kic-reference-architectures

NGINX Modern Application Reference Architecture (MARA) providing foundational examples for deploying modern applications using Pulumi across multiple cloud providers with NGINX Ingress Controller. Archived and unsupported.

Evaluated Mar 10, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent
Homepage ↗ Repo ↗ Cloud Infrastructure nginx kubernetes pulumi aws digitalocean linode mara archived infrastructure-as-code
⚙ Agent Friendliness
31
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
26
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
29
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
0
Documentation
50
Error Messages
--
Auth Simplicity
90
Rate Limits
15

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
30
Auth Strength
25
Scope Granularity
20
Dep. Hygiene
20
Secret Handling
35

Archived project with explicit warning that security vulnerabilities may be unaddressed. Pulumi dependencies likely outdated. FOSSA license compliance was integrated but project is abandoned. No security updates since archival.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
20
Version Stability
30
Breaking Changes
40
Error Recovery
25
AF Security Reliability

Best When

You need reference patterns for NGINX + Kubernetes + Pulumi deployments for learning purposes only.

Avoid When

You need production-ready infrastructure code or actively maintained reference architectures. This project is archived.

Use Cases

  • Learning reference patterns for Kubernetes deployments with NGINX
  • Understanding infrastructure-as-code patterns with Pulumi
  • Multi-cloud deployment templates for educational purposes

Not For

  • Production deployments (archived, unsupported, security vulnerabilities may be unaddressed)
  • Active development or contribution
  • Any use case requiring maintained infrastructure code

Interface

REST API
No
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
No
SDK
No
Webhooks
No

Authentication

OAuth: No Scopes: No

Not applicable - reference architecture repository, not a service.

Pricing

Model: free
Free tier: Yes
Requires CC: No

Apache 2.0 licensed. Free to use, but archived and unsupported.

Agent Metadata

Idempotent
Unknown
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • Project is archived and unsupported - security vulnerabilities may be unaddressed
  • 63 open issues with no one triaging them
  • No API or MCP interface - agents cannot interact with this
  • Pulumi code may use outdated provider versions

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-10.

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