nvca-self-managed-install

NVCA Self-Managed Install

Use deploy/helm/nvca-operator as the install surface for NVCA Operator chart validation. Do not add NVCA back into the stack Helmfile just to test this chart.

Source of Truth

• Control-plane deployment: deploy/stacks/self-managed
• NVCA chart and install workflow: deploy/helm/nvca-operator
• NVCA source images and source chart: src/compute-plane-services/nvca
• Cluster prerequisites: use the public nvcf-self-managed-prerequisite skill
• Full stack install and teardown: use the public nvcf-self-managed-installation skill

Preferred Workflow

Run from deploy/helm/nvca-operator:

make render-values-from-stack \
  stack_env=local \
  stack_repo=../../../deploy/stacks/self-managed

Inspect the generated file under bin/, then install or upgrade:

make install-from-stack \
  stack_env=local \
  stack_repo=../../../deploy/stacks/self-managed

Optional Inputs

• additional_values=override.yml for one-off overrides
• NCA_ID=<value> to set the primary account ID explicitly
• CLUSTER_NAME=<value> and CLUSTER_ID=<value> to preserve or pin cluster identity
• IMAGE_PULL_SECRET_NAME=<secret> to attach a pre-created image pull secret

Existing Release Reuse

If nvca-operator is already installed in the nvca-operator namespace, the render helper reuses current release values first, then overlays repository paths derived from the stack environment file. Use this to preserve cluster IDs and operator settings during upgrades.

Safety

Before creating, deleting, or reusing local k3d clusters, read the local-dev safety guidance in .cursor/skills/nvcf-self-hosted-local-dev/SKILL.md from the repo root. Do not delete clusters or Helm releases without explicit user approval.