\033[38;2;255;170;142m⢀\033[38;2;255;136;135m⡀\033[0m     \033[0m          
+     \033[38;2;255;167;7m⢠\033[38;2;252;185;65m⣤\033[38;2;253;143;93m⣿\033[38;2;252;195;143m⣿\033[38;2;246;128;79m⣿\033[38;2;229;121;83m⣿\033[38;2;244;150;123m⣿\033[38;2;244;164;137m⣿\033[38;2;243;170;132m⣿\033[38;2;253;183;152m⣶\033[38;2;255;162;126m⣿\033[38;2;255;81;63m⣯\033[38;2;255;131;41m⣴\033[38;2;254;122;52m⡶\033[38;2;255;75;14m⠂\033[0m   \033[0m          
+     \033[38;2;249;168;21m⣼\033[38;2;238;76;97m⣿\033[38;2;246;198;130m⣿\033[38;2;216;171;144m⣿\033[38;2;225;181;79m⣿\033[38;2;232;145;43m⣿\033[38;2;218;95;66m⣿\033[38;2;221;179;132m⣿\033[38;2;239;203;163m⣿\033[38;2;228;143;121m⣿\033[38;2;252;193;144m⣿\033[38;2;251;202;165m⣿\033[38;2;251;164;159m⣿\033[38;2;252;150;151m⣿\033[38;2;253;140;132m⣟\033[38;2;253;147;108m⣁\033[38;2;255;89;1m⡀\033[0m \033[0m        \033[38;2;128;20;216m⢸\033[38;2;124;23;217m⣿\033[38;2;121;26;218m⣿\033[38;2;118;30;219m⣿\033[38;2;114;33;220m⣿\033[38;2;111;37;221m⣿\033[38;2;108;40;222m⣿\033[38;2;104;43;223m⣿\033[0m   \033[38;2;91;57;227m⣿\033[38;2;88;60;228m⣿\033[38;2;84;64;229m⣿\033[38;2;81;67;230m⣿\033[38;2;78;70;231m⣿\033[38;2;74;74;232m⣿\033[38;2;71;77;233m⣶\033[38;2;68;80;234m⣦\033[38;2;64;84;235m⣄\033[0m     \033[38;2;44;104;241m⣼\033[38;2;41;107;242m⣿\033[38;2;38;111;243m⣿\033[38;2;34;114;244m⣿\033[38;2;31;117;245m⡆\033[0m         \033[0m
+     \033[38;2;197;102;56m⣿\033[38;2;207;125;120m⣿\033[38;2;180;125;117m⣿\033[38;2;201;136;38m⣿\033[38;2;193;106;54m⣿\033[38;2;182;86;90m⣿\033[38;2;171;121;83m⣿\033[38;2;170;111;44m⣿\033[38;2;176;101;32m⣿\033[38;2;185;112;62m⣿\033[38;2;214;111;104m⣿\033[38;2;203;96;113m⣿\033[38;2;194;85;115m⣿\033[38;2;229;115;109m⣿\033[38;2;253;150;101m⣿\033[38;2;254;162;87m⣿\033[38;2;255;213;58m⣦\033[38;2;255;208;68m⡀\033[0m        \033[38;2;128;20;216m⢸\033[38;2;124;23;217m⣿\033[38;2;121;26;218m⣿\033[0m        \033[38;2;91;57;227m⣿\033[38;2;88;60;228m⣿\033[38;2;84;64;229m⡇\033[0m  \033[38;2;74;74;232m⠈\033[38;2;71;77;233m⠻\033[38;2;68;80;234m⣿\033[38;2;64;84;235m⣿\033[38;2;61;87;236m⣦\033[0m   \033[38;2;48;101;240m⣰\033[38;2;44;104;241m⣿\033[38;2;41;107;242m⣿\033[38;2;38;111;243m⢻\033[38;2;34;114;244m⣿\033[38;2;31;117;245m⣿\033[38;2;28;121;246m⡀\033[0m        \033[0m
+     \033[38;2;170;74;77m⢻\033[38;2;98;44;105m⣿\033[38;2;164;169;186m⣿\033[38;2;194;206;228m⣿\033[38;2;178;180;222m⣿\033[38;2;163;167;212m⣿\033[38;2;126;69;136m⣿\033[38;2;83;27;100m⣿\033[38;2;78;29;102m⣿\033[38;2;117;19;97m⣿\033[38;2;119;38;111m⣿\033[38;2;160;59;91m⣿\033[38;2;146;51;121m⣿\033[38;2;180;30;96m⣿\033[38;2;211;28;83m⣿\033[38;2;219;17;71m⣿\033[38;2;245;1;64m⣦\033[38;2;255;0;43m⡀\033[0m        \033[38;2;128;20;216m⢸\033[38;2;124;23;217m⣿\033[38;2;121;26;218m⣿\033[38;2;118;30;219m⣶\033[38;2;114;33;220m⣶\033[38;2;111;37;221m⣶\033[38;2;108;40;222m⣶\033[38;2;104;43;223m⡆\033[0m   \033[38;2;91;57;227m⣿\033[38;2;88;60;228m⣿\033[38;2;84;64;229m⡇\033[0m    \033[38;2;68;80;234m⣿\033[38;2;64;84;235m⣿\033[38;2;61;87;236m⣿\033[0m  \033[38;2;51;97;239m⢠\033[38;2;48;101;240m⣿\033[38;2;44;104;241m⣿\033[38;2;41;107;242m⠇\033[0m \033[38;2;34;114;244m⢿\033[38;2;31;117;245m⣿\033[38;2;28;121;246m⣧\033[0m        \033[0m
+     \033[38;2;160;194;230m⣸\033[38;2;201;216;234m⣿\033[38;2;168;190;223m⡿\033[38;2;174;197;222m⠿\033[38;2;186;196;217m⠿\033[38;2;84;95;111m⢿\033[38;2;73;84;100m⣿\033[38;2;24;34;48m⣿\033[38;2;40;50;120m⣿\033[38;2;109;61;131m⣿\033[38;2;205;4;55m⣿\033[38;2;147;39;63m⣿\033[38;2;247;66;57m⣿\033[38;2;223;27;71m⣿\033[38;2;216;96;96m⣿\033[38;2;244;53;97m⣿\033[38;2;202;9;103m⢧\033[38;2;218;4;70m⡉\033[0m        \033[38;2;128;20;216m⢸\033[38;2;124;23;217m⣿\033[38;2;121;26;218m⣿\033[38;2;118;30;219m⠉\033[38;2;114;33;220m⠉\033[38;2;111;37;221m⠉\033[38;2;108;40;222m⠉\033[38;2;104;43;223m⠁\033[0m   \033[38;2;91;57;227m⣿\033[38;2;88;60;228m⣿\033[38;2;84;64;229m⡇\033[0m   \033[38;2;71;77;233m⢀\033[38;2;68;80;234m⣿\033[38;2;64;84;235m⣿\033[38;2;61;87;236m⣿\033[0m  \033[38;2;51;97;239m⣾\033[38;2;48;101;240m⣿\033[38;2;44;104;241m⣿\033[38;2;41;107;242m⣤\033[38;2;38;111;243m⣤\033[38;2;34;114;244m⣼\033[38;2;31;117;245m⣿\033[38;2;28;121;246m⣿\033[38;2;24;124;247m⣇\033[0m       \033[0m
+   \033[38;2;146;185;216m⣴\033[38;2;161;196;235m⡾\033[38;2;61;94;140m⠛\033[38;2;17;29;52m⠁\033[0m   \033[38;2;4;225;255m⢀\033[38;2;3;111;152m⣿\033[38;2;19;41;69m⣿\033[38;2;1;54;134m⣿\033[38;2;17;59;134m⣿\033[38;2;191;12;63m⣿\033[38;2;213;68;78m⣿\033[38;2;186;8;96m⣿\033[38;2;243;17;84m⣿\033[38;2;227;6;50m⣿\033[38;2;143;12;78m⣟\033[38;2;15;0;27m⠧\033[0m \033[0m        \033[38;2;128;20;216m⢸\033[38;2;124;23;217m⣿\033[38;2;121;26;218m⣿\033[38;2;118;30;219m⣤\033[38;2;114;33;220m⣤\033[38;2;111;37;221m⣤\033[38;2;108;40;222m⣤\033[38;2;104;43;223m⣤\033[0m   \033[38;2;91;57;227m⣿\033[38;2;88;60;228m⣿\033[38;2;84;64;229m⣧\033[38;2;81;67;230m⣤\033[38;2;78;70;231m⣤\033[38;2;74;74;232m⣴\033[38;2;71;77;233m⣿\033[38;2;68;80;234m⣿\033[38;2;64;84;235m⠿\033[38;2;61;87;236m⠁\033[0m \033[38;2;54;94;238m⣼\033[38;2;51;97;239m⣿\033[38;2;48;101;240m⣿\033[38;2;44;104;241m⠛\033[38;2;41;107;242m⠛\033[38;2;38;111;243m⠛\033[38;2;34;114;244m⠛\033[38;2;31;117;245m⠻\033[38;2;28;121;246m⣿\033[38;2;24;124;247m⣿\033[38;2;21;128;248m⡄\033[0m      \033[0m
+         \033[38;2;115;238;254m⣠\033[38;2;28;174;254m⣾\033[38;2;0;148;238m⣿\033[38;2;0;95;235m⣿\033[38;2;0;101;222m⣿\033[38;2;15;90;194m⣿\033[38;2;111;20;86m⣿\033[38;2;219;18;51m⣿\033[38;2;45;37;95m⣿\033[38;2;158;0;69m⣿\033[38;2;15;0;29m⣿\033[38;2;36;35;100m⠙\033[0m  \033[0m        \033[38;2;128;20;216m⠘\033[38;2;124;23;217m⠛\033[38;2;121;26;218m⠛\033[38;2;118;30;219m⠛\033[38;2;114;33;220m⠛\033[38;2;111;37;221m⠛\033[38;2;108;40;222m⠛\033[38;2;104;43;223m⠛\033[0m   \033[38;2;91;57;227m⠛\033[38;2;88;60;228m⠛\033[38;2;84;64;229m⠛\033[38;2;81;67;230m⠛\033[38;2;78;70;231m⠛\033[38;2;74;74;232m⠛\033[38;2;71;77;233m⠉\033[38;2;68;80;234m⠁\033[0m  \033[38;2;58;91;237m⠐\033[38;2;54;94;238m⠛\033[38;2;51;97;239m⠛\033[38;2;48;101;240m⠃\033[0m     \033[38;2;28;121;246m⠛\033[38;2;24;124;247m⠛\033[38;2;21;128;248m⠛\033[0m      \033[0m
+        \033[38;2;136;239;251m⠭\033[38;2;98;228;253m⢿\033[38;2;40;200;254m⣿\033[38;2;52;178;245m⣿\033[38;2;6;82;178m⣿\033[38;2;26;44;115m⣿\033[38;2;50;37;110m⣿\033[38;2;30;4;41m⣿\033[38;2;133;11;57m⣿\033[38;2;12;20;68m⠋\033[38;2;17;0;32m⡏\033[38;2;16;0;30m⠈\033[0m   \033[0m          
+         \033[38;2;109;240;255m⠉\033[38;2;105;231;245m⠛\033[38;2;24;75;129m⠉\033[38;2;44;12;58m⠙\033[38;2;55;26;87m⠋\033[38;2;15;0;29m⠘\033[38;2;16;0;31m⠁\033[38;2;16;0;29m⠉\033[0m      \033[0m          
+"
 echo "
-         ╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗
-         ║                                       ║
-         ║      ██████╗ ██╗   ██╗███╗   ██╗      ║
-         ║      ██╔══██╗██║   ██║████╗  ██║      ║
-         ║      ██████╔╝██║   ██║██╔██╗ ██║      ║
-         ║      ██╔══██╗██║   ██║██║╚██╗██║      ║
-         ║      ██║  ██║╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║      ║
-         ║      ╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝      ║
-         ║      ███████╗██████╗  █████╗          ║
-         ║      ██╔════╝██╔══██╗██╔══██╗         ║
-         ║      █████╗  ██║  ██║███████║         ║
-         ║      ██╔══╝  ██║  ██║██╔══██║         ║
-         ║      ███████╗██████╔╝██║  ██║         ║
-         ║      ╚══════╝╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝         ║
-         ║                                       ║
-         ╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝
-
-   ⚡ URL: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}
-
-"
\ No newline at end of file
+   ⚡ URL: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}"
\ No newline at end of file

From 9569f6ec655b8c6b790a0f8ca6f9e1af529c9870 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:02:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 32/43] one more time bby

---
 .devcontainer/onCreate.sh  | 6 ++----
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
index 8669ede..2a1b620 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ ensure-docker-is-ready
 # start the k3d cluster
 k3d cluster create eda-demo \
     --image rancher/k3s:v1.34.1-k3s1 \
+    --k3s-arg "--disable=traefik@server:*" \
     --volume "$HOME/.images.txt:/opt/images.txt@server:*" \
     --port "9443:9443" \
-    --port "9444:9444" \
-    --port "9445:9445" \
-    --port "9446:9446" \
-    --port "9447:9447"
\ No newline at end of file
+    --port "9400-9410:9400-9410"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 037b131..0c5c397 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ KPT_RETRY ?= 5
 KPT_RECONCILE_TIMEOUT ?= 3m
 KPT_LIVE_APPLY_ARGS += --reconcile-timeout=$(KPT_RECONCILE_TIMEOUT)
 
+# EDA HTTPS Port
+EXT_HTTPS_PORT ?= 9443
+
 # Override the INSTALL_KPT_PACKAGE macro
 # 
 # Set the --reconcile-timeout flag so that KPT doesn't just hang for a while

From 45bbac7bbdc9a93808713953a2aad2fcee95ea1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:44:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 33/43] set https port

---
 .devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml | 1 +
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk                      | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml b/.devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
index 56f31f2..810e9a2 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
+++ b/.devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: codespaces-4vcpu-apply-setter-fn-config
 data:
+  EXT_HTTPS_PORT: 9443
   # AI Engine
   EAE_REQ_CPU: 10m
   # Artifact server
diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 0c5c397..037b131 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ KPT_RETRY ?= 5
 KPT_RECONCILE_TIMEOUT ?= 3m
 KPT_LIVE_APPLY_ARGS += --reconcile-timeout=$(KPT_RECONCILE_TIMEOUT)
 
-# EDA HTTPS Port
-EXT_HTTPS_PORT ?= 9443
-
 # Override the INSTALL_KPT_PACKAGE macro
 # 
 # Set the --reconcile-timeout flag so that KPT doesn't just hang for a while

From 62a90c1018efaa4bc0edd2e5023f29971c3249ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:36:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 34/43] patch eda svc

---
 .devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml |  1 -
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk                      | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml b/.devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
index 810e9a2..56f31f2 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
+++ b/.devcontainer/codespaces-4vcpu-kpt-setters.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: codespaces-4vcpu-apply-setter-fn-config
 data:
-  EXT_HTTPS_PORT: 9443
   # AI Engine
   EAE_REQ_CPU: 10m
   # Artifact server
diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 037b131..de0bfa8 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ patch-codespaces-engineconfig: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the EngineConfig mani
 	}
 
 .PHONY: configure-try-eda-params
-configure-try-eda-params: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KPT) $(KPT_SETTERS_TRY_EDA_FILE) patch-codespaces-engineconfig ## Configure parameters specific to try-eda
+configure-try-eda-params: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KPT) $(KPT_SETTERS_TRY_EDA_FILE) patch-codespaces-engineconfig patch-eda-api-svc ## Configure parameters specific to try-eda
 
 .PHONY: ls-ways-to-reach-api-server 
 ls-ways-to-reach-api-server: | $(KUBECTL) configure-codespaces-keycloak
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 		echo "--> INFO: Not running in Codespaces, skipping Keycloak frontendUrl configuration" ;\
 	fi
 
+.PHONY: patch-eda-api-svc
+patch-eda-api-svc: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the eda-api-svc to change port 443 to 9443
+	@{	\
+		echo "--> INFO: Patching eda-api-svc port from 443 to 9443"													;\
+		API_SVC_FILE="$(KPT_CORE)/configs/eda-api-svc.yaml"															;\
+		if [[ ! -f "$$API_SVC_FILE" ]]; then (echo "[ERROR] eda-api-svc manifest not found at $$API_SVC_FILE" && exit 1); fi	;\
+		$(YQ) eval '(.spec.ports[] | select(.name == "apiserverhttps") | .port) = 9443' -i "$$API_SVC_FILE"			;\
+		echo "--> INFO: Successfully patched eda-api-svc port"														;\
+	}
+
 .PHONY: start-ui-port-forward
 start-ui-port-forward:
 	@{	\

From fe65bf8c35319a56119c05a704f66e33ed889c54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:38:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 35/43] trigger auto window opener

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index de0bfa8..4465d0a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ patch-eda-api-svc: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the eda-api-svc to change port 44
 .PHONY: start-ui-port-forward
 start-ui-port-forward:
 	@{	\
-		echo "--> UI is exposed via Load Balancer"	;\
+		echo "--> Access EDA UI via https://$${CODESPACE_NAME}-$${EDA_PORT}.$${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}"	;\
 	}
\ No newline at end of file

From c67d6bb2619fe6b8547b5acf6c738898bc90e558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:45:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 36/43] forward 9443 -> 443

---
 .devcontainer/onCreate.sh  |  2 +-
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 12 +-----------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
index 2a1b620..362eec8 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ k3d cluster create eda-demo \
     --image rancher/k3s:v1.34.1-k3s1 \
     --k3s-arg "--disable=traefik@server:*" \
     --volume "$HOME/.images.txt:/opt/images.txt@server:*" \
-    --port "9443:9443" \
+    --port "9443:443" \
     --port "9400-9410:9400-9410"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index 4465d0a..b16ef63 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ patch-codespaces-engineconfig: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the EngineConfig mani
 	}
 
 .PHONY: configure-try-eda-params
-configure-try-eda-params: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KPT) $(KPT_SETTERS_TRY_EDA_FILE) patch-codespaces-engineconfig patch-eda-api-svc ## Configure parameters specific to try-eda
+configure-try-eda-params: | $(BASE) $(BUILD) $(KPT) $(KPT_SETTERS_TRY_EDA_FILE) patch-codespaces-engineconfig ## Configure parameters specific to try-eda
 
 .PHONY: ls-ways-to-reach-api-server 
 ls-ways-to-reach-api-server: | $(KUBECTL) configure-codespaces-keycloak
@@ -70,16 +70,6 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 		echo "--> INFO: Not running in Codespaces, skipping Keycloak frontendUrl configuration" ;\
 	fi
 
-.PHONY: patch-eda-api-svc
-patch-eda-api-svc: | $(YQ) $(KPT_PKG) ## Patch the eda-api-svc to change port 443 to 9443
-	@{	\
-		echo "--> INFO: Patching eda-api-svc port from 443 to 9443"													;\
-		API_SVC_FILE="$(KPT_CORE)/configs/eda-api-svc.yaml"															;\
-		if [[ ! -f "$$API_SVC_FILE" ]]; then (echo "[ERROR] eda-api-svc manifest not found at $$API_SVC_FILE" && exit 1); fi	;\
-		$(YQ) eval '(.spec.ports[] | select(.name == "apiserverhttps") | .port) = 9443' -i "$$API_SVC_FILE"			;\
-		echo "--> INFO: Successfully patched eda-api-svc port"														;\
-	}
-
 .PHONY: start-ui-port-forward
 start-ui-port-forward:
 	@{	\

From 7f12c10f3524f42cb923646ad16791bf8ffac4f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:50:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 37/43] init command and net tools

---
 .devcontainer/Dockerfile        | 2 ++
 .devcontainer/devcontainer.json | 1 +
 .devcontainer/initCommand.sh    | 3 +++
 .devcontainer/onCreate.sh       | 3 ---
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .devcontainer/initCommand.sh

diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index f5e0632..b7f62ba 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install --no-instal
     procps \
     vim \
     xz-utils \
+    net-tools \
+    iputils-ping \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN useradd -m -s /bin/zsh vscode && \
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index a5fc03e..7f580de 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
             }
         }
     },
+    "initializeCommand": ".devcontainer/initCommand.sh",
     "onCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/onCreate.sh",
     "postCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/postCreate.sh",
     "postAttachCommand": ".devcontainer/postAttach.sh",
diff --git a/.devcontainer/initCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/initCommand.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d94549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/initCommand.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
+sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_instances=512
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
index 362eec8..461c157 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/onCreate.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ source .devcontainer/utils.sh
 echo "System has $(nproc) CPUs"
 free -m
 
-sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
-sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_instances=512
-
 ensure-docker-is-ready
 
 # start the k3d cluster

From 5f248b8771c42d02ef6fabc468b46c2b3f115a57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:52:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 38/43] jobs as much as cores

---
 .devcontainer/postCreate.sh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
index 96e8b34..df64d97 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ suffix=$(printf '%s' "$encoded" | base64 -d | cut -c 4- | tr -d '\n')
 TOKEN="${prefix}${suffix}"
 
 # preload images into the cluster from the EDA core list
-PARALLEL_JOBS=$(($(nproc) - 1))
+# to reduce the number of jobs: PARALLEL_JOBS=$(($(nproc) - 1))
+PARALLEL_JOBS=$(nproc)
 docker exec k3d-eda-demo-server-0 sh -c "cat /opt/images.txt | xargs -P $PARALLEL_JOBS -I {} crictl pull --creds nokia-eda-bot:$TOKEN {}"
 
 make -f Makefile -f $TRY_EDA_OVERRIDES_FILE try-eda NO_KIND=yes NO_LB=yes KPT_SETTERS_FILE=$TRY_EDA_KPT_SETTERS_FILE

From 2c50c8546247762a5b386ded7b94abeb4cd5dfc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:01:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 39/43] EDA UI text

---
 .devcontainer/postAttach.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
index 249a8b8..ed1d11d 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postAttach.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
          \033[38;2;109;240;255m⠉\033[38;2;105;231;245m⠛\033[38;2;24;75;129m⠉\033[38;2;44;12;58m⠙\033[38;2;55;26;87m⠋\033[38;2;15;0;29m⠘\033[38;2;16;0;31m⠁\033[38;2;16;0;29m⠉\033[0m      \033[0m          
 "
 echo "
-   ⚡ URL: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}"
\ No newline at end of file
+   ⚡ EDA UI: https://${CODESPACE_NAME}-${EDA_PORT}.${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}"
\ No newline at end of file

From e20e60d8b9209c51371c7f560fa25f20eb554484 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:03:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 40/43] trigger window open?

---
 .devcontainer/overrides.mk | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
index b16ef63..6c71952 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
+++ b/.devcontainer/overrides.mk
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ configure-codespaces-keycloak: | $(KUBECTL) ## Configure Keycloak frontendUrl fo
 .PHONY: start-ui-port-forward
 start-ui-port-forward:
 	@{	\
-		echo "--> Access EDA UI via https://$${CODESPACE_NAME}-$${EDA_PORT}.$${GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}"	;\
+		echo "--> Triggering browser window open 0.0.0.0:9443"	;\
 	}
\ No newline at end of file

From a54575be51ba54f45c43b817e291bbccf93759ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:04:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 41/43] remove 8vcpu btn

---
 README.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fd7ded..b847c5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Nokia EDA in Codespaces
 
 [![Codespaces][codespaces-4vcpu-svg]][codespaces-4vcpu-url]
-[![Codespaces][codespaces-8vcpu-svg]][codespaces-8vcpu-url]
+<!-- [![Codespaces][codespaces-8vcpu-svg]][codespaces-8vcpu-url] -->
 [![Discord][discord-svg]][discord-url]  
 [Learn more about EDA in Codespaces](https://docs.eda.dev/getting-started/codespaces)
 <!-- TODO:rdodin: change for tour of eda url for codespaces in the main readme -->
 
 [codespaces-4vcpu-svg]: https://gitlab.com/-/project/7617705/uploads/3f69f403e1371b3b578ee930df8930e8/codespaces-btn-4vcpu-export.svg
 [codespaces-4vcpu-url]: https://github.com/codespaces/new?repo=1129099670&ref=main
-[codespaces-8vcpu-svg]: https://gitlab.com/-/project/7617705/uploads/81362429e362ce7c5750bc51d23a4905/codespaces-btn-8vcpu-export.svg
-[codespaces-8vcpu-url]: https://github.com/codespaces/new?machine=premiumLinux&repo=1129099670&ref=main
+<!-- [codespaces-8vcpu-svg]: https://gitlab.com/-/project/7617705/uploads/81362429e362ce7c5750bc51d23a4905/codespaces-btn-8vcpu-export.svg
+[codespaces-8vcpu-url]: https://github.com/codespaces/new?machine=premiumLinux&repo=1129099670&ref=main -->
 [discord-svg]: https://gitlab.com/rdodin/pics/-/wikis/uploads/b822984bc95d77ba92d50109c66c7afe/join-discord-btn.svg
 [discord-url]: https://eda.dev/discord

From 7fe14df6280987b65143923a9da4af1b8d9b2ce0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:06:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 42/43] added permissions

---
 .devcontainer/initCommand.sh | 0
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 .devcontainer/initCommand.sh

diff --git a/.devcontainer/initCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/initCommand.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755

From 6b1c751a247a3c13435435d2bf55ad494dcc316f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hellt <dodin.roman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:07:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 43/43] buttons in a row

---
 README.md | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b847c5c..33a5191 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Nokia EDA in Codespaces
 
 [![Codespaces][codespaces-4vcpu-svg]][codespaces-4vcpu-url]
-<!-- [![Codespaces][codespaces-8vcpu-svg]][codespaces-8vcpu-url] -->
 [![Discord][discord-svg]][discord-url]  
 [Learn more about EDA in Codespaces](https://docs.eda.dev/getting-started/codespaces)
 <!-- TODO:rdodin: change for tour of eda url for codespaces in the main readme -->