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Helm Values Reference#

The nvca-operator Helm chart is configured through a standard Helm values file (values.yaml) passed to helm upgrade -f values.yaml. This page documents all available parameters.

Warning

The parameters listed below are a snapshot and may not reflect the latest chart version. Always refer to the values.yaml and values.schema.json included in your chart version for the authoritative list of parameters and defaults:

How Values Are Structured#

The chart values are organized into two layers:

  1. Shared parameters (top-level) — These control the operator image, authentication, node placement, network policies, observability, agent resources, and agent runtime config. Examples: image, ngcConfig, nodeSelector, networkPolicy, agent, agentConfig.

  2. ``selfManaged.*`` — Used when ngcConfig.clusterSource is "self-managed". These define the backend configuration including NVCA version, feature gates, cluster attributes, and manual GPU config.

The key field is ``ngcConfig.clusterSource``:

  • "self-managed" — The operator reads backend configuration from selfManaged.* values.

Example values.yaml structure#
# --- Shared parameters (all modes) ---
image:
  repository: "nvcr.io/nvidia/nvcf-byoc/nvca-operator"
ngcConfig:
  clusterSource: "helm-managed"    # ← This determines which section below is used
  serviceKey: "<your-key>"
nodeSelector:
  key: "node.kubernetes.io/instance-type"
  value: "m5.2xlarge"

# --- Only read when clusterSource is "helm-managed" ---
helmManaged:
  cloudProvider: "aws"
  clusterRegion: "us-west-2"
  nvcaVersion: "2.97.0"
  featureGateValues: ["DynamicGPUDiscovery"]

# --- Only read when clusterSource is "self-managed" ---
# selfManaged:
#   nvcaVersion: "2.97.0"
#   featureGateValues: ["DynamicGPUDiscovery"]

Tip

The helmManaged and selfManaged sections share many of the same fields (nvcaVersion, featureGateValues, gpuManualInstanceConfigB64, clusterAttributes). The difference is that helmManaged also requires cluster identity fields (cloudProvider, clusterRegion, clusterGroupID, clusterGroupName) that self-managed deployments get from their own control plane.

Shared Parameters#

These parameters apply to all deployment modes.

NVCA Operator#

## Container images
image:
  repository: "nvcr.io/nvidia/nvcf-byoc/nvca-operator"  # Operator image path
  tag: ""                                                 # Defaults to chart version
  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent

nvcaImage:
  repositoryOverride: ""   # Override NVCA agent image path (staging/testing only)
  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent

## Image pull secrets
generateImagePullSecret: true                  # Auto-generate from ngcConfig.serviceKey
imagePullSecretName: "nvca-operator-image-pull" # Name of the generated secret
imagePullSecrets: []                            # Additional pre-existing pull secrets

## Service account
serviceAccount:
  create: true
  annotations: {}
  name: ""           # Auto-generated if empty

## Operator settings
replicaCount: 1
systemNamespace: nvca-operator
logLevel: info                  # debug, info, warn, error
priorityClassName: ""           # K8s PriorityClassName for eviction preference
k8sVersionOverride: ""          # Override K8s version NVCA registers with
enableGXCache: true             # Enable GXCache support
ddcsIPAllowList: ""             # Comma-separated CIDRs for DDCS access control
nvcaHelmRepositoryPrefix: ""    # Restrict Helm repos to specific org/team

NGC Authentication#

ngcConfig:
  username: '$oauthtoken'
  serviceKey: ""                   # NGC Cluster Key or NAK/SAK
  serviceKeySecretName: "ngc-service-key"   # K8s Secret name if serviceKey not set inline
  serviceKeySecretKeyName: "ngcServiceKey"   # Key within the Secret
  apiURL: https://api.ngc.nvidia.com         # NGC API URL (override for self-hosted)
  clusterSource: ngc-managed      # "ngc-managed", "helm-managed", or "self-managed"

Node Selector#

nodeSelector:
  key: node.kubernetes.io/instance-type   # Label key for operator pod placement
  value: ""                                # Label value (empty = no constraint)

Network Policies#

networkPolicy:
  clusterNetworkCIDRs:        # CIDRs that workload pods are NOT allowed to access
    - "10.0.0.0/8"
    - "172.16.0.0/12"
    - "192.168.0.0/16"
    - "100.64.0.0/12"
  customPolicies: []           # Custom NetworkPolicy definitions for function namespaces

OpenTelemetry#

otel:
  enabled: false
  lightstep:
    serviceName: ""        # Lightstep service name
    accessToken: ""        # Lightstep API token

Agent Configuration#

agent:
  cacheMountOptionsEnabled: true
  cacheMountOptions: "ro,norecovery,nouuid"
  workerDegradationPeriod: ""           # e.g., "90m", "1h30m"
  secretMirrorNamespace: nvca-operator  # Namespace to mirror custom secrets from
  secretMirrorLabelSelector: ""         # Label selector for mirrored secrets
  customAnnotations: {}                 # Extra annotations on the agent pod
  functionEnvOverrides: {}              # Override infra container images for functions
  taskEnvOverrides: {}                  # Override infra container images for tasks
  overrideEnvironmentVariables: {}      # Override env vars on the NVCA agent container
  resources:
    limits:
      cpu: 1000m
      memory: 4Gi
    requests:
      cpu: 100m
      memory: 200Mi

## Merge custom YAML into the generated NVCA agent config at runtime
agentConfig:
  mergeConfig: ""
  # Example:
  # mergeConfig: |
  #   agent:
  #     logLevel: debug

## OTel Collector sidecar (for K8s event collection)
otelCollector:
  enabled: false
  imageRepository: ""       # Auto-calculated if empty
  imageTag: 0.143.2

Helm-Managed Parameters#

Only used when ngcConfig.clusterSource: "helm-managed".

helmManaged:
  ## Cluster identity (REQUIRED, immutable after initial registration)
  cloudProvider: ""          # e.g., "aws", "gcp", "azure", "ON-PREM", "NCP"
  clusterRegion: ""          # e.g., "us-west-2"
  clusterGroupID: ""         # Unique cluster group identifier
  clusterGroupName: ""       # Human-readable cluster group name

  ## Backend configuration
  nvcaVersion: ""                      # NVCA agent version (REQUIRED)
  clusterDescription: ""              # Defaults to cluster name if empty
  featureGateValues: []               # e.g., ["DynamicGPUDiscovery", "CachingSupport"]
  gpuManualInstanceConfigB64: ""      # Base64-encoded GPU config (manual instance only)
  clusterAttributes: []               # e.g., ["CacheOptimized", "NVLinkOptimized"]

  ## Authentication (optional)
  oAuthClientID: ""                   # OAuth2/OIDC client ID (for internal NVIDIA clusters)
  oAuthClientSecretKey: ""            # Secret key for OAuth client

  ## Image overrides (advanced, usually auto-calculated)
  imageCredHelper:
    imageRepository: ""
    imageTag: 0.5.0
  otelCollector:
    imageRepository: ""
    imageTag: 0.143.2

Self-Managed Parameters#

Only used when ngcConfig.clusterSource: "self-managed" (self-hosted NVCF).

selfManaged:
  nvcaVersion: ""                          # NVCA agent version (REQUIRED)
  featureGateValues: ["DynamicGPUDiscovery"]  # Default includes GPU discovery
  gpuManualInstanceConfigB64: ""           # Base64-encoded GPU config (manual instance only)
  clusterAttributes: []                    # e.g., ["CacheOptimized"]

  ## Image overrides (advanced, usually auto-calculated)
  imageCredHelper:
    imageRepository: ""
    imageTag: 0.5.0
  otelCollector:
    imageRepository: ""
    imageTag: 0.143.2

Note

The selfManaged and helmManaged sections share the same backend fields. The key differences are:

  • selfManaged does not have cluster identity fields (cloudProvider, clusterRegion, clusterGroupID, clusterGroupName) — these come from the self-hosted control plane.

  • selfManaged.featureGateValues defaults to ["DynamicGPUDiscovery"]. To disable a feature, remove it from the list (set to []).

  • helmManaged.featureGateValues defaults to []. To disable a feature, prefix it with - (e.g., ["-DynamicGPUDiscovery"]).