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Why

The LLM backend router terminates worker-facing QUIC TLS and re-originates the connection to Stargate pods. Leaving managed PKI off by default makes the zero-config LLM path depend on insecure transport or on every operator independently assembling an issuer, wildcard certificate, trust distribution, and migrations-image override.

The secure product default should follow the feature that needs it: when the LLM addon is enabled, managed LLM PKI should be enabled unless the operator explicitly chooses another supported mode. The migrations hook also needs a usable image tag without duplicating configuration in every environment.

What changed

  • default managed LLM PKI to addons.llm.enabled;
  • default the OpenBao role to cluster.local;
  • issue the exact request-router service name and the wildcard headless-service name required by authority/SNI routing;
  • preserve explicit PKI configuration and existing-Secret mode;
  • resolve the migrations image tag in this order: explicit LLM PKI tag, legacy OpenBao migrations tag, then 0.16.2;
  • render the actual local request-router chart in regression tests and assert the resulting hook image, SANs, and secure QUIC arguments;
  • document the external SAN and allowed-domain requirements for split/multi-cluster deployments.

Multi-cluster requirement

The zero-config certificate SANs cover only the in-cluster request-router identities. When compute workers run in a separate cluster and reach the router through an external gateway or load balancer, operators must:

  • configure the externally reachable addresses with addons.llm.requestRouter.backendRouter.pylonGrpcDialAddress and addons.llm.requestRouter.backendRouter.pylonReverseTunnelDialAddress;
  • add every external router DNS name used by compute workers to addons.llm.pki.dnsNames;
  • extend addons.llm.pki.allowedDomains so the managed OpenBao role permits those external DNS suffixes.

The hostname from pylonReverseTunnelDialAddress is used as QUIC SNI and therefore must match a SAN in the issued router certificate. Without that SAN, the single-cluster secure path can pass while the split-cluster reverse tunnel fails TLS hostname verification.

For the Reviewer

Please focus on the default/override precedence in environments/base.yaml and global.yaml.gotmpl, plus the secure-default and existing-Secret cases in check-llm-pki-issuer.sh. The comments beside allowedDomains and dnsNames record the additional multi-cluster certificate requirement.

Validation

  • make test in deploy/stacks/self-managed

Issues

Relates to #999

Coordination

This secure-default change is independently testable and can merge before the router feature.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Managed PKI is enabled by default for the LLM request router.
    • Router TLS supports cluster.local and stable/headless service DNS names.
    • Self-managed deployments support per-component image overrides, with upstream defaults for selected services.
  • Bug Fixes

    • PKI provisioning now falls back to version 0.16.2 when no tag is specified.
    • Prevented deployment failures caused by missing PKI image configuration.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance for split and multi-cluster external router names and migration image tags.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for default, legacy, explicit, and disabled PKI configurations.

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The self-managed stack adds component image overrides, PKI image tag fallback, managed LLM PKI defaults, and rendering tests for default, legacy, explicit, disabled, and ExistingSecret configurations.

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Self-managed image and LLM PKI defaults

Layer / File(s) Summary
Component image overrides
deploy/stacks/self-managed/global.yaml.gotmpl
Cassandra, dynamic seed discovery, NATS config reloader, and API account bootstrap support component-specific image settings and upstream defaults.
PKI image tag resolution and precedence tests
deploy/stacks/self-managed/global.yaml.gotmpl, deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/llm-pki-release.sh, deploy/stacks/self-managed/environments/base.yaml
The template selects the explicit PKI tag, the OpenBao migrations tag, or 0.16.2. Tests cover default, legacy, and explicit tag inputs and verify the migrations image.
Managed PKI router defaults
deploy/stacks/self-managed/environments/base.yaml, deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/check-llm-pki-issuer.sh
LLM PKI defaults enable managed PKI, allow cluster.local, and request stable and headless router DNS SANs. Tests verify the managed issuer, provisioning hook, secure QUIC transport, and disabled-PKI behavior.
ExistingSecret rendering isolation
deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/check-llm-pki-issuer.sh
ExistingSecret rendering clears managed ownership defaults before applying test-specific values.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c5d1f

This change makes managed PKI the default when the LLM addon is enabled and adds migration-image fallback behavior. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up because the default-PKI regression check does not confirm that the rendered Certificate uses the managed ClusterIssuer.

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983-986: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial

Check whether deployment diagrams need an update.

This change adds runtime image-tag precedence for managed LLM PKI. If architecture or sequence diagrams describe this provisioning path, update them to show addons.llm.pki.image.tag, openbao.migrations.image.tag, and 0.16.2.

As per coding guidelines, "When a change modifies runtime behavior, data flow, or component interactions, ask whether architecture or sequence diagrams need updating."

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/global.yaml.gotmpl` around lines 983 - 986, Review
architecture and sequence diagrams covering managed LLM PKI provisioning and
update them if they describe this path: show the image-tag precedence from
addons.llm.pki.image.tag to openbao.migrations.image.tag, then the 0.16.2
default used by pkiImageTag.

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/llm-pki-release.sh`:
- Around line 37-53: Update render_without_pki_image_tag to explicitly clear
openbao.migrations.image.tag, assert the resolved pki.image.tag fallback is
0.16.2, and render the chart rather than relying only on write-values. Inspect
the rendered addons-llm-migrations Job and assert its image uses the same
repository and 0.16.2 tag.

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/global.yaml.gotmpl`:
- Around line 983-986: Review architecture and sequence diagrams covering
managed LLM PKI provisioning and update them if they describe this path: show
the image-tag precedence from addons.llm.pki.image.tag to
openbao.migrations.image.tag, then the 0.16.2 default used by pkiImageTag.
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@mikeyrcamp mikeyrcamp changed the title fix(stack): default managed LLM PKI image tag fix(stack): default LLM transport to managed PKI Aug 22, 2026

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/check-llm-pki-issuer.sh`:
- Around line 399-415: Extend the secure-default Certificate assertions after
extracting secure-defaults.router-manifests.yaml to validate that its
Certificate issuerRef has kind ClusterIssuer and name nvcf-openbao-pki. Keep the
existing DNS-name and migration-hook checks unchanged.
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310-318: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a managed PKI sequence diagram for LLM deployments.

Show cert-manager, ClusterIssuer/nvcf-openbao-pki, OpenBao, Certificate/stargate-quic-tls, Secret mounting, root CA distribution, and both configured SANs.

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/environments/base.yaml` around lines 310 - 318,
Add a managed PKI sequence diagram for LLM deployments near the certManager
configuration, showing interactions among cert-manager,
ClusterIssuer/nvcf-openbao-pki, OpenBao, Certificate/stargate-quic-tls, Secret
mounting, and root CA distribution; include both configured SANs: the stable
Service identity and the wildcard headless Stargate pod identity.

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/environments/base.yaml`:
- Around line 310-318: Add a managed PKI sequence diagram for LLM deployments
near the certManager configuration, showing interactions among cert-manager,
ClusterIssuer/nvcf-openbao-pki, OpenBao, Certificate/stargate-quic-tls, Secret
mounting, and root CA distribution; include both configured SANs: the stable
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