Operator

Configure the OpenLIT Operator deployment using Helm chart values. This page covers all operator-level settings including images, resources, security, and infrastructure configuration.

Core Configuration

Global Settings

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`global.namespace`	Operator namespace override	`""` (uses release namespace)	`openlit-system`
`global.commonLabels`	Labels added to all resources	`{}`	`{team: "platform"}`
`global.commonAnnotations`	Annotations added to all resources	`{}`	`{version: "v1.0.0"}`

Global Configuration Example

Operator Image

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`image.repository`	Operator image repository	`ghcr.io/openlit/openlit-operator`	`my-registry.com/openlit-operator`
`image.tag`	Operator image tag	`""` (uses Chart.AppVersion)	`v1.0.0`
`image.pullPolicy`	Image pull policy	`IfNotPresent`	`Always`
`image.pullSecrets`	Image pull secrets	`[]`	`[{name: "regcred"}]`

Operator Image Example

Provider Images

Configure the instrumentation provider init container images:

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`providerImages.openlit.repository`	OpenLIT provider image	`ghcr.io/openlit/openlit-ai-instrumentation`	`my-registry.com/openlit-provider`
`providerImages.openlit.tag`	OpenLIT provider tag	`""` (inherits operator tag)	`v1.2.0`
`providerImages.openllmetry.repository`	OpenLLMetry provider image	`ghcr.io/openlit/openllmetry-ai-instrumentation`	Custom registry
`providerImages.openllmetry.tag`	OpenLLMetry provider tag	`""` (inherits operator tag)	`v1.1.0`
`providerImages.openinference.repository`	OpenInference provider image	`ghcr.io/openlit/openinference-ai-instrumentation`	Custom registry
`providerImages.openinference.tag`	OpenInference provider tag	`""` (inherits operator tag)	`v0.5.0`

Provider Images Example

# Operator version that providers inherit by default
image:
  tag: "v1.0.0"

# Provider images with automatic version sync
providerImages:
  openlit:
    repository: ghcr.io/openlit/openlit-ai-instrumentation
    tag: ""  # Inherits v1.0.0 from operator
  openllmetry:
    repository: ghcr.io/openlit/openllmetry-ai-instrumentation
    tag: ""  # Inherits v1.0.0 from operator
  openinference:
    repository: ghcr.io/openlit/openinference-ai-instrumentation
    tag: "v0.9.0"  # Custom version override

Deployment Configuration

Resource Management

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`resources.requests.cpu`	CPU request	`100m`	`200m`
`resources.requests.memory`	Memory request	`128Mi`	`256Mi`
`resources.limits.cpu`	CPU limit	`500m`	`1000m`
`resources.limits.memory`	Memory limit	`512Mi`	`1Gi`

Resource Management Example

Deployment Settings

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`deployment.replicas`	Number of operator replicas	`1`	`3`
`deployment.strategy.type`	Deployment strategy	`RollingUpdate`	`Recreate`
`deployment.podAnnotations`	Pod annotations	`{}`	`{version: "v1.0.0"}`
`deployment.podLabels`	Pod labels	`{}`	`{component: "operator"}`
`deployment.nodeSelector`	Node selector	`{}`	`{role: "system"}`
`deployment.tolerations`	Pod tolerations	Control plane tolerations	Custom tolerations
`deployment.affinity`	Pod affinity rules	`{}`	Anti-affinity config
`deployment.priorityClassName`	Priority class	`""`	`system-cluster-critical`

High Availability Deployment Example

deployment:
  replicas: 3
  strategy:
    type: RollingUpdate
    rollingUpdate:
      maxUnavailable: 1
      maxSurge: 1
  podAnnotations:
    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
    fluentd.io/parser-type: "json"
  podLabels:
    component: "operator"
    tier: "control-plane"
  nodeSelector:
    node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
  priorityClassName: "system-cluster-critical"
  affinity:
    podAntiAffinity:
      preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
      - weight: 100
        podAffinityTerm:
          labelSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app.kubernetes.io/name: openlit-operator
          topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
  tolerations:
  - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
    operator: Exists
    effect: NoSchedule
  - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
    operator: Exists
    effect: NoSchedule

Webhook Configuration

Webhook Service

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`webhook.service.name`	Webhook service name	`""` (auto-generated)	`openlit-webhook`
`webhook.service.type`	Service type	`ClusterIP`	`LoadBalancer`
`webhook.service.port`	Service port	`443`	`8443`
`webhook.service.targetPort`	Target port	`9443`	`8443`
`webhook.service.annotations`	Service annotations	`{}`	Load balancer config

Webhook Server

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`webhook.server.port`	Webhook server port	`9443`	`8443`
`webhook.server.path`	Webhook path	`"/mutate"`	`"/webhook"`
`webhook.server.certDir`	Certificate directory	`"/tmp/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs"`	`"/certs"`

Webhook Behavior

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`webhook.failurePolicy`	Failure policy	`Ignore`	`Fail`
`webhook.reinvocationPolicy`	Reinvocation policy	`Never`	`IfNeeded`
`webhook.configName`	Webhook configuration name	`""` (auto-generated)	`openlit-webhook`

Webhook Configuration Example

webhook:
  service:
    name: "openlit-webhook"
    type: ClusterIP
    port: 443
    targetPort: 9443
    annotations:
      service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: nlb
      external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname: webhook.openlit.io
  server:
    port: 9443
    path: "/mutate"
    certDir: "/tmp/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs"
  failurePolicy: Fail
  reinvocationPolicy: Never
  configName: "openlit-operator-webhook"

Security Configuration

Service Account

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`serviceAccount.create`	Create service account	`true`	`false`
`serviceAccount.name`	Service account name	`""` (auto-generated)	`custom-sa`
`serviceAccount.annotations`	SA annotations	`{}`	OIDC annotations

Service Account Example

serviceAccount:
  create: true
  name: "openlit-operator"
  annotations:
    eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: arn:aws:iam::123456789:role/openlit-operator
    iam.gke.io/gcp-service-account: openlit-operator@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com

RBAC

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`rbac.create`	Create RBAC resources	`true`	`false`
`rbac.clusterRoleName`	Cluster role name	`""` (auto-generated)	`openlit-operator`
`rbac.clusterRoleBindingName`	Cluster role binding name	`""` (auto-generated)	`openlit-operator`

RBAC Example

Security Context

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`deployment.podSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot`	Run as non-root	`false`	`true`
`deployment.podSecurityContext.runAsUser`	User ID	`0`	`65534`
`deployment.podSecurityContext.fsGroup`	Filesystem group	`0`	`65534`
`deployment.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation`	Allow privilege escalation	`false`	`true`
`deployment.securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem`	Read-only root filesystem	`false`	`true`
`deployment.securityContext.runAsNonRoot`	Container runs as non-root	`false`	`true`

Security Context Example

deployment:
  podSecurityContext:
    runAsNonRoot: false  # Required for certificate management
    runAsUser: 0
    runAsGroup: 0
    fsGroup: 0
    seccompProfile:
      type: RuntimeDefault
  securityContext:
    allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    readOnlyRootFilesystem: false  # Allow writing certificates
    runAsNonRoot: false
    capabilities:
      drop:
      - ALL

TLS Configuration

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`tls.validityDays`	Certificate validity in days	`365`	`730`
`tls.refreshDays`	Certificate refresh threshold in days	`30`	`60`
`tls.secretName`	TLS secret name	`""` (auto-generated)	`webhook-tls`

TLS Configuration Example

Observability Configuration

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`observability.logLevel`	Log level	`info`	`debug`
`observability.selfMonitoringEnabled`	Enable self-monitoring with OpenTelemetry	`false`	`true`
`observability.otel.endpoint`	OTLP endpoint for operator telemetry	`""`	`http://openlit:4318`
`observability.otel.headers`	OTLP headers	`""`	`Authorization=Bearer token`
`observability.otel.logsEndpoint`	OTLP logs endpoint	`""`	`http://openlit:4318/v1/logs`
`observability.otel.metricsEndpoint`	OTLP metrics endpoint	`""`	`http://openlit:4318/v1/metrics`

Observability Configuration Example

observability:
  logLevel: info
  selfMonitoringEnabled: true
  otel:
    endpoint: "http://openlit:4318"
    headers: "Authorization=Bearer my-secret-token"
    logsEndpoint: "http://openlit:4318/v1/logs"
    metricsEndpoint: "http://openlit:4318/v1/metrics"

Health Checks

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`healthcheck.port`	Health check port	`8081`	`9090`
`healthcheck.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds`	Liveness probe initial delay	`15`	`30`
`healthcheck.livenessProbe.periodSeconds`	Liveness probe period	`20`	`30`
`healthcheck.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds`	Readiness probe initial delay	`5`	`10`
`healthcheck.readinessProbe.periodSeconds`	Readiness probe period	`10`	`15`

Health Checks Example

healthcheck:
  port: 8081
  livenessProbe:
    httpGet:
      path: /healthz
      port: health
    initialDelaySeconds: 15
    periodSeconds: 20
    timeoutSeconds: 5
    failureThreshold: 3
  readinessProbe:
    httpGet:
      path: /readyz
      port: health
    initialDelaySeconds: 5
    periodSeconds: 10
    timeoutSeconds: 5
    failureThreshold: 3

Instrumentation Defaults

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`instrumentation.defaultProvider`	Default instrumentation provider	`openlit`	`openinference`
`instrumentation.defaultVersion`	Default provider version	`latest`	`v1.0.0`
`instrumentation.defaultImagePullPolicy`	Default image pull policy for init containers	`IfNotPresent`	`Always`
`operator.defaultInitImage`	Override default init image	`""`	`my-registry.com/custom:v1.0`

Instrumentation Defaults Example

Multi-Operator Support

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`multiOperator.watchNamespace`	Watch specific namespace only	`""` (all namespaces)	`production`

Multi-Operator Support Example

Custom Resource Definition

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`crd.install`	Install CRDs	`true`	`false`
`crd.annotations`	CRD annotations	`{}`	`{version: "v1.0.0"}`
`schema.validation`	Enable schema validation	`true`	`false`

CRD Configuration Example

Additional Configuration

Environment Variables

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`env.extra`	Additional environment variables	`[]`	Custom env vars

Environment Variables Example

env:
  extra:
    - name: CUSTOM_VAR
      value: "custom-value"
    - name: SECRET_VAR
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          name: my-secret
          key: my-key
    - name: CONFIG_VAR
      valueFrom:
        configMapKeyRef:
          name: operator-config
          key: config-value
    - name: FIELD_VAR
      valueFrom:
        fieldRef:
          fieldPath: metadata.namespace

Additional Volumes

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
`volumes.extra`	Additional volumes	`[]`	ConfigMap volumes
`volumeMounts.extra`	Additional volume mounts	`[]`	Custom mount paths

Additional Volumes Example

volumes:
  extra:
    - name: custom-config
      configMap:
        name: operator-config
    - name: secret-volume
      secret:
        secretName: operator-secrets
    - name: empty-dir
      emptyDir: {}

volumeMounts:
  extra:
    - name: custom-config
      mountPath: /etc/config
      readOnly: true
    - name: secret-volume
      mountPath: /etc/secrets
      readOnly: true
    - name: empty-dir
      mountPath: /tmp/cache

Getting Started

Configuration

Instrumentations

Destinations

Core Configuration

Global Settings

Operator Image

Provider Images

Deployment Configuration

Resource Management

Deployment Settings

Webhook Configuration

Webhook Service

Webhook Server

Webhook Behavior

Security Configuration

Service Account

RBAC

Security Context

TLS Configuration

Observability Configuration

Health Checks

Instrumentation Defaults

Multi-Operator Support

Custom Resource Definition

Additional Configuration

Environment Variables

Additional Volumes

Getting Started

Configuration

Instrumentations

Destinations

​Core Configuration

​Global Settings

​Operator Image

​Provider Images

​Deployment Configuration

​Resource Management

​Deployment Settings

​Webhook Configuration

​Webhook Service

​Webhook Server

​Webhook Behavior

​Security Configuration

​Service Account

​RBAC

​Security Context

​TLS Configuration

​Observability Configuration

​Health Checks

​Instrumentation Defaults

​Multi-Operator Support

​Custom Resource Definition

​Additional Configuration

​Environment Variables

​Additional Volumes

Core Configuration

Global Settings

Operator Image

Provider Images

Deployment Configuration

Resource Management

Deployment Settings

Webhook Configuration

Webhook Service

Webhook Server

Webhook Behavior

Security Configuration

Service Account

RBAC

Security Context

TLS Configuration

Observability Configuration

Health Checks

Instrumentation Defaults

Multi-Operator Support

Custom Resource Definition

Additional Configuration

Environment Variables

Additional Volumes