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# Advanced Platform

## Docs

- [Service Discovery](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.3.0/kubernetes-deployment/advanced-platform/service-discovery.md): Lets Dynamo frontends, workers, and planners locate each other on Kubernetes via native CRDs and EndpointSlices, or via etcd.
- [Webhooks](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.3.0/kubernetes-deployment/advanced-platform/webhooks.md): Dynamo operator admission webhooks that validate and default Dynamo custom resources before persistence.
- [Snapshotting GPU Workers](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.3.0/kubernetes-deployment/advanced-platform/snapshot.md): Checkpoints initialized GPU workers with CRIU and cuda-checkpoint so later pods warm-start in seconds instead of minutes.
- [Shadow Engine Failover](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.3.0/kubernetes-deployment/advanced-platform/shadow-engine-failover.md): Keeps a standby engine attached to GPU-resident model weights so process failures recover without reloading the model.
- [Developing the Operator with Tilt](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.3.0/kubernetes-deployment/advanced-platform/developing-with-tilt.md): Fast, live-reload development loop for the Dynamo Kubernetes operator