Cloud Native (K8s) Icons

Drawlib provides 73 official CNCF & Kubernetes icons in drawlib.icons.cnative (CnativeIcon) and 73 matching 2D pastel twin icons in drawlib.icons.original_cnative (OriginalCnativeIcon). Both suites include 53 Cloud Native project brands and 20 k8s_* Kubernetes workload, networking, and storage resource icons for use in standalone illustrations or Architecture Diagrams (see Icons Overview).

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Comparing Official Cloud Native Icons (drawlib.icons.cnative) and Original 2D Pastel Twins (drawlib.icons.original_cnative)
Source Code 
from drawlib.canvas import save, setup
from drawlib.icons import cnative, original_cnative
from drawlib.shapes import rectangle
from drawlib.styles import Styles
from drawlib.text import text

setup(width=146, height=64)

columns = [
    ("Kubernetes", cnative.kubernetes, original_cnative.kubernetes),
    ("Argo CD", cnative.argo, original_cnative.argo),
    ("Istio Mesh", cnative.istio, original_cnative.istio),
    ("Prometheus", cnative.prometheus, original_cnative.prometheus),
    ("k8s_pod", cnative.k8s_pod, original_cnative.k8s_pod),
]

rows = [
    (40.0, "Official Suite", "drawlib.icons.cnative", Styles.Neutral),
    (16.0, "2D Pastel Suite", "original_cnative", Styles.PrimaryNeutral),
]

for col_idx, (col_title, _, _) in enumerate(columns):
    cx = 46.5 + col_idx * 22.0
    text((cx, 56.5), col_title, style=Styles.DarkBold.patch(text_size=10.5))

for row_idx, (cy, row_title, row_sub, card_st) in enumerate(rows):
    rectangle((19.0, cy), width=28.0, height=21.0, style=card_st.patch(shape_r=2))
    text((19.0, cy + 3.0), row_title, style=Styles.DarkBold.patch(text_size=10.0))
    text((19.0, cy - 3.0), row_sub, style=Styles.Muted.patch(text_size=10.0))

    for col_idx, (lbl, fn_off, fn_orig) in enumerate(columns):
        cx = 46.5 + col_idx * 22.0
        cell_st = Styles.SecondaryNeutral if (row_idx == 1 and col_idx == 4) else card_st
        rectangle((cx, cy), width=19.5, height=21.0, style=cell_st.patch(shape_r=2))
        fn = fn_off if row_idx == 0 else fn_orig
        fn((cx, cy + 3.0), width=8.5, style=Styles.Primary)
        text((cx, cy - 6.0), lbl, style=Styles.DarkBold.patch(text_size=10.0))

save()

1. API Signature & Twin Module Structure

Every icon in drawlib.icons.cnative has an exact 1-to-1 twin with the same function name in drawlib.icons.original_cnative. Both modules use Drawlib's standard center-anchored (cx, cy) signature:

from drawlib.diagrams.architecture import CnativeIcon, Node, OriginalCnativeIcon
from drawlib.icons import cnative, original_cnative
from drawlib.styles import Styles

# 1. Direct canvas rendering (anchored at center xy)
cnative.kubernetes((30, 25), width=10.0, style=Styles.Primary)
original_cnative.kubernetes((60, 25), width=10.0, style=Styles.Primary)

# 2. High-level ArchitectureDiagram Node integration via Enum
k8s_node = Node("Prod Cluster", icon=CnativeIcon.KUBERNETES, icon_size=8.0)
pod_node = Node("Worker Pod", icon=OriginalCnativeIcon.K8S_POD, icon_size=8.0)
Feature Official Suite (cnative) Original 2D Pastel Suite (original_cnative)
Module Import from drawlib.icons import cnative from drawlib.icons import original_cnative
Function Signature cnative.<name>(xy, width, *, style, variant="default") original_cnative.<name>(xy, width, *, style, variant="default")
Architecture Enum CnativeIcon.<NAME> OriginalCnativeIcon.<NAME>
Canonical Count 73 (53 CNCF/project brands + 20 k8s_* resources) 73 (53 2D pastel brand twins + 20 k8s_* resources)
Asset Archive icon_cnative (512×512 RGBA PNGs) icon_original_cnative (512×512 RGBA PNGs)

2. Cloud Native Brand & CNCF Project Icons (53 Icons)

The 53 project icons cover container runtimes, Kubernetes distributions, GitOps controllers, service meshes, CNI plugins, cloud-native storage operators, and observability/policy engines:

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Representative Cloud Native & CNCF Project Icons (drawlib.icons.cnative)
Source Code 
from drawlib.canvas import save, setup
from drawlib.icons import cnative
from drawlib.shapes import rectangle
from drawlib.styles import Styles
from drawlib.text import text

setup(width=144, height=64)

row1 = [
    ("kubernetes", "Orchestration", cnative.kubernetes, Styles.PrimaryNeutral),
    ("docker", "Runtime", cnative.docker, Styles.Neutral),
    ("helm", "Packaging", cnative.helm, Styles.Neutral),
    ("argo", "GitOps CD", cnative.argo, Styles.SecondaryNeutral),
    ("istio", "Service Mesh", cnative.istio, Styles.Neutral),
]

row2 = [
    ("cilium", "eBPF CNI", cnative.cilium, Styles.Neutral),
    ("envoy", "Edge Proxy", cnative.envoy, Styles.Neutral),
    ("prometheus", "Metrics", cnative.prometheus, Styles.PrimaryNeutral),
    ("grafana", "Dashboards", cnative.grafana, Styles.Neutral),
    ("opentelemetry", "Telemetry", cnative.opentelemetry, Styles.SecondaryNeutral),
]

for row_idx, items in enumerate([row1, row2]):
    cy = 46.5 if row_idx == 0 else 17.5
    for col_idx, (title, cat, icon_fn, card_st) in enumerate(items):
        cx = 18.0 + col_idx * 27.0
        rectangle((cx, cy), width=24.5, height=25.0, style=card_st.patch(shape_r=2))
        icon_fn((cx, cy + 4.5), width=8.5, style=Styles.Primary)
        text((cx, cy - 3.5), title, style=Styles.DarkBold.patch(text_size=10.0))
        text((cx, cy - 8.2), cat, style=Styles.Muted.patch(text_size=10.0))

save()

2.1. Complete Brand & Project Icons Reference (53 Canonical Names)

All 53 canonical project names below are available in both cnative.<name> (CnativeIcon.<NAME>) and original_cnative.<name> (OriginalCnativeIcon.<NAME>):

Category Count Canonical Icon Names (cnative.* & original_cnative.*)
Kubernetes Distributions, Runtimes & Cluster Management 14 containerd, docker, k0s, k3s, kind, kubernetes, microk8s, minikube, okd, openshift, rancher, talos, tanzu, vcluster
GitOps, Packaging, Autoscaling & Platform Engineering 11 argo, backstage, crossplane, flux, helm, karpenter, keda, knative, kubevirt, kustomize, temporal
Service Mesh, CNI Networking & Edge Proxies 7 calico, cilium, coredns, envoy, istio, linkerd, metallb
Cloud Native Storage, Databases & Messaging Operators 8 ceph, cloudnative_pg, etcd, longhorn, rook, strimzi, velero, vitess
Observability, Security, Identity & Policy Engines 13 cert_manager, dapr, external_secrets, falco, fluentd, grafana, harbor, jaeger, kyverno, opa, opentelemetry, prometheus, spiffe

3. Kubernetes Resource Icons (k8s_* — 20 Icons)

In addition to project logos, both cnative and original_cnative provide 20 dedicated Kubernetes resource icons prefixed with k8s_* for modeling internal cluster topologies. Every card below renders the official cnative.k8s_* icon on the left and its original_cnative.k8s_* 2D pastel twin on the right:

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All 20 Kubernetes Resource Icons (k8s_*): Official (Left) vs. Original 2D Pastel (Right)
Source Code 
from drawlib.canvas import save, setup
from drawlib.icons import cnative, original_cnative
from drawlib.shapes import rectangle
from drawlib.styles import Styles
from drawlib.text import text

setup(width=148, height=108)

k8s_items = [
    ("k8s_api_server", cnative.k8s_api_server, original_cnative.k8s_api_server, Styles.PrimaryNeutral),
    ("k8s_control_plane", cnative.k8s_control_plane, original_cnative.k8s_control_plane, Styles.PrimaryNeutral),
    ("k8s_node", cnative.k8s_node, original_cnative.k8s_node, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_namespace", cnative.k8s_namespace, original_cnative.k8s_namespace, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_pod", cnative.k8s_pod, original_cnative.k8s_pod, Styles.SecondaryNeutral),
    ("k8s_deployment", cnative.k8s_deployment, original_cnative.k8s_deployment, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_statefulset", cnative.k8s_statefulset, original_cnative.k8s_statefulset, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_daemonset", cnative.k8s_daemonset, original_cnative.k8s_daemonset, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_job", cnative.k8s_job, original_cnative.k8s_job, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_cronjob", cnative.k8s_cronjob, original_cnative.k8s_cronjob, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_service", cnative.k8s_service, original_cnative.k8s_service, Styles.PrimaryNeutral),
    ("k8s_ingress", cnative.k8s_ingress, original_cnative.k8s_ingress, Styles.PrimaryNeutral),
    ("k8s_endpoint", cnative.k8s_endpoint, original_cnative.k8s_endpoint, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_network_policy", cnative.k8s_network_policy, original_cnative.k8s_network_policy, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_hpa", cnative.k8s_hpa, original_cnative.k8s_hpa, Styles.SecondaryNeutral),
    ("k8s_configmap", cnative.k8s_configmap, original_cnative.k8s_configmap, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_secret", cnative.k8s_secret, original_cnative.k8s_secret, Styles.SecondaryNeutral),
    ("k8s_crd", cnative.k8s_crd, original_cnative.k8s_crd, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_pv", cnative.k8s_pv, original_cnative.k8s_pv, Styles.Neutral),
    ("k8s_pvc", cnative.k8s_pvc, original_cnative.k8s_pvc, Styles.Neutral),
]

for idx, (label, fn_off, fn_orig, card_st) in enumerate(k8s_items):
    row = idx // 5
    col = idx % 5
    cx = 18.8 + col * 27.6
    cy = 91.5 - row * 25.0
    rectangle((cx, cy), width=25.6, height=22.5, style=card_st.patch(shape_r=2))
    fn_off((cx - 5.5, cy + 3.2), width=7.2, style=Styles.Primary)
    fn_orig((cx + 5.5, cy + 3.2), width=7.2, style=Styles.Primary)
    text((cx, cy - 6.2), label, style=Styles.DarkBold.patch(text_size=10.0))

save()

3.1. Complete k8s_* Resource Icons Reference (20 Canonical Names)

Canonical Name Official Call (cnative) 2D Pastel Call (original_cnative) CnativeIcon / OriginalCnativeIcon Enum Kubernetes Resource Kind & Architectural Role
k8s_api_server cnative.k8s_api_server original_cnative.k8s_api_server K8S_API_SERVER kube-apiserver control plane gateway
k8s_configmap cnative.k8s_configmap original_cnative.k8s_configmap K8S_CONFIGMAP ConfigMap non-confidential configuration data
k8s_control_plane cnative.k8s_control_plane original_cnative.k8s_control_plane K8S_CONTROL_PLANE Kubernetes control plane (scheduler, controller-manager)
k8s_crd cnative.k8s_crd original_cnative.k8s_crd K8S_CRD CustomResourceDefinition operator API extension
k8s_cronjob cnative.k8s_cronjob original_cnative.k8s_cronjob K8S_CRONJOB CronJob time-scheduled batch workload
k8s_daemonset cnative.k8s_daemonset original_cnative.k8s_daemonset K8S_DAEMONSET DaemonSet node-level background agent
k8s_deployment cnative.k8s_deployment original_cnative.k8s_deployment K8S_DEPLOYMENT Deployment stateless replica controller
k8s_endpoint cnative.k8s_endpoint original_cnative.k8s_endpoint K8S_ENDPOINT Endpoints / EndpointSlice network target IP list
k8s_hpa cnative.k8s_hpa original_cnative.k8s_hpa K8S_HPA HorizontalPodAutoscaler dynamic replica scaling
k8s_ingress cnative.k8s_ingress original_cnative.k8s_ingress K8S_INGRESS Ingress L7 HTTP/HTTPS routing rules
k8s_job cnative.k8s_job original_cnative.k8s_job K8S_JOB Job run-to-completion batch task
k8s_namespace cnative.k8s_namespace original_cnative.k8s_namespace K8S_NAMESPACE Namespace virtual cluster boundary
k8s_network_policy cnative.k8s_network_policy original_cnative.k8s_network_policy K8S_NETWORK_POLICY NetworkPolicy L3/L4 pod firewall rules
k8s_node cnative.k8s_node original_cnative.k8s_node K8S_NODE Node worker VM or bare-metal kubelet host
k8s_pod cnative.k8s_pod original_cnative.k8s_pod K8S_POD Pod atomic co-located container group
k8s_pv cnative.k8s_pv original_cnative.k8s_pv K8S_PV PersistentVolume cluster storage volume
k8s_pvc cnative.k8s_pvc original_cnative.k8s_pvc K8S_PVC PersistentVolumeClaim pod storage mount request
k8s_secret cnative.k8s_secret original_cnative.k8s_secret K8S_SECRET Secret encrypted credentials, TLS keys, and tokens
k8s_service cnative.k8s_service original_cnative.k8s_service K8S_SERVICE Service stable ClusterIP / LoadBalancer virtual IP
k8s_statefulset cnative.k8s_statefulset original_cnative.k8s_statefulset K8S_STATEFULSET StatefulSet ordered stateful workload controller

4. Practical Architecture Diagram (CnativeIcon & OriginalCnativeIcon)

The following ArchitectureDiagram combines CNCF project icons (Argo, Istio, CloudNativePG, Prometheus) with Kubernetes resource icons (K8S_INGRESS, K8S_SERVICE, K8S_DEPLOYMENT, K8S_PVC) inside a production cluster boundary:

from drawlib.canvas import save, setup
from drawlib.diagrams.architecture import ArchitectureDiagram, CnativeIcon, Node, NodeGroup
from drawlib.styles import Styles

setup(width=150, height=68)

d = ArchitectureDiagram(
    node_style=Styles.Primary,
    node_text_style=Styles.DarkBold.patch(text_size=10.0),
    edge_style=Styles.DarkBold,
    edge_text_style=Styles.DarkBold.patch(text_size=10.0),
    node_card_style=Styles.Neutral,
    title="Cloud Native GitOps & Service Mesh Cluster (CnativeIcon)",
)

argo = d.add(
    Node(
        "Argo CD\nGitOps",
        width=22,
        height=18,
        icon=CnativeIcon.ARGO,
        icon_size=7.5,
        card_style=Styles.PrimaryNeutral,
    ),
    xy=(13.0, 23.0),
)

cluster = d.add(NodeGroup(title="Production Kubernetes Namespace", padding=4.5), xy=(36.0, 4.0))
ing = cluster.add(
    Node(
        "Istio Ingress\nGateway",
        width=24,
        height=18,
        icon=CnativeIcon.ISTIO,
        icon_size=7.5,
        card_style=Styles.PrimaryNeutral,
    ),
    xy=(15.0, 19.0),
)
deploy = cluster.add(
    Node(
        "API Deployment\n(k8s_deployment)",
        width=25,
        height=17,
        icon=CnativeIcon.K8S_DEPLOYMENT,
        icon_size=7.2,
    ),
    xy=(52.0, 29.0),
)
prom = cluster.add(
    Node(
        "Prometheus\nMetrics",
        width=25,
        height=17,
        icon=CnativeIcon.PROMETHEUS,
        icon_size=7.2,
    ),
    xy=(52.0, 9.0),
)
cnpg = cluster.add(
    Node(
        "CloudNativePG\nStateful DB",
        width=24,
        height=18,
        icon=CnativeIcon.CLOUDNATIVE_PG,
        icon_size=7.5,
        card_style=Styles.SecondaryNeutral,
    ),
    xy=(88.0, 19.0),
)

d.connect(argo, ing, label="Sync", padding=1.5)
d.connect(ing, deploy, padding=1.5)
d.connect(ing, prom, padding=1.5)
d.connect(deploy, cnpg, padding=1.5)

d.draw(xy=(4.0, 4.0))
save()
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GitOps Kubernetes Cluster Topology Using CnativeIcon

[!TIP] For CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible), and APM platforms, see DevOps & Observability Icons. For physical/virtual routers, firewalls, and L2/L3 switches, see Network & Cisco Topology Icons.