kagenti:operator

Agent Building

Deploy and manage Kagenti operator, agents, and tools on Kubernetes. Handles installer, CRDs, pipelines, and demo deployments.

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Kagenti Operator Skill

Deploy and manage Kagenti operator, agents, and tools on Kubernetes clusters.

Context-Safe Execution (MANDATORY)

Deploy/build commands produce large output. Always redirect to files:

export LOG_DIR="${LOG_DIR:-${WORKSPACE_DIR:-/tmp}/kagenti-deploy}"
mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"

# Pattern: redirect build/deploy output
command > $LOG_DIR/<name>.log 2>&1; echo "EXIT:$?"
# On failure: Task(subagent_type='Explore') with Grep to find errors

When to Use

Deploying Kagenti platform to a cluster
Building and deploying agents/tools
Running E2E tests
User asks "deploy kagenti", "build agent", or "run e2e tests"

Quick Deploy (Kind)

# Deploy everything to Kind cluster
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/30-run-installer.sh

# Wait for CRDs and apply pipeline template
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/41-wait-crds.sh

Quick Deploy (OpenShift/HyperShift)

# Set kubeconfig for target cluster
export KUBECONFIG=~/clusters/hcp/<cluster-name>/auth/kubeconfig

# Deploy with OCP values
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/30-run-installer.sh --env ocp

# Wait for CRDs and apply pipeline template
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/41-wait-crds.sh

Deploy Demo Agents

Full demo deployment workflow:

# 1. Setup team1 namespace (if not exists)
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/70-setup-team1-namespace.sh

# 2. Build weather tool (Tekton pipeline)
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/71-build-weather-tool.sh

# 3. Deploy weather tool
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/72-deploy-weather-tool.sh

# 5. Deploy weather agent
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/74-deploy-weather-agent.sh

Run E2E Tests

# Set agent URL (Kind)
export AGENT_URL="http://localhost:8000"
kubectl port-forward -n team1 svc/weather-service 8000:8000 &

# Set agent URL (OpenShift)
export AGENT_URL="https://$(oc get route -n team1 weather-service -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}')"

# Set config file
export KAGENTI_CONFIG_FILE=deployments/envs/dev_values.yaml  # Kind
export KAGENTI_CONFIG_FILE=deployments/envs/ocp_values.yaml  # OpenShift

# Run tests
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/90-run-e2e-tests.sh

Script Reference

Core Deployment

Script	Description
`30-run-installer.sh`	Run platform installer
`41-wait-crds.sh`	Wait for Kagenti CRDs to be available

Namespace Setup

Script	Description
`70-setup-team1-namespace.sh`	Setup team1 namespace with required resources

Agent/Tool Deployment

Script	Description
`71-build-weather-tool.sh`	Build weather tool via Tekton pipeline
`72-deploy-weather-tool.sh`	Deploy weather tool Component CR
`74-deploy-weather-agent.sh`	Deploy weather agent Component CR
`75-deploy-weather-tool-shipwright.sh`	Alternative: deploy with Shipwright

Testing

Script	Description
`90-run-e2e-tests.sh`	Run E2E test suite

Environment Variables

Installer

Variable	Default	Description
`--env`	dev	Environment (dev, ocp, test)
`KUBECONFIG`	~/.kube/config	Kubernetes config

E2E Tests

Variable	Default	Description
`AGENT_URL`	required	Agent endpoint URL
`KAGENTI_CONFIG_FILE`	required	Values file for config
`PHOENIX_URL`	(optional)	Phoenix observability URL

Installer Options

# View all options
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/30-run-installer.sh --help

# Common options:
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/30-run-installer.sh --env dev     # Kind/local
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/30-run-installer.sh --env ocp     # OpenShift
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/30-run-installer.sh --env test    # CI testing

Debugging

Check Operator Status

# Operator pods
kubectl get pods -n kagenti-system -l app=kagenti-operator

# Operator logs
kubectl logs -n kagenti-system -l app=kagenti-operator --tail=100

# CRDs
kubectl get crd | grep kagenti

Check Agent/Tool Status

# All components
kubectl get components -A

# Shipwright builds
kubectl get builds -A
kubectl get buildruns -A

# Deployments
kubectl get deployments -n team1

Check Shipwright/Tekton Pipelines

# Pipeline runs
kubectl get pipelineruns -n team1

# Task runs
kubectl get taskruns -n team1

# Pipeline logs
tkn pipelinerun logs -n team1 <pipeline-run-name>

Check Routes/Ingress

# Kind (HTTPRoutes)
kubectl get httproutes -A

# OpenShift (Routes)
oc get routes -A

Troubleshooting

Installer Fails

# Check installer logs
# (Logs are output during run)

# Check namespace
kubectl get ns kagenti-system

# Check pods
kubectl get pods -n kagenti-system

CRDs Not Available

# Check CRD installation
kubectl get crd | grep kagenti

# Re-run wait script
./.github/scripts/kagenti-operator/41-wait-crds.sh

Build Fails

# Check Tekton pipeline run
kubectl get pipelineruns -n team1

# View pipeline logs
kubectl logs -n team1 -l tekton.dev/pipelineRun=<run-name>

# Check Tekton controller
kubectl logs -n tekton-pipelines deployment/tekton-pipelines-controller --tail=100

Agent Not Responding

# Check pod status
kubectl get pods -n team1 -l app=weather-service

# View agent logs
kubectl logs -n team1 deployment/weather-service --tail=100

# Check service
kubectl get svc -n team1 weather-service

# Test connectivity
kubectl port-forward -n team1 svc/weather-service 8000:8000
curl http://localhost:8000/.well-known/agent.json

Related Skills

kind:cluster: Manage Kind clusters
hypershift:cluster: Manage HyperShift clusters
k8s:pods: Debug pod issues
k8s:logs: Query logs