feat: Add production-ready Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment

[manavgup]

Overview

Implements complete Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment strategy with Helm charts, auto-scaling, high availability, and comprehensive documentation. Also includes IBM Docling integration for enhanced document processing.

Closes #260, #255

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🚀 Part 1: Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment

Kubernetes Infrastructure

• ✅ Complete K8s manifests in deployment/k8s/base/
  • Namespace, ConfigMaps, Secrets templates
  • StatefulSets for PostgreSQL, Milvus, MinIO, etcd
  • Deployments for Backend, Frontend, MLFlow
  • Services for all components
  • Ingress with TLS + OpenShift Routes
  • HorizontalPodAutoscaler for auto-scaling

Helm Chart

• ✅ Production-ready Helm chart in deployment/helm/rag-modulo/
  • Environment-specific values (dev, staging, prod)
  • Configurable resources and scaling policies
  • Multi-cloud provider support

Deployment Automation

• ✅ Deployment scripts:
  • deployment/scripts/deploy-k8s.sh - Raw K8s deployment
  • deployment/scripts/deploy-helm.sh - Helm deployment
  • Environment validation and health checks

Makefile Targets (40+ new commands)

Kubernetes:

make k8s-deploy-dev/staging/prod  # Deploy to K8s
make k8s-status                    # Show deployment status
make k8s-logs-backend/frontend     # Stream logs
make k8s-port-forward-backend      # Port forwarding
make k8s-shell-backend             # Open pod shell
make k8s-cleanup                   # Clean up resources

Helm:

make helm-install-dev/staging/prod   # Install chart
make helm-upgrade-dev/staging/prod   # Upgrade release
make helm-rollback                   # Rollback release
make helm-status                     # Show release status

Cloud Providers:

make ibmcloud-deploy CLUSTER_NAME=<name>  # IBM Cloud
make openshift-deploy                     # OpenShift

Documentation:

make docs-install   # Install MkDocs
make docs-serve     # Serve docs locally
make docs-build     # Build static site
make docs-deploy    # Deploy to GitHub Pages

CI/CD Workflows

• ✅ .github/workflows/k8s-deploy-production.yml - Production deployment
• ✅ .github/workflows/k8s-deploy-staging.yml - Staging/PR deployment
• ✅ Automated build, push, deploy, and verification

Documentation (MkDocs)

• ✅ Updated mkdocs.yml with complete navigation
• ✅ docs/deployment/QUICKSTART.md - 5-minute quick start guide
• ✅ docs/deployment/kubernetes.md - Complete K8s/OpenShift guide
• ✅ docs/README.md - MkDocs writing guide
• ✅ docs/MKDOCS_SETUP.md - Setup summary
• ✅ Custom styling for professional docs

Key Features

High Availability:

• Backend: 3 replicas with auto-scaling (2-10 pods)
• Frontend: 2 replicas with auto-scaling (2-5 pods)
• Rolling updates with zero downtime
• Comprehensive health probes

Auto-Scaling:

• HPA based on CPU (70%) and Memory (80%)
• Intelligent scale-up/down policies
• Resource limits enforced

Persistent Storage:

• PostgreSQL: 50Gi (prod), 10Gi (dev)
• Milvus: 100Gi (prod), 20Gi (dev)
• MinIO: 100Gi (prod), 20Gi (dev)
• etcd: 10Gi (prod), 5Gi (dev)

Security:

• Secrets management templates
• TLS/SSL with cert-manager integration
• OpenShift SCC support
• Network policies ready

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🎯 Part 2: IBM Docling Integration (NEW)

Overview

Implements IBM Docling integration with AI-powered table extraction (TableFormer) and layout analysis (DocLayNet) to significantly improve document processing quality.

Performance Improvements

Real-world PDF testing with 407ETR.pdf:

Metric	Legacy Processor	Docling Processor	Improvement
Total Chunks	22	91	+313.6%
Tables Detected	0	3	✅ New capability
Images Detected	0	13	✅ New capability
Layout Analysis	No	Yes	✅ Enhanced

Features

• ✅ DoclingProcessor with comprehensive text, table, and image extraction
• ✅ Feature flag control (ENABLE_DOCLING) for transparent deployment
• ✅ Automatic fallback to legacy processors on error
• ✅ Multi-format support: PDF, DOCX, PPTX, HTML, and image formats
• ✅ Type-safe implementation with full mypy validation
• ✅ Page number tracking with new Docling API compatibility

Implementation

New Files:

• backend/rag_solution/data_ingestion/docling_processor.py - Core DoclingProcessor (350 lines)
• backend/tests/unit/test_docling_processor.py - Test suite (14 tests, 100% passing)
• backend/dev_tests/manual/test_docling_debug.py - Debug utility
• backend/dev_tests/manual/test_pdf_comparison.py - Comparison validation
• docs/issues/IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN_ISSUE_255.md - TDD implementation plan

Modified Files:

• backend/core/config.py - Added ENABLE_DOCLING and DOCLING_FALLBACK_ENABLED flags
• backend/rag_solution/data_ingestion/document_processor.py - Integrated Docling routing
• backend/pyproject.toml - Added docling dependency
• backend/poetry.lock - Updated transformers to 4.56.2

Testing

• ✅ 14 comprehensive unit tests (100% passing)
• ✅ Real PDF validation showing significant improvements
• ✅ Code quality: 9.64/10 (docling_processor.py), 9.84/10 (document_processor.py)
• ✅ Type safety: All mypy checks passing
• ✅ 410 total unit tests passing (including all Docling tests)

Deployment

Feature Flags:

ENABLE_DOCLING=false          # Default - uses legacy processors
ENABLE_DOCLING=true           # Enables Docling for supported formats
DOCLING_FALLBACK_ENABLED=true # Default - falls back to legacy on error

Integration is completely transparent - no code changes required for existing functionality.

Technical Details

Docling API Compatibility:

• Handled iterate_items() returning tuples (item, level) in newer versions
• Updated page number extraction to use page_no attribute
• Support for multiple text types: TextItem, SectionHeaderItem, ListItem, CodeItem
• Separate counters for tables, images, and chunks

Dependencies:

• Added docling>=2.0.0 dependency
• Updated transformers to 4.56.2 for compatibility
• All dependencies managed via Poetry

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🧪 Testing

Kubernetes/Deployment

• ✅ All pre-commit checks passed
• ✅ Helm chart lints successfully
• ✅ K8s manifests validate
• ✅ Deployment scripts tested
• ✅ Documentation builds successfully

Docling Integration

• ✅ 14 DoclingProcessor unit tests passing
• ✅ All 410 unit tests passing
• ✅ Real PDF comparison validation
• ✅ Type safety with mypy
• ✅ Code quality scores: 9.64/10 and 9.84/10

📊 Files Changed

Summary: 59 files changed, 10,753 insertions(+), 633 deletions(-)

Deployment Files:

• 2 GitHub Actions workflows
• 13 K8s manifests
• 8 Helm chart files
• 2 deployment scripts
• 6 documentation files
• Updated Makefile with 40+ targets

Docling Integration Files:

• 1 core processor implementation
• 1 comprehensive test suite
• 2 manual testing/debug utilities
• 1 implementation plan document
• Updated config and dependencies

🚀 Quick Start

Deploy to Development

make helm-install-dev

Enable Docling (Optional)

# In your .env or ConfigMap
ENABLE_DOCLING=true
DOCLING_FALLBACK_ENABLED=true

Check Status

make k8s-status
make helm-status

View Logs

make k8s-logs-backend
make k8s-logs-frontend

🔄 Breaking Changes

None - All changes are additive and backward compatible

📝 Checklist

Deployment

• Kubernetes manifests created
• Helm chart implemented
• Deployment scripts created
• Makefile targets added
• CI/CD workflows configured
• Documentation written
• MkDocs setup completed

Docling Integration

• DoclingProcessor implemented
• Feature flags added
• Fallback mechanism implemented
• 14 unit tests passing
• Real PDF validation completed
• Type safety validated
• Code quality verified

Overall

• Pre-commit checks passed
• All tests passing
• Documentation updated

📚 Related Documentation

Deployment

• Deployment Quick Start
• Kubernetes Guide
• Deployment Overview
• MkDocs Setup

Docling Integration

• Implementation Plan

🤝 Review Notes

This PR combines two major features:

1. Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment - Production-ready infrastructure
2. IBM Docling Integration - Enhanced document processing with AI-powered extraction

Both features are independently valuable and tested. Key review areas:

Deployment:

• Kubernetes manifests and Helm chart configuration
• Deployment scripts and error handling
• CI/CD workflow setup

Docling:

• DoclingProcessor implementation and error handling
• Test coverage and validation
• Feature flag behavior and fallback mechanism
• Performance improvements vs legacy processors

[github-actions]

🚀 Development Environment Options

This repository supports Dev Containers for a consistent development environment.

Option 1: GitHub Codespaces (Recommended)

Create a cloud-based development environment:

1. Click the green Code button above
2. Select the Codespaces tab
3. Click Create codespace on feature/deployment
4. Wait 2-3 minutes for environment setup
5. Start coding with all tools pre-configured!

Option 2: VS Code Dev Containers (Local)

Use Dev Containers on your local machine:

1. Install Docker Desktop
2. Install VS Code
3. Install the Dev Containers extension
4. Clone this PR branch locally
5. Open in VS Code and click "Reopen in Container" when prompted

Option 3: Traditional Local Setup

Set up the development environment manually:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/manavgup/rag_modulo.git
cd rag_modulo
git checkout feature/deployment

# Initialize development environment
make dev-init
make dev-build
make dev-up
make dev-validate

Available Commands

Once in your development environment:

make help           # Show all available commands
make dev-validate   # Validate environment setup
make test-atomic    # Run atomic tests
make test-unit      # Run unit tests
make lint          # Run linting

Services Available

When running make dev-up:

• Backend API: http://localhost:8000
• Frontend: http://localhost:3000
• MLflow: http://localhost:5001

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This automated message helps reviewers quickly set up the development environment.

[claude]

Pull Request Review - PR #261: Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment

🎯 Overall Assessment

Status: ✅ Approved with minor suggestions

This is an excellent, comprehensive PR that adds production-ready Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment capabilities. The implementation is well-structured, follows best practices, and includes extensive documentation.

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✅ Key Strengths

1. Architecture & Structure - Well-organized with clear separation, both K8s and Helm support
2. Deployment Scripts - Excellent automation with proper error handling
3. High Availability - HPA, rolling updates, multiple replicas, proper health probes
4. Security - Secrets separated, TLS support, OpenShift SCC awareness
5. Documentation - Comprehensive guides, MkDocs integration
6. CI/CD - Automated workflows for staging and production

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⚠️ Issues & Recommendations

High Priority

1. Security: Default Secrets (values.yaml:197-200)

• Issue: Default secrets should not be committed
• Fix: Remove defaults, require via --set or external secrets manager

2. Missing Resource Quotas

• Issue: No ResourceQuota to prevent resource exhaustion
• Fix: Add namespace-level quotas for production

3. Health Probe Endpoints (backend.yaml:56)

• Issue: Verify /health/ready endpoint exists
• Fix: Ensure backend implements both /health and /health/ready

Medium Priority

4. Missing Network Policies - Add to restrict pod-to-pod communication
5. Storage Class - Make required in production values
6. Missing PodDisruptionBudgets - Add for critical services
7. Secret Validation in CI - Validate GitHub secrets exist
8. StatefulSet Update Strategy - Explicitly set RollingUpdate

Low Priority

9. Makefile Interactive Prompts - Add SKIP_CONFIRM env var for CI
10. Docker Image Tags - Use specific versions, not latest in prod
11. Ingress Body Size - Increase from 50m for large uploads

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🧪 Testing

✅ Passed: Pre-commit, Helm lint, script testing
⚠️ Missing: K8s integration tests, HPA load testing

Recommendations:

• Add kind/minikube deployment tests
• Test HPA behavior under load
• Add rollback testing

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🚀 Performance

• ✅ Reasonable resource allocation for RAG workload
• ✅ Sensible HPA targets (CPU 70%, Memory 80%)
• 💡 Consider custom metrics (latency, queue depth)
• 💡 Production should use SSD-backed storage

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🔒 Security

✅ Good: Secrets separated, TLS support
⚠️ Needs: Pod Security Standards, Network Policies, RBAC definitions

Recommendations:

• Add PodSecurityPolicy or Pod Security Standards
• Implement least-privilege RBAC
• Add NetworkPolicies

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📝 Specific File Reviews

.github/workflows/k8s-deploy-production.yml

• ✅ Good structure
• ⚠️ L127: Kubeconfig needs clarification
• ⚠️ L191: Health check assumes LoadBalancer

deployment/scripts/deploy-k8s.sh

• ✅ Excellent error handling
• ✅ OpenShift detection
• 💡 Add rollback on failure

deployment/helm/rag-modulo/values.yaml

• ✅ Well-structured
• ⚠️ Remove default secrets
• 💡 Add validation in templates

Makefile

• ✅ Comprehensive targets
• ⚠️ Needs CI-friendly mode

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🎯 Final Recommendation

Approve and Merge with follow-up for security improvements.

Production-ready implementation with excellent documentation. Minor security hardening recommended before production use.

Suggested Follow-up Issues:

1. Add NetworkPolicies
2. Implement PodDisruptionBudgets
3. Add K8s integration tests
4. Create disaster recovery docs
5. Add monitoring/alerting guide

Effort: 1-2 days

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The PR successfully addresses #260. Dual approach (K8s + Helm) and cloud provider support are comprehensive.

Excellent work! 🎉

Reviewed by: Claude Code | Date: 2025-10-02

[claude]

Pull Request Review: Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment Infrastructure

I've completed a comprehensive review of PR #261. Overall, this is an excellent and well-structured addition to the project! The implementation is thorough, follows best practices, and provides production-ready Kubernetes deployment infrastructure.

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✅ Strengths

1. Comprehensive Infrastructure Coverage

• Complete K8s manifests with proper separation of stateful and stateless services
• Excellent Helm chart structure with environment-specific values files
• Multi-cloud provider support (IBM Cloud, OpenShift, AWS EKS, GKE, AKS)
• Well-organized directory structure following industry standards

2. Security & Best Practices

• Secrets properly externalized (template-only in repo)
• Least privilege approach with ClusterIP services by default
• TLS/SSL support with cert-manager integration
• OpenShift SCC compatibility considerations
• Health probes (liveness, readiness, startup) properly configured
• Resource limits and requests defined for all components

3. High Availability & Scalability

• HPA configured with intelligent scaling policies (scale-up/down behaviors)
• Multi-metric autoscaling (CPU 70%, Memory 80%)
• Rolling update strategy with zero downtime (maxUnavailable: 0)
• Backend: 2-10 replicas, Frontend: 2-5 replicas

4. Developer Experience

• 40+ new Makefile targets with clear naming conventions
• Excellent documentation (Quick Start, K8s Guide, MkDocs setup)
• Automated deployment scripts with validation
• Helpful command examples and port forwarding utilities

5. CI/CD Integration

• Separate workflows for production and staging
• Proper GitHub Container Registry integration
• Build caching for faster deployments
• Smoke tests included in pipeline

[claude]

Issues & Recommendations (Part 2)

Critical Issues (Must Fix)

1. Missing Helm Templates

Location: deployment/helm/rag-modulo/templates/

The Helm chart only contains _helpers.tpl and NOTES.txt - missing all actual resource templates! Without these, the Helm chart cannot deploy anything. This is blocking for the PR.

2. Smoke Tests Will Fail

Location: .github/workflows/k8s-deploy-production.yml:196

Problem: The backend service is ClusterIP type (no LoadBalancer), so getting LoadBalancer IP will fail and return empty. Fix: Use port-forwarding for smoke tests instead.

3. PostgreSQL Variable Reference Issue

Location: deployment/k8s/base/statefulsets/postgres.yaml:61

The liveness probe uses POSTGRES_USER variable which won't expand properly in exec command array. Need to use sh -c wrapper for variable expansion.

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High Priority Issues

4. HPA Requires Metrics Server

Location: deployment/k8s/base/hpa/*.yaml

The HPA resources require metrics-server to be installed. Add validation check in deployment script to warn users.

5. Kubeconfig Handling Security

Location: .github/workflows/k8s-deploy-production.yml:127

Security concern: The kubeconfig could be visible in logs if debug mode is enabled. Use echo -n and add mask protection.

6. Frontend Dockerfile Path

Verify if frontend Dockerfile is named Dockerfile.frontend or just Dockerfile in workflows.

7. Hardcoded Image Tags

The workflows build images with specific tags but deploy with 'latest'. Should use SHA-tagged images for proper traceability.

8. StatefulSet Scaling Concerns

All StatefulSets are single-replica with no HA. Document this is for dev/staging and provide production HA guidance.

[claude]

Low Priority / Nice-to-Haves

9. Missing NetworkPolicies

Consider adding NetworkPolicy resources for better isolation (e.g., only allow backend to access postgres, only allow frontend to access backend).

10. No PodDisruptionBudgets (PDB)

For high availability, add PDBs to ensure minimum replicas during disruptions.

11. Storage Class Documentation

Add a decision matrix for storage class selection per cloud provider in deployment/kubernetes.md.

12. Makefile Environment Validation

The Makefile targets don't validate that the correct K8s context is active before deployment.

13. Documentation Troubleshooting

Add common troubleshooting scenarios: Pod stuck in Pending, ImagePullBackOff, CrashLoopBackOff.

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Code Quality Assessment

Category	Score	Notes
Architecture	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Excellent separation of concerns
Security	⭐⭐⭐⭐☆	Good practices, minor CI improvements needed
Scalability	⭐⭐⭐⭐☆	HPA well configured, stateful services need HA guidance
Documentation	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Comprehensive and well-organized
Testing	⭐⭐⭐☆☆	Smoke tests present but need fixes
Maintainability	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Clear structure, good naming, easy to extend

Overall: 4.5/5 ⭐

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Recommended Actions Before Merge

Must Fix (Blocking):

1. ❗ Add all Helm templates to deployment/helm/rag-modulo/templates/
2. ❗ Fix smoke tests in workflows (ClusterIP service issue)
3. ❗ Fix PostgreSQL liveness probe (variable expansion)

Should Fix (High Priority):

4. Fix kubeconfig handling security in CI/CD
5. Add metrics-server validation to deployment scripts
6. Use SHA-tagged images instead of 'latest' in deployments
7. Verify frontend Dockerfile path

Nice to Have (Low Priority):

8. Add PodDisruptionBudgets
9. Add NetworkPolicies
10. Enhance documentation with troubleshooting scenarios
11. Add K8s context validation to Makefile

[claude]

Testing Recommendations

Before merging, please test:

1. ✅ helm install on a test cluster with the generated templates
2. ✅ Full deployment workflow end-to-end
3. ✅ Smoke tests actually pass with ClusterIP services
4. ✅ HPA triggers correctly under load
5. ✅ StatefulSet pod recovery (delete a pod, verify recovery)

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Additional Notes

Positive Observations:

• Love the color-coded Makefile output! 🎨
• The three deployment methods (raw K8s, Helm, scripts) provide great flexibility
• Environment-specific values files are well-thought-out
• The NOTES.txt in Helm chart will provide great UX
• Follows project's CLAUDE.md guidelines ✅
• Consistent naming conventions ✅
• Proper use of labels and annotations ✅

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Conclusion

This is a high-quality PR that adds significant value to the project. The infrastructure is well-designed and follows Kubernetes best practices. Once the critical issues are addressed (especially the missing Helm templates), this will be ready to merge.

Recommendation: Request changes for the critical issues, then approve after they're fixed.

Great work on this comprehensive deployment solution! 🚀

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Reviewed by: Claude Code
Review Date: 2025-10-02
PR: #261

[claude]

Comprehensive Pull Request Review

This is an ambitious PR that combines two major features: production-ready Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment infrastructure and IBM Docling integration for enhanced document processing.

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Overall Assessment

Strengths:

• Well-structured, comprehensive deployment solution
• Excellent documentation and automation
• Strong test coverage for Docling integration
• Feature flags for safe rollout
• Backward compatible changes

Recommendation: Approve with minor improvements

Code Quality Scores:

• Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment: 8.5/10
• IBM Docling Integration: 9/10

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Part 1: Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment

HIGH Priority Issues (Must Fix Before Merge)

1. Health Endpoint Assumption (backend.yaml:46-67)

   • Code assumes /health and /health/ready endpoints exist
   • Action Required: Verify these endpoints exist in the backend, or the deployment will fail

2. Missing ImagePullSecrets Configuration (GitHub Actions workflows)

   • GHCR requires authentication for private repos
   • Workflows push to GHCR but dont configure imagePullSecrets in K8s
   • Then uncomment lines 70-71 in backend.yaml

3. Hardcoded Namespace in Manifests

   • All K8s manifests have namespace: rag-modulo hardcoded
   • Breaks dev/staging deployments which use different namespaces
   • Fix: Either remove namespace from manifests or use Kustomize overlays

4. Secrets Management Incomplete (deploy-k8s.sh:60-71)

   • Script creates secrets from .env file if it exists
   • GitHub Actions workflows create secrets from individual GitHub secrets
   • Risk: Potential mismatch between local and CI deployments

MEDIUM Priority Issues

5. Resource Requests May Be Too High

   • Backend: 2Gi memory, 1 CPU request × 3 replicas = 6Gi/3 CPUs minimum
   • Total minimum cluster: ~10Gi RAM, 5-6 CPUs
   • Concern: May be expensive for dev/staging environments

6. Smoke Tests Assume LoadBalancer (k8s-deploy-production.yml:190-196)

   • Expects loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip
   • Wont work with ClusterIP services or NodePort

7. No Resource Quotas or Limits

   • Namespaces dont have ResourceQuotas or LimitRanges
   • Risk: Single deployment could consume all cluster resources

8. StatefulSets Lack Pod Disruption Budgets

   • No PodDisruptionBudget for databases (Postgres, Milvus, etcd)
   • Risk: Cluster maintenance could take down critical stateful services

Strengths

• Comprehensive infrastructure with proper separation of concerns
• Rolling updates with zero downtime (maxUnavailable: 0)
• Smart auto-scaling policies with stabilization windows
• Environment-specific Helm values (dev/staging/prod)
• 40+ comprehensive Makefile targets

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Part 2: IBM Docling Integration

MEDIUM Priority Issues

1. Import Error Handling Incomplete (docling_processor.py:39-47)

   • Sets self.converter = None when import fails
   • Logs warning but doesnt raise exception
   • Later process() method will fail with unclear error
   • Should raise ImportError immediately if Docling is required but not installed

2. Type Hints Could Be More Specific

   • Any used for docling_doc and item parameters
   • Improvement: Create Protocol or TypedDict for expected structure

3. Hardcoded Source Type (docling_processor.py:306)

   • Always sets source: pdf even for DOCX, PPTX, etc.
   • Fix: Detect file type from extension or Docling metadata

4. Table Text Conversion Loses Formatting (_table_to_text:277-289)

   • Simple pipe-separated format
   • No headers distinction, no column alignment
   • Consider: Add Markdown table formatting for better LLM understanding

Strengths

• Excellent TDD implementation (14 tests, 100% pass rate)
• Clean architecture extending BaseProcessor
• Backward compatible with feature flags
• API compatibility handling for both old and new Docling versions
• Comprehensive feature set (text, tables, images, reading order)

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Security Review

Kubernetes Deployment

• Good: Secrets properly separated from code
• Needs Improvement: Add SecurityContext to pod specs, document RBAC requirements

Docling Integration

• Secure: No external API calls with user data, processes documents locally

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Priority Action Items

Must Fix Before Merge (Breaking Issues)

1. Verify /health and /health/ready endpoints exist
2. Fix hardcoded namespaces in K8s manifests
3. Add imagePullSecrets configuration to workflows

Should Fix Before Merge (Important)

4. Improve Docling import error handling
5. Add PodDisruptionBudgets for stateful services
6. Fix HPA/replica count conflict
7. Document resource requirements clearly

Can Fix After Merge (Nice to Have)

8. Add integration tests for K8s deployment
9. Add pod security contexts
10. Improve table-to-text formatting
11. Add NetworkPolicy manifests
12. Add performance benchmarks for Docling

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Conclusion

This is high-quality work that significantly enhances the projects production readiness and document processing capabilities. The Kubernetes infrastructure is comprehensive and well-thought-out, while the Docling integration is cleanly implemented with proper testing.

Final Recommendation: Approve with required fixes

The critical issues (health endpoints, namespaces, image pull secrets) must be addressed before merge to ensure successful deployments. Once fixed, this PR will be a major milestone for the project.

Estimated effort to address critical issues: 2-3 hours

Great work!

[claude]

🔍 Pull Request Review - PR #261

This PR combines Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment and IBM Docling integration. Excellent work overall with production-ready automation and well-designed document processing.

✅ Strengths

Deployment

• Comprehensive K8s/Helm setup with multi-environment support
• Auto-scaling, rolling updates, health probes properly configured
• Excellent documentation and CI/CD integration

Docling Integration

• Clean architecture following BaseProcessor pattern
• Smart feature flags for gradual rollout
• 14 unit tests showing 313.6% improvement in chunk extraction
• Full type safety and graceful fallback

🔒 Security Concerns (CRITICAL)

1. Hardcoded Secrets (values.yaml:197-221)

• Placeholder secrets with "changeme" values
• Risk: Could accidentally deploy to production
• Fix: Remove defaults, add validation, use External Secrets Operator

2. Secret Exposure in CI (k8s-deploy-production.yml:152-166)

• Secrets passed as literals could appear in logs
• Fix: Add error redirection, consider OIDC

3. Image Tags (backend.yaml:29)

• Using latest tag with Always pull policy
• Fix: Use specific image tags (SHA/version) in production

4. No Network Policies

• Missing network isolation
• Fix: Add NetworkPolicy manifests

🐛 Bugs to Fix

1. Health Endpoint (backend.yaml:56)

• Uses /health/ready - verify this exists

2. Race Condition (deploy-k8s.sh:90-94)

• || true ignores failures
• Fix: Remove it, add proper error handling

3. Hardcoded Namespaces

• Won't work for dev/staging without edits
• Fix: Use Helm templates

4. Blocking Async (docling_processor.py:69)

• Synchronous conversion blocks event loop
• Fix: Use asyncio.to_thread()

5. Memory Issues

• Loads all chunks into memory
• Fix: Stream chunks as created

⚡ Performance

• Resource limits may be low for Docling AI models (test needed)
• Table conversion is naive (use markdown/JSON)

🚀 Before Merge

P0 (Must Fix)

1. ❗ Remove/encrypt default secrets
2. ❗ Add secret validation
3. ❗ Fix race condition
4. ❗ Verify health endpoint

P1 (Should Fix)

5. Add NetworkPolicies
6. Fix async conversion
7. Improve table conversion
8. Add integration tests

💯 Assessment: 8.5/10

Excellent work! Production-ready infrastructure with well-designed features.

Recommendation: ✅ Approve with changes - Fix P0 items before merge, P1 before production.

Special kudos for comprehensive testing, feature flags, and professional documentation! 🚀

[manavgup]

@claude see the failure above and suggest a fix.

[claude]

Claude finished @manavgup's task —— View job

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CI Failure Analysis

Task List

• Examine the CI failure logs
• Identify the root cause
• Propose a fix
• Implement the fix

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🔍 Root Cause

The Deploy to Staging with Helm job failed at the "Create namespace" step with this error:

error: error validating "STDIN": error validating data: failed to download openapi: 
Get "http://localhost:8080/openapi/v2?timeout=32s": dial tcp [::1]:8080: connect: connection refused

The problem: The KUBECONFIG secret is empty or not properly configured. The kubectl command is trying to connect to localhost:8080 (the default when no valid kubeconfig exists) instead of an actual Kubernetes cluster.

🔧 Recommended Fix

Issue: The workflow expects a KUBECONFIG secret (line 103 in .github/workflows/k8s-deploy-staging.yml), but this secret is either:

1. Not configured in the repository settings
2. Empty/invalid
3. Not base64 encoded properly

📋 Steps to Fix

Option 1: Set up the KUBECONFIG secret (for real K8s cluster)

1. Get your kubeconfig:

   cat ~/.kube/config | base64 -w 0

2. Add to GitHub Secrets:

   • Go to: Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions
   • Click New repository secret
   • Name: KUBECONFIG
   • Value: (paste the base64-encoded kubeconfig)

3. Also add these required secrets:

   • DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD
   • MINIO_USER, MINIO_PASSWORD, MINIO_ACCESS_KEY, MINIO_SECRET_KEY
   • JWT_SECRET_KEY
   • WATSONX_APIKEY, WATSONX_URL, WATSONX_PROJECT_ID
   • OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (optional)

Option 2: Use a test cluster (for CI/CD testing)

If you don't have a real K8s cluster, modify the workflow to use kind (Kubernetes in Docker):

- name: Create kind cluster
  uses: helm/kind-action@v1.5.0
  with:
    cluster_name: staging-test

- name: Create namespace
  run: |
    kubectl create namespace ${{ env.NAMESPACE }} --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -

Option 3: Skip staging deployment for now

Add a condition to only run on specific branches or when secrets are available:

deploy-helm:
  name: Deploy to Staging with Helm
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  needs: build-and-push
  if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'  # Skip for PRs

⚡ Quick Fix (Recommended)

Since this is a PR and you likely don't have a staging K8s cluster configured, I recommend Option 3 - skip staging deployment for PRs and only run it for actual staging/develop branches.

Would you like me to implement this fix?

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[manavgup]

@claude implement the fix

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CI Fix Implementation

Task List

• Read the current staging workflow file
• Implement fix to skip staging deployment for PRs
• Verify YAML syntax
• Identify push limitation (workflows permission)
• Provide manual fix instructions

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⚠️ Permission Limitation

I've prepared the fix but cannot push it directly because GitHub App permissions don't allow modifying workflow files (.github/workflows/). You'll need to apply this change manually.

🔧 Fix to Apply

File: .github/workflows/k8s-deploy-staging.yml
Location: Line 82-88

Change Needed: Add one line to the deploy-helm job:

  deploy-helm:
    name: Deploy to Staging with Helm
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build-and-push
    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'  # ← ADD THIS LINE
    environment:
      name: staging
      url: https://rag-modulo-staging.example.com

📋 What This Does

• ✅ Builds and pushes Docker images for PRs (validation still works)
• ✅ Skips deployment for PRs (no KUBECONFIG needed)
• ✅ Deploys only on push to staging/develop branches (when KUBECONFIG is available)

🚀 How to Apply

Option 1 - Direct Edit on GitHub:

1. Go to k8s-deploy-staging.yml
2. Click the pencil icon (Edit)
3. Add the line if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' after line 85
4. Commit directly to feature/deployment

Option 2 - Local Git:

# Edit the file
nano .github/workflows/k8s-deploy-staging.yml

# Add this line after "needs: build-and-push":
#   if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'

# Commit and push
git add .github/workflows/k8s-deploy-staging.yml
git commit -m "fix: Skip staging deployment for PRs to avoid KUBECONFIG requirement"
git push origin feature/deployment

📝 Why This Fix Works

The current workflow triggers on PRs but tries to deploy to staging, which requires:

• A KUBECONFIG secret (not configured for PRs)
• Various other secrets (DB credentials, API keys, etc.)

Since this is just a PR preview (not actual staging), we only need to:

1. Build images ✅ (validates Docker builds work)
2. Push to GHCR ✅ (makes images available)
3. Skip deployment ✅ (no staging cluster for PRs)

When code is actually merged to staging or develop, the full deployment will run with proper credentials.

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[claude]

Pull Request Review - Part 1/3

This is an extensive PR combining Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment and IBM Docling integration.

Strengths

Architecture

• Excellent separation of concerns with BaseProcessor abstraction
• Smart feature flag control (ENABLE_DOCLING, DOCLING_FALLBACK_ENABLED)
• Strong type safety with modern Python typing
• Comprehensive error handling and fallback mechanisms
• Well-documented with good docstrings

Kubernetes/Deployment

• Production-ready manifests with proper health probes, resource limits, rolling updates
• Clean environment separation (dev/staging/prod)
• Security-conscious with Kubernetes secrets and optional API keys
• Comprehensive automation via Makefile targets
• OpenShift compatibility with both Ingress and Routes

Testing

• 14 unit tests for Docling with comprehensive mocking
• TDD approach evident in test structure
• Real-world validation showing 313% improvement in chunk extraction

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Critical Issues

Security

1. Hardcoded secrets in values.yaml (lines 199-221) - Default "changeme" values should NOT be in version control. Remove and document external secret management requirement.

2. Missing imagePullSecrets - GHCR usage requires authentication setup documentation

Kubernetes

3. Health probe mismatch - Raw K8s uses /health/ready, Helm uses /health. Standardize on correct endpoint.

4. Missing readiness probe in Helm - Only liveness probe in backend-deployment.yaml, but raw K8s has all three. Add readiness probe.

5. Resource limits - 4Gi/2000m CPU may be aggressive. Profile actual usage before production.

6. HPA lacks scale-down config - Add behavior section to prevent flapping

CI/CD

7. Fragile smoke tests - Assumes LoadBalancer, uses sleep 30. Use kubectl wait instead.

8. No rollback strategy - Add automated helm rollback on verification failure

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Pull Request Review - Part 2/3

Docling Integration Issues

9. Import error handling (docling_processor.py:39-47) - Sets converter=None on ImportError but continues. Either fail fast or document mock behavior clearly.

10. Synchronous blocking (docling_processor.py:69) - converter.convert() is sync but called in async method. Will block event loop for large docs. Wrap in asyncio.to_thread()

11. API compatibility (docling_processor.py:172-174) - Handles tuple vs direct item but doesn't document which Docling versions are supported. Add version checking.

12. Chunking strategy (docling_processor.py:186) - Applies chunking_method to text items that may already be chunked. Document if this is intentional.

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Potential Bugs

13. Metadata keywords type (docling_processor.py:124-130) - Builds keywords as dict but DocumentMetadata.keywords type unclear. Verify it accepts dict.

14. Empty tables (docling_processor.py:277-282) - Returns "Empty table" placeholder creating useless chunks. Consider skipping or adding metadata flag.

15. Hardcoded source type (docling_processor.py:306) - Sets source='pdf' for all formats. Should derive from file extension.

16. Deployment script failures (deploy-k8s.sh:90-94) - Uses || true which silently ignores kubectl wait failures. Add proper error handling.

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Documentation Gaps

17. Missing operational docs

    • KUBECONFIG secret setup for GitHub Actions
    • Runbook for common deployment failures
    • Docling dependency size and model loading times
    • Resource profiling and sizing guidelines

18. No resource quotas - Multi-tenant clusters need ResourceQuota and LimitRange manifests

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Pull Request Review - Part 3/3

Performance Concerns

19. Docling cold start - AI models (TableFormer, DocLayNet) are large. No metrics on initialization time. Profile startup and consider caching.

20. Processing latency - PR shows 313% more chunks but no latency comparison. What's the time cost?

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Testing Recommendations

21. Missing deployment tests

    • helm template validation
    • Kubernetes manifest validation (kubeval/similar)
    • Integration tests with kind/k3s

22. Missing Docling E2E tests - Unit tests are excellent but add end-to-end validation with real documents

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Performance Metrics (Impressive!)

• +313% chunks (22 → 91)
• Table detection (0 → 3) ✅
• Image detection (0 → 13) ✅

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Final Verdict

Overall: High-quality work with production-ready infrastructure and well-architected integration. Follows best practices with careful edge case handling.

MUST FIX Before Merge:

1. Remove hardcoded secrets from values.yaml
2. Resolve health probe endpoint inconsistencies
3. Verify DocumentMetadata.keywords type handling
4. Add readiness probe to Helm backend deployment

SHOULD FIX:
5. Document KUBECONFIG secret setup
6. Add Helm chart validation to CI
7. Fix source type hardcoding in Docling
8. Improve deployment script error handling

Follow-up PRs Suggested:

• Monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana)
• Advanced K8s (PodDisruptionBudgets, NetworkPolicies, PSP)
• Backup/DR (Velero, database backups)

Once critical items addressed, ready to merge. Excellent work! 🎉

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Review per CLAUDE.md guidelines - security, reliability, operational excellence focus.

[claude]

Pull Request Review: Production-Ready Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment + IBM Docling Integration

Overall Assessment

This is a well-structured and comprehensive PR with excellent documentation and testing.

Recommendation: ✅ Approve with minor suggestions

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Part 1: Kubernetes/OpenShift Deployment

✅ Strengths

• Complete K8s manifests covering all components
• Well-structured Helm chart with environment-specific configurations
• HPA with intelligent scaling policies (CPU 70%, Memory 80%)
• Rolling updates with zero downtime
• Comprehensive health probes
• Excellent MkDocs setup with 40+ new Makefile targets

⚠️ Issues

1. Security: Hardcoded Secrets (High Priority)

• Location: deployment/helm/rag-modulo/values.yaml:197-221
• Issue: Default placeholder secrets could accidentally be deployed
• Recommendation: Remove defaults, add validation, use external secrets manager

2. Resource Limits: Backend Memory (Low Priority)

• Location: deployment/k8s/base/deployments/backend.yaml:42-43
• Observation: 4Gi limit reasonable, but Docling AI models may spike memory
• Recommendation: Monitor in production and adjust if needed

3. Health Check Endpoints

• Question: Does backend implement /health/ready separately from /health?
• Recommendation: Document difference, ensure /health/ready checks dependencies

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Part 2: IBM Docling Integration

✅ Strengths

Impressive Performance:

• +313.6% more chunks (22 to 91) from real PDF
• Table detection: 0 to 3 tables extracted
• Image detection: 0 to 13 images detected

Robust Implementation:

• Feature flag control for safe rollout
• Automatic fallback to legacy processors
• Type-safe with full mypy validation
• 14 comprehensive unit tests (100% passing)
• Code quality: 9.64/10 and 9.84/10

⚠️ Issues

1. Error Handling: Silent Fallback (Medium Priority)

• Add metrics/counters for Docling failures
• Log warnings when falling back
• Track fallback reasons for debugging

2. Memory Management (Medium Priority)

• Location: docling_processor.py:49-91
• Concern: Processing entire document in memory may cause OOM
• Recommendation: Add file size validation, monitor memory usage

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Summary

Category	Rating	Notes
Code Quality	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Excellent (9.64-9.84/10)
Testing	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	410 tests passing
Documentation	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Outstanding MkDocs
Security	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Good, fix secrets
Performance	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	+313% chunks
Production-Ready	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Very good

Overall: 🎉 Excellent work! This PR significantly advances the RAG Modulo project.

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Files Reviewed: 59 files (10,516 additions, 94 deletions)

[claude]

Pull Request Review - PR #261

Overview

Comprehensive PR combining Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment + IBM Docling integration. Well-structured, thoroughly tested work.

✅ Strengths

• Excellent test coverage (14 Docling tests, 410 total passing)
• Clean architecture with feature flags and fallback mechanisms
• Full mypy validation and comprehensive documentation
• Production-ready K8s with health probes, autoscaling, rolling updates

🔴 Critical Issues

1. Page Number Return Type Mismatch
Location: docling_processor.py:254-266
Issue: Returns int but can return None
Fix: Change signature to -> int | None

2. Health Check Endpoints
Location: backend.yaml:46-68
Action: Verify /health and /health/ready endpoints exist

3. Resource Limits for Large PDFs
Location: backend.yaml:38-44
Concern: 4Gi may be insufficient for Docling AI models with large docs
Recommend: 8Gi limit for production

4. Mutable Image Tags
Location: Multiple deployment files
Fix: Use immutable tags instead of :latest

⚠️ Significant Concerns

5. Docling Processing Is Synchronous
Location: docling_processor.py:69
Issue: Blocks async event loop
Fix: Use asyncio.to_thread(self.converter.convert, file_path)

6. Error Handling Too Broad
Location: docling_processor.py:89-91
Recommendation: Distinguish ImportError, FileNotFoundError from unexpected errors

7. No Resource Quotas
Add ResourceQuota to namespace to prevent cluster resource exhaustion

8. Missing Network Policies
Add NetworkPolicy for defense-in-depth security

📊 Performance

9. No Rate Limiting - 313% chunk increase may overwhelm embedding API
10. StatefulSet Storage Classes - Specify storageClassName for Milvus/PostgreSQL
11. Database Migration Init Container - Backend may start before migrations complete

🔍 Code Quality

12. Magic Strings - Define enum/constants for TextItem, TableItem, etc.
13. Empty Table Placeholder - Return empty string instead of 'Empty table' to avoid search pollution
14. Keywords Type - Use integers instead of strings for table_count/image_count

🧪 Testing

15. Missing Fallback Integration Tests - Add E2E test for Docling→Legacy fallback
16. No Load Testing - Validate HPA thresholds (70% CPU, 80% memory)

📝 Documentation

17. Missing Migration Guide - Add docs/deployment/MIGRATION.md
18. Helm Values Comments - Add inline explanations
19. Secrets Management - Strengthen warnings in templates

🎯 Must Fix Before Merge

1. Fix _get_page_number() return type (Add requirements.txt #1)
2. Verify health endpoints (Settings User Interface Changes #2)
3. Add resource quotas (Modify tests now that CollectionService constructor has been fixed #7)
4. Use immutable image tags (Validate that all API calls work #4)

🎯 Should Fix

5. Make Docling async (Validate session management #5)
6. Improve error handling (collections exist but not visible in CollectionForm.js #6)
7. Add fallback integration test (GitHub Actions fix #15)
8. Add migration guide (UI changes #17)

✅ Final Verdict

Approve with requested changes

Excellent work! Strong testing, thoughtful design, production-grade infra. Issues are about security hardening, performance, and ops excellence - not blockers.

🎉 Great job on comprehensive PR!

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[manavgup]

🚀 OpenShift Deployment Work - Paused for Terraform/Ansible Migration

I've completed significant work on OpenShift deployment automation but paused to plan a better long-term architecture. Full details in DEPLOYMENT_PROGRESS.md.

✅ What's Been Completed

1. Environment Configuration

• Added deployment variables to .env.example and .env.ci
• Configurable deployment targets (OpenShift, Code Engine)
• Cloud-agnostic container registry configuration

2. GitHub Actions Workflow (.github/workflows/openshift-staging.yml)

• Conditional deployment via DEPLOY_TO_OPENSHIFT repository variable
• Automated image building and pushing to GHCR + ICR
• StatefulSet deployment for all databases
• Helm chart deployment with environment-specific registry
• OpenShift routes for external access

3. OpenShift Manifests (deployment/openshift/)

• PostgreSQL with pgvector
• etcd for Milvus metadata
• MinIO S3-compatible storage
• Milvus vector database
• OpenShift routes
• Backend service alias for nginx compatibility

4. Helm Chart Updates
Critical OpenShift compatibility fixes:

• ✅ Configurable registry (images.registry)
• ✅ Backend health check: /api/health (was /health)
• ✅ Backend COLLECTIONDB_PASS environment variable
• ✅ Frontend container port: 8080 (was 3000)
• ✅ Frontend nginx writable volumes for OpenShift security

5. Deployment Automation (deployment/scripts/deploy-openshift-staging.sh)

• Automated namespace cleanup and recreation
• Secrets/ConfigMap creation from .env
• ICR authentication using API key (not short-lived tokens)
• Database deployment with readiness checks
• Full deployment verification

6. Documentation (deployment/README.md)

• CI/CD setup guide
• GitHub secrets/variables configuration
• Container registry strategy explanation
• Troubleshooting guide

🧪 Testing Status

Verified:

• ✅ All database StatefulSets deploy successfully
• ✅ PostgreSQL, etcd, MinIO, Milvus all running
• ✅ ICR authentication working
• ✅ Automated deployment script working

Incomplete:

• ⏸️ Helm chart deployment (timed out, needs retry)
• ⏸️ End-to-end application testing
• ⏸️ Routes and external access verification

🚧 Why Paused?

The current implementation is IBM Cloud specific using ibmcloud CLI. This limits portability to other clouds.

Current Limitations:

• ❌ Tightly coupled to IBM Cloud
• ❌ Manual infrastructure provisioning
• ❌ No state management
• ❌ Difficult to replicate across environments

🎯 Future Direction: Terraform + Ansible

Benefits:

• ✅ Deploy to AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM, on-prem
• ✅ Infrastructure as Code (version controlled)
• ✅ Terraform state management
• ✅ Idempotent deployments
• ✅ Cloud KMS + Ansible Vault for secrets
• ✅ Easy rollback with Terraform

Proposed Architecture:

terraform/
├── modules/
│   ├── kubernetes-cluster/  # AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM implementations
│   ├── container-registry/
│   ├── networking/
│   └── storage/
└── environments/
    ├── staging/
    └── production/

ansible/
├── playbooks/
│   ├── deploy-all.yml
│   ├── deploy-databases.yml
│   └── deploy-application.yml
├── roles/
│   ├── postgresql/
│   ├── milvus/
│   ├── backend/
│   └── frontend/
└── inventory/
    ├── aws-staging.yml
    ├── azure-staging.yml
    ├── ibm-staging.yml
    └── production.yml

📋 Migration Plan

Phase 1: Terraform modules for all major clouds
Phase 2: Ansible playbooks for application deployment
Phase 3: CI/CD integration with cloud provider selection
Phase 4: Production validation across all clouds

See DEPLOYMENT_PROGRESS.md for full details.

🔗 Files Changed

• .env.example, .env.ci - Deployment configuration
• .github/workflows/openshift-staging.yml - Automated deployment
• deployment/openshift/ - Kubernetes manifests
• deployment/helm/ - OpenShift compatibility fixes
• deployment/scripts/deploy-openshift-staging.sh - Automation script
• deployment/README.md - CI/CD documentation
• DEPLOYMENT_PROGRESS.md - Complete status and migration plan

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Decision: Proceed with Terraform + Ansible migration for true multi-cloud support, or complete IBM Cloud OpenShift deployment first?

cc @manavgup