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The final PR of the Dynamo TLS/mTLS stack (#10809). With the runtime TLS/mTLS support landed in #10921, #12533, #13096, and #13528, this adds the operator/Helm glue so TLS can be configured once at the platform level and auto-injected into every DynamoGraphDeployment pod — instead of setting DYN_TCP_TLS_* / NATS_TLS_* env vars per component.

There a few followup that I'll tackle before closing #10809

What this does

Adds 10 TLS certificate path fields to InfrastructureConfiguration:

Field Env var injected
natsTLSCAPath NATS_TLS_CA_CERT_PATH
natsTLSClientCertPath NATS_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH
natsTLSClientKeyPath NATS_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH
tcpTLSCertPath DYN_TCP_TLS_CERT_PATH
tcpTLSKeyPath DYN_TCP_TLS_KEY_PATH
tcpTLSCAPath DYN_TCP_TLS_CA_CERT_PATH
tcpTLSClientCertPath DYN_TCP_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH
tcpTLSClientKeyPath DYN_TCP_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH
tcpTLSClientCAPath DYN_TCP_TLS_CLIENT_CA_CERT_PATH
tcpTLSServerName DYN_TCP_TLS_SERVER_NAME

tcpTLSServerName overrides the TLS SNI hostname for TCP clients dialing by IP, so certs with DNS SANs (e.g. *.svc.cluster.local) verify correctly without per-component env config.

The operator's AddStandardEnvVars appends one EnvVar per non-empty path, so every DGD pod the operator creates gets the matching env vars. Per-component env vars in podTemplate still take precedence (via the existing MergeEnvs order).

How it works

  1. Operator config type (deploy/operator/api/config/v1alpha1/types.go): 10 new string fields on InfrastructureConfiguration, with omitempty json tags. All plain strings, so the generated deepcopy (*out = *in) is unchanged — no CRD manifest regen needed (this is operator config, not a CRD).

  2. Env injection (deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/graph.go): AddStandardEnvVars appends a corev1.EnvVar for each non-empty field, before the MergeEnvs(standard, container.Env) call that lets podTemplate env override.

  3. Validation — operator-side (validation.go) enforces the full TLS dependency chain so misconfigurations fail at operator startup rather than per-pod at runtime:

    • TCP/NATS client cert and key must be set together (both or neither)
    • TCP server cert and key must be set together
    • TCP server cert/key require tcpTLSCAPath (the operator doesn't expose DYN_TCP_TLS_INSECURE, so without a CA the client stays plaintext while the server is TLS)
    • Any client-side TCP TLS field (tcpTLSCAPath, tcpTLSClientCertPath, tcpTLSClientKeyPath) requires server cert/key (since every DGD pod is both TCP client and server, client-side TLS without server-side TLS leaves peer servers plaintext)
    • tcpTLSClientCAPath requires server cert/key
    • TCP/NATS client cert requires a CA
    • NATS TLS requires natsAddress to be non-empty and use the tls:// scheme (the runtime fails closed otherwise)

    Chart-side (validate-values.yaml) also requires natsAddr to use tls:// when any natsTLS* field is set.

  4. Helm (deploy/helm/charts/platform/components/operator/): the operator-config.yaml template renders the new fields into the operator ConfigMap's infrastructure: block (gated on non-empty), and values.yaml exposes them as empty defaults.

  5. Docs: new Operator TLS page under Kubernetes Operator (with dynamo-operator. value prefix, --set examples, a volume/mount example, and the NATS tls:// note), a cross-link from the TLS reference (replacing the "future PR [CONTRIBUTION]: Add opt-in TLS and mTLS support to NATS and TCP transports #10809" placeholder), an "Enabling TLS on the NATS server" subsection showing the nats.config.nats.tls chart values, and a fern nav entry.

  6. Generated API reference: api-reference-k8s.md and full-api-reference.mdx regenerated from the Go types.

Testing

  • go build ./...
  • go vet ./internal/dynamo/
  • go test ./internal/dynamo/ ./api/config/validation/ — full suite passes ✅
  • TestAddStandardEnvVars_TLS: table test covering all 10 fields (each injects the matching env var) + an empty-config case (injects none) ✅
  • TestValidateInfrastructure_TLS: 13 subtests covering every valid and invalid TLS configuration combination (cert without key, cert+key without CA, CA without server cert, client cert without CA, client cert without server cert, NATS TLS without natsAddress, NATS TLS with nats://, etc.) ✅
  • controller-gen object (deepcopy regen) — zero diff ✅
  • gen_kubernetes_api.py --check (the CI gate) — "unchanged", exit 0 ✅
  • helm template with discoveryBackend=kubernetes:
    • all 10 TLS values set → infrastructure: block renders all 10 fields, correctly quoted ✅
    • no TLS values → infrastructure: block absent ✅
    • natsAddr only → block renders with just natsAddress:, pre-existing behavior preserved ✅
    • NATS TLS + nats:// → chart validation fails with a clear error ✅
    • NATS TLS + tls:// → renders OK ✅
  • helm lint operator chart → 0 charts failed ✅
  • fern check → no new errors (28 pre-existing, unrelated) ✅
  • gofmt clean on all changed Go files ✅

Not in scope

  • Certificate volume mounting: the operator injects the env var paths; the cert files are delivered by a certificate management system (cert-manager, etc.) and mounted into pods at those paths. Documented (with a volume/mount example) on the Operator TLS page.
  • NATS server-side TLS: configuring the NATS server itself to terminate TLS is deployment-specific (the platform chart's nats.config.nats.tls). Documented in the TLS reference but not implemented in this PR.
  • No runtime crate changes: this PR is operator/Helm/docs only, so it does not touch the Rust runtime or hit the rust-test gate.

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# PR Status
1 #10921 TCP streaming TLS ✅ Merged
2 #12533 TCP request-plane TLS + server-cert hot-reload ✅ Merged
3 #13096 NATS TLS ✅ Merged
4 #13528 mTLS (client-cert auth + client-identity hot-reload) ✅ Merged
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The operator adds NATS and TCP TLS fields to InfrastructureConfiguration, Helm values, and rendered configuration. It validates TLS settings, injects certificate paths into DGD pods, adds tests, and documents operator and NATS server TLS setup.

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Operator TLS

Layer / File(s) Summary
TLS API contract and validation
deploy/operator/api/config/v1alpha1/types.go, deploy/operator/api/config/validation/validation.go
InfrastructureConfiguration now includes optional NATS and TCP TLS paths. Validation requires client certificate and key pairs together.
Helm TLS configuration and rendering
deploy/helm/charts/platform/components/operator/values.yaml, deploy/helm/charts/platform/components/operator/templates/operator-config.yaml, deploy/helm/charts/platform/components/operator/templates/validate-values.yaml
Helm exposes and renders TLS settings. Validation rejects NATS TLS settings when natsAddr does not use tls://.
DGD pod TLS environment injection
deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/graph.go, deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/graph_test.go
AddStandardEnvVars injects configured NATS and TCP TLS values. Tests cover configured and empty infrastructure settings.
TLS configuration documentation
docs/fern/index.yml, docs/fern/pages/developer-guide/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/tls.md, docs/fern/pages/reference/components/tls-configuration.mdx, docs/fern/pages/reference/kubernetes-api/additional-resources/api-reference-k8s.md, docs/fern/pages/reference/kubernetes-api/full-api-reference.mdx
Documentation covers operator TLS, mTLS, NATS server TLS, and the new API fields.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ca84c

The PR adds platform-level TLS/mTLS environment injection, but its documented Secret-mount example uses filenames that do not match the configured certificate paths, which can make otherwise valid deployments fail to start; a bounded Helm validation gap also remains. Merge should wait for these fixes or explicit owner acceptance.

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Inline comments:
In `@deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/graph_test.go`:
- Around line 1840-1889: Replace the two paragraph comments preceding the TLS
test-case table and the empty-configuration subtest with t.Log headings that
describe each test step, keeping the existing test logic unchanged.

In `@deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/graph.go`:
- Around line 1593-1652: Add a one-line story comment immediately before the TLS
environment-variable injection block beginning with NATSTLSCAPath, and keep one
blank line separating it from the preceding block.

In
`@docs/fern/pages/developer-guide/knowledge-base/kubernetes/kubernetes-operator/tls.md`:
- Around line 85-92: Update the Kubernetes TLS volume configuration for the
tls-certs Secret so its mounted filenames match the configured
/etc/certs/server/cert.pem and /etc/certs/server/key.pem paths, either by using
the default paths in the TLS configuration or by explicitly mapping tls.crt and
tls.key to cert.pem and key.pem.

In
`@docs/fern/pages/reference/kubernetes-api/additional-resources/api-reference-k8s.md`:
- Around line 3331-3340: Regenerate the Kubernetes API reference from its source
of truth instead of editing generated content directly. Update
docs/fern/pages/reference/kubernetes-api/additional-resources/api-reference-k8s.md
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docs/fern/pages/reference/kubernetes-api/full-api-reference.mdx lines 4496-4534
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…ration

Add 10 TLS certificate path fields to InfrastructureConfiguration so the operator
injects DYN_TCP_TLS_* and NATS_TLS_* env vars into all DGD pods automatically.
This eliminates per-component env var setup for TLS.

Fields: natsTLSCAPath, natsTLSClientCertPath, natsTLSClientKeyPath,
tcpTLSCertPath, tcpTLSKeyPath, tcpTLSCAPath, tcpTLSClientCertPath,
tcpTLSClientKeyPath, tcpTLSClientCAPath, tcpTLSServerName.

tcpTLSServerName overrides the TLS SNI hostname for TCP clients dialing by IP,
so certs with DNS SANs (e.g. *.svc.cluster.local) verify correctly without
per-component env config.

The operator's AddStandardEnvVars appends one EnvVar per non-empty path, and
the platform Helm chart renders them into the operator ConfigMap. Operator-side
validation rejects partial cert/key pairs (both TCP and NATS). Chart-side
validation requires natsAddr to use tls:// when any natsTLS* field is set.

A unit test (TestAddStandardEnvVars_TLS) verifies each field injects the
matching env var and that an empty config injects none. The generated K8s API
reference (api-reference-k8s.md + full-api-reference.mdx) is regenerated.

Closes ai-dynamo#10809.

Signed-off-by: Walid <walid.elbouchikhi@datadoghq.com>
Move operator-level TLS/mTLS auto-injection guidance out of the transport-
agnostic TLS reference into a dedicated Operator TLS page under Kubernetes
Operator, since it is Kubernetes/operator-specific. Replace the placeholder
note in tls-configuration.mdx with a cross-link, add the new page to the
fern navigation, and cross-link back to the TLS reference.

The Operator TLS page documents the Helm values (with the dynamo-operator.
prefix for the platform chart), the --set examples, a volume/mount example for
certificate delivery, and a note that NATS TLS requires a tls:// server
address. The TLS reference gains an "Enabling TLS on the NATS server"
subsection showing the nats.config.nats.tls chart values for one-way TLS
and mTLS.

Signed-off-by: Walid <walid.elbouchikhi@datadoghq.com>
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