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# Kubernetes Operator

## Docs

- [Dynamo Operator](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/dynamo-operator.md): Reference for the Dynamo Kubernetes operator covering its controllers, deployment modes, and reconciliation workflow.
- [Service Discovery](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/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/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/webhooks.md): Dynamo operator admission webhooks that validate and default Dynamo custom resources before persistence.
- [Managing Models with DynamoModel](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/managing-models-dynamo-model.md): Deploys LoRA adapters and tracks model endpoints with the DynamoModel custom resource alongside DGDs.
- [Autoscaling](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/autoscaling.md): Scales DGD services with the DynamoGraphDeploymentScalingAdapter using KEDA, Kubernetes HPA, or the Dynamo Planner.
- [Rolling Updates](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/rolling-update.md): Updates DGD worker images, resources, and arguments with managed rolling updates across Deployment, Grove, and LWS backends.
- [Snapshotting GPU Workers](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/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/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/shadow-engine-failover.md): Keeps a standby engine attached to GPU-resident model weights so process failures recover without reloading the model.
- [Disaggregated Inference Communication Guide](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/disagg-communication.md): Best practices for prefill/decode worker communication on Kubernetes
- [Gateway API Routing Architecture](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/v1.4.2/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/gateway-api-routing.md): How Gateway API, the Dynamo Endpoint Picker Plugin, and worker Frontend sidecars divide request-routing responsibilities.