Integrations on Layer5 Documentation

Connect GitHub

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The GitHub integration connects your GitHub account to Layer5 Cloud through the Layer5 GitHub App. Once connected, you can browse the repositories you granted, pick Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, Docker Compose files, and Meshery designs, and import each file as a design. The same connection can also install a pull-request snapshot workflow in your repositories.

Use it when your infrastructure already lives in Git and you want those files on the canvas without downloading and uploading them one at a time. For a one-off file, import it directly instead.

Use GitHub Actions

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GitHub Actions is how Layer5 Cloud meets your pull-request workflow. The Kanvas Snapshot action renders the infrastructure file in a pull request as a Kanvas design and posts the picture as a comment, so reviewers see the resources and their connections before they read the YAML. It runs on GitHub-hosted runners and never touches your cluster.

Choose how to install it 🔗

Path	Use it when	Where it is documented
Layer5 GitHub App wizard	You want Layer5 Cloud to commit the workflow and show you the API token to store as a secret.	Connect GitHub and the snapshot guide.
Your own workflow	You want to pick the triggers, run snapshots from a workflow you already maintain, or authenticate with a personal access token.	Visualize Pull Requests with Kanvas Snapshot

Both paths produce the same pull request comment. The snapshot guide documents every action input, the workflow the wizard installs, token handling, and troubleshooting. It is the single reference for the action, so this page does not repeat it.

Integrations

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Integrations connect Layer5 Cloud to systems outside it. Today that means GitHub, for importing infrastructure files and posting pull-request snapshots, and the infrastructure connections that Meshery Servers register. This page lists every integration the product offers, what each one does, and where to configure it, so you can tell quickly whether Layer5 Cloud can connect to the tool you use.

Integration matrix 🔗

Integration	What it does	Where to start
GitHub (Layer5 GitHub App)	Reads the repositories you grant, imports Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, Docker Compose files, and Meshery designs as private designs, and can commit a snapshot workflow to a repository.	Connect GitHub
GitHub Actions (Kanvas Snapshot)	Posts a picture of your infrastructure on every pull request.	Use GitHub Actions
Meshery Server	Registers each Meshery Server as a connection, so you can see and manage the servers in your organization.	Listed under Meshery on the Integrations tab.
Kubernetes	Lists the clusters your Meshery Servers manage, so you can assign them to environments.	Manage Environments
Prometheus	Lists Prometheus connections that Meshery Servers report.	Listed under Prometheus on the Integrations tab.

Meshery Servers register Meshery, Kubernetes, and Prometheus connections. Layer5 Cloud has no setup wizard for them. The Integrations tab shows what the servers in your organization registered, and you assign those connections to environments to decide which teams reach them.