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TL;DR

Restore profile-driven cluster registration across all six Helmfile BDD flows. The scenarios now export the installed control-plane profile, initialize the selected CLI config, and forward that config through compute-plane registration.

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Why

The Helmfile BDDs still followed the registration flow from before control-plane profiles became authoritative. On current main, they could reach register-cluster without an exported installed profile or without the intended CLI state. The profile also supplies bundle trust, which requires the local compute fixtures to keep Stargate QUIC secure.

What changed

  • Export the installed control-plane profile and initialize nvcf-cli explicitly in the single-cluster, multi-cluster, observability, and EKS Helmfile BDDs.
  • Restore optional NVCF_CLI_CONFIG forwarding in the compute-plane register-cluster Make target, with coverage for configured, unset, and space-containing paths.
  • Pass the profile and compute context explicitly through registration and keep shared compute fixtures in secure bundle-trust mode.
  • Retry transient malformed OpenBao CA responses while preserving immediate failures for command errors and structured OpenBao errors.
  • Update self-managed registration, Helmfile, local-development, and EKS documentation.

Customer Release Notes

Fixed Helmfile-based self-managed compute cluster registration to consume the installed control-plane profile and selected CLI configuration.

Plan Summary

No Kubernetes resource changes. The registration handoff and test orchestration change, but the installed chart topology is unchanged.

Usage

Export the control-plane profile, initialize the CLI config, then pass CONTROL_PLANE_PROFILE, COMPUTE_KUBE_CONTEXT, and optional NVCF_CLI_CONFIG to the compute-plane register-cluster target. The updated documentation includes single-cluster, split-cluster, and EKS examples.

Testing

  • make test-register-cluster in deploy/stacks/nvcf-compute-plane: passed.
  • go test -short ./... in tests/bdd: passed.
  • golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml ./... in tests/bdd: passed with 0 issues.
  • go test ./internal/openbao in src/clis/nvcf-cli: passed.
  • ./tools/ci/check-docs: passed with 0 errors and one Fern warning.
  • TestSingleClusterHelmfile: passed, 6 scenarios and 55 steps in 20m21s.
  • TestMultiClusterHelmfile: profile export, CLI initialization, registration, secure NVCA installation, and backend health passed. The downstream NVCT task scenario failed after remaining queued until EXCEEDED_MAX_QUEUED_DURATION; result was 2 passed scenarios, 1 failed scenario, 37 passed steps, 1 failed step, and 1 skipped step in 31m11s.

The observability and EKS Helmfile features were not rerun in this validation pass. QA is needed for those deferred flows.

Notes

This branch is based directly on current main and does not depend on #1075. The PKI-specific follow-up is separated into another PR based on #1075.

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Dependencies

None. No third-party dependency, license, or NOTICE changes.

For the Reviewer

Review the compute-plane Make argument propagation, the shared BDD registration sequence, and the narrow OpenBao retry classification. The PKI-only helper removal is intentionally excluded.

For QA

Validate the deferred observability and EKS Helmfile features when those environments are available. The local single-cluster and multi-cluster results are recorded above.

Issues

Fixes #1254

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  • I am familiar with the Contributing Guidelines.
  • I have signed off my commits for Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) compliance.
  • New or existing tests cover these changes.
  • The documentation is up to date with these changes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Cluster registration supports an optional CLI configuration path.
    • Registration workflows use exported control-plane profiles, explicit CLI initialization, and separate cluster contexts.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Certificate retrieval now retries temporary malformed or empty responses.
    • Disabled insecure Stargate QUIC transport in local configurations.
  • Documentation

    • Updated setup guides with profile export, CLI initialization, configuration options, and explicit paths.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for configuration handling, certificate retries, profile-based registration, and secure transport settings.

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Compute registration now forwards optional CLI configuration and consumes exported control-plane profiles. Documentation and BDD workflows initialize the CLI explicitly. Local fixtures require secure Stargate QUIC. OpenBao retries malformed PKI responses.

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Compute registration workflow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Optional CLI configuration forwarding
deploy/stacks/nvcf-compute-plane/Makefile*, deploy/stacks/nvcf-compute-plane/tests/register-cluster.sh, deploy/stacks/nvcf-compute-plane/README.md
register-cluster conditionally passes NVCF_CLI_CONFIG to nvcf-cli. Tests cover paths with spaces and the unset-variable case.
Profile-based registration workflows
docs/user/..., tests/bdd/AGENTS.md, tests/bdd/features/*, tests/bdd/godog_test.go
Registration workflows export a control-plane profile, run nvcf-cli init explicitly, and pass profile and compute-context values. BDD fixtures and assertions use the profile handoff and in-cluster endpoints.
Secure Stargate QUIC fixtures
tests/bdd/fixtures/*, tests/bdd/fixtures_test.go, tests/bdd/godog_test.go
Local compute-plane fixtures set stargateQUICInsecure to false. Tests require this setting.

OpenBao certificate retrieval

Layer / File(s) Summary
Malformed certificate response retry
src/clis/nvcf-cli/internal/openbao/client.go, src/clis/nvcf-cli/internal/openbao/client_test.go
PKI certificate reads retry empty responses and JSON syntax errors up to three times with context-aware delays. Other errors remain non-retriable. Tests cover retry and immediate-failure behavior.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ef67b

The PR restores profile- and CLI-driven registration, but merge readiness is reduced by an unresolved observability issue in retry requests and documentation that may direct multi-cluster installation to the wrong Kubernetes context, causing deployment failure or targeting the wrong cluster.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Helmfile
  participant NvcfCli
  participant RegisterCluster
  participant ComputePlane
  Helmfile->>NvcfCli: Export control-plane profile
  NvcfCli->>NvcfCli: Initialize CLI configuration
  NvcfCli->>RegisterCluster: Pass CONTROL_PLANE_PROFILE
  RegisterCluster->>ComputePlane: Register with COMPUTE_KUBE_CONTEXT
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Title check ✅ Passed The title uses valid Conventional Commits syntax with the required scope. The fix type accurately describes the restoration of Helmfile profile registration.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #1254. The six affected Helmfile BDD flows now export the control-plane profile, initialize nvcf-cli, pass profile and compute-context arguments, and propagate optional `NV…
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The changes address issue #1254. The six affected Helmfile BDD flows now export the control-plane profile, initialize nvcf-cli, pass profile and compute-context arguments, and propagate optional NVCF_CLI_CONFIG. Makefile and wiring tests cover the required behavior.

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The changes remain within scope. Documentation, secure Stargate QUIC fixture updates, and OpenBao retry handling support the affected registration and PKI workflows. No unrelated code changes are identified.

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Export installed control-plane profiles and initialize the CLI explicitly in all six Helmfile BDDs. Forward the optional NVCF_CLI_CONFIG value through register-cluster so registration uses the intended CLI state.

Refs: #1254
Signed-off-by: Stephanie Baum <sbaum@nvidia.com>
Retry malformed responses from the OpenBao CA endpoint while preserving immediate failures for command errors and structured OpenBao errors.

Refs: #1254
Signed-off-by: Stephanie Baum <sbaum@nvidia.com>
Disable insecure Stargate QUIC when the compute fixtures consume profile-provided bundle trust, and cover the shared fixture contract.

Refs: #1254
Signed-off-by: Stephanie Baum <sbaum@nvidia.com>
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Inline comments:
In `@deploy/stacks/nvcf-compute-plane/Makefile.dist`:
- Around line 303-305: Review whether the architecture or sequence diagrams
should be updated to document the NVCF_CLI_CONFIG option and profile handoff
through the self-hosted registration flow between the operator, nvcf-cli, and
compute-plane stack.

In `@docs/user/cluster-management/self-managed.md`:
- Around line 174-175: Update the cluster-management sequence diagram to include
the explicit nvcf-cli init action, using the config path, between profile export
and compute-plane registration; preserve the existing surrounding workflow and
participant interactions.

In `@docs/user/helmfile-installation.md`:
- Around line 1331-1337: Update the registration example to use a control-plane
profile path that is absolute or relative to the compute-plane working
directory, and apply the same rule to KUBECONFIG_FILE when showing a
repository-relative path. Keep the variable names and register-cluster
invocation unchanged, following the path contract defined by the registration
target.

In `@src/clis/nvcf-cli/internal/openbao/client.go`:
- Around line 408-410: Update the retry callback using readPKICertificatePEM and
executeKubectlRun to inject the current W3C trace context into curlArgs before
each outbound OpenBao request, including both traceparent and tracestate
alongside the existing X-Vault-Token.

In `@tests/bdd/AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 158-170: Update the earlier Helmfile boundary guidance in
AGENTS.md to permit and preserve the required control-plane profile handoff for
compute registration, including profile export and CONTROL_PLANE_PROFILE
consumption. Keep the rule aligned with the workflow described by the
control-plane and compute-plane registration instructions.
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Document the explicit CLI initialization step, use path values that remain valid across make -C, and align BDD guidance with the required exported-profile handoff.

Refs: #1254
Signed-off-by: Stephanie Baum <sbaum@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Camp <mcamp@nvidia.com>

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1347-1351: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass COMPUTE_KUBE_CONTEXT to the install target.

If the kubeconfig contains multiple contexts, Helmfile can use its current context and install NVCA on the wrong cluster. Add COMPUTE_KUBE_CONTEXT=<gpu-cluster-context> to this command. The install target forwards it as --kube-context.

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In `@docs/user/helmfile-installation.md` around lines 1347 - 1351, Update the
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COMPUTE_KUBE_CONTEXT with the GPU cluster context placeholder, ensuring the
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In `@docs/user/cluster-management/self-managed.md`:
- Around line 608-611: Update the re-registration command alongside
CONTROL_PLANE_PROFILE, KUBECONFIG_FILE, COMPUTE_KUBE_CONTEXT, and NVCF_CLI to
include the same NVCF_CLI_CONFIG value used during initial registration,
preserving the selected CLI configuration.

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- Around line 1347-1351: Update the documented deploy/stacks/nvcf-compute-plane
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Keep re-registration on the same non-default CLI configuration used for initial cluster registration.

Refs: #1254
Signed-off-by: Stephanie Baum <sbaum@nvidia.com>
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