Alquimia Runtime Helm Chart

This Helm chart deploys Alquimia Runtime, an event-driven and serverless engine for managing AI agents in enterprise environments. Built on Knative and Kubernetes, it ensures scalable and efficient deployment.

Prerequisites

• A running Openshift or Kubernetes cluster.

• Openshift Serverless (Knative) runtime installed.

• Openshift Service Mesh (Istio) for networking.

• AMQ Streams (Strimzi) for event-driven messaging.

• A Redis instance for memory and cache management

• A Couchdb instance to manage agent configurations

• Optional: Vector store (e.g., Qdrant, Chroma, or ElasticSearch) for RAG capabilities.

📦Helm chart repository

The Helm chart is currently available on Artifact Hub and will soon be available in the Red Hat catalog.

📌 Installation

To install the chart with the default values:

helm install my-release . --namespace alquimia-runtime

To override values:

helm install my-release . --namespace alquimia-runtime -f values.override.yaml

Or using --set:

helm install my-release . \
  --set services.hermes.image="alquimiaai/hermes:latest" \
  --set services.leviathan.image="alquimiaai/leviathan:latest"

⚙️ Configurable Parameters

The following table lists the configurable parameters of this chart and their default values.

1️⃣ Eventing Configuration (eventing)

Parameter	Description	Default
eventing.brokers	List of Knative Broker resources	See values.yaml
eventing.configBroker.name	Name of the ConfigMap for Kafka Broker	kafka-broker-config
eventing.configBroker.namespace	Namespace where the ConfigMap is located	knative-eventing
eventing.triggers	List of Knative Trigger resources	See values.yaml
eventing.sequences	List of Knative Sequence resources	See values.yaml
eventing.sinkBindings	List of Knative SinkBinding resources	See values.yaml

🔹 Example - Custom Broker Configuration

eventing:
  brokers:
    - name: inbound
      serviceRef: alquimia-hermes
    - name: normalized
      serviceRef: alquimia-hermes

2️⃣ Service Configuration (services)

Parameter	Description	Default
services.hermes.name	Name of the hermes service	"alquimia-hermes"
services.hermes.image	Image for hermes service	""
services.leviathan.name	Name of the leviathan service	"alquimia-leviathan"
services.leviathan.image	Image for leviathan service	""

🔹Example - Setting Custom Images

services:
  hermes:
    image: "alquimiaai/hermes:latest"
  leviathan:
    image: "alquimiaai/leviathan:latest"

3️⃣ Configuration Variables (configuration)

Parameter	Description	Default
configuration.name	Name of the ConfigMap	"alquimia-env"
configuration.namespace	Namespace for the ConfigMap	"alquimia-runtime"

🔹Environment Variables

Category	Variable	Description
General Configuration	DEBUG	Enable or disable debug mode (true/false)
	API_URL	Base URL of the API
	API_TOKEN	Token for API authentication
	DEFAULT_COLLECTION_ID	Default collection identifier
Caching & Storage	ALQUIMIA_CACHE	Cache configuration for Alquimia
	TRANSFORMERS_CACHE	Path for transformers cache
	HF_HOME	Path for Hugging Face models
	SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS_HOME	Path for Sentence Transformers cache
Object Storage (S3)	ALQUIMIA_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID	S3 access key ID
	ALQUIMIA_S3_SECRET_KEY	S3 secret access key
	ALQUIMIA_S3_BUCKET	S3 bucket name
	ALQUIMIA_S3_ENDPOINT_URL	S3 endpoint URL
Database & Message Brokers	REDIS_URL	Redis connection URL
	COUCHDB_URL	CouchDB connection URL
	QDRANT_URL	Qdrant vector database URL
	QDRANT_API_KEY	API key for Qdrant authentication
Observability & Monitoring	APM_SERVER_URL	APM server URL
	APM_SECRET_TOKEN	Secret token for APM authentication
Email Configuration	SMTP_SERVER	SMTP server for sending emails
	IMAP_SERVER	IMAP server for receiving emails
	GMAIL_USERNAME	Gmail username
	GMAIL_PASSWORD	Gmail password
Integrations	SLACK_BOT_TOKEN	Slack bot authentication token

🔹Example - Custom Environment Variables

configuration:
  env:
    API_URL: "https://api.alquimia.ai"
    DEBUG: "true"

🛠️ Usage Examples

🚀 Deploy with Custom Images and Configurations

helm install my-alquimia-app . \
  --set services.hermes.image="alquimiaai/hermes:latest" \
  --set services.leviathan.image="alquimiaai/leviathan:latest" \
  --set configuration.env.DEBUG="true"

🔄 Upgrade an Existing Deployment

helm upgrade my-alquimia-app . -f values.override.yaml

🗑️ Uninstall

helm uninstall my-alquimia-app