values.yaml

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global:
  etcd:
    # -- Whether this chart should install the bundled etcd subchart.
    # When true, deploys etcd and auto-configures the operator with its address.
    # When false, etcd is not deployed. Use dynamo-operator.etcdAddr to point at an external instance if you are bringing your own etcd.
    install: false

  kai-scheduler:
    # -- Whether this chart should install the bundled kai-scheduler subchart.
    # When true, deploys kai-scheduler and its CRDs. Integration is automatically enabled.
    # NOTE: For production environments, it is recommended to install kai-scheduler separately.
    install: false
    # -- Whether to enable Kai Scheduler integration (queue creation, schedulerName injection).
    # Set to true when kai-scheduler is available in the cluster (installed externally).
    # Automatically enabled when install=true. The operator uses this to decide whether to
    # inject schedulerName and queue labels into pod templates.
    enabled: false

  grove:
    # -- Whether this chart should install the bundled Grove subchart.
    # When true, deploys the Grove operator cluster-wide. Integration is automatically enabled.
    # NOTE: For production environments, it is recommended to install Grove separately.
    install: false
    # -- Whether to enable Grove integration (multinode orchestration via PodCliqueSets).
    # Set to true when Grove is available in the cluster (installed externally).
    # Automatically true when install=true. The operator uses this to decide whether to
    # create PodCliqueSets for multinode deployments.
    enabled: false

# Subcharts configuration

# Dynamo operator configuration
dynamo-operator:
  # -- Whether to enable the Dynamo Kubernetes operator deployment
  enabled: true

  # -- Whether to manage CRDs via a pre-install/pre-upgrade hook Job.
  # The Job runs the operator image with the crd-apply tool to apply CRDs via server-side apply.
  upgradeCRD: true

  # Environment variables to pass to operator Deployment.
  env: []

  # -- NATS server address for operator communication (leave empty to use the bundled NATS chart). Format: "nats://hostname:port"
  natsAddr: ""

  # -- etcd server address for an external etcd instance. Only needed when using external etcd without the bundled subchart. Format: "http://hostname:port" or "https://hostname:port"
  etcdAddr: ""

  nats:
    # -- Whether the NATS is enabled
    enabled: true

  # -- URL for the Model Express server if not deployed by this helm chart. This is ignored if Model Express server is installed by this helm chart (global.model-express.enabled is true).
  modelExpressURL: ""
  # -- Namespace access controls for the operator
  namespaceRestriction:
    # -- Whether to restrict operator to specific namespaces. By default, the operator will run with cluster-wide permissions. Only 1 instance of the operator should be deployed in the cluster. If you want to deploy multiple operator instances, you can set this to true and specify the target namespace (by default, the target namespace is the helm release namespace).
    enabled: false
    # -- Target namespace for operator deployment (leave empty for current namespace)
    targetNamespace:
    # Namespace scope marker lease configuration (used to prevent conflicts when running both cluster-wide and namespace-restricted operators)
    lease:
      # Duration before the namespace scope marker lease expires if not renewed (namespace-restricted mode only). When a namespace-restricted operator is running, it creates a lease in its namespace. The cluster-wide operator detects this lease and excludes that namespace from processing. If the namespace operator stops renewing the lease (e.g., crashes), the lease expires and the cluster-wide operator automatically resumes processing that namespace.
      duration: 30s
      # Interval for renewing the namespace scope marker lease (namespace-restricted mode only). The namespace-restricted operator renews its lease at this interval to signal it's still running.
      renewInterval: 10s

  # -- GPU discovery configuration (only applies when namespaceRestriction.enabled=true)
  gpuDiscovery:
    # -- Whether to provision a ClusterRole for the namespace-scoped operator to read GPU node labels.
    # When true (default), Helm creates a ClusterRole/ClusterRoleBinding granting node read access.
    # Set to false if your installer lacks ClusterRole creation permissions.
    enabled: true

  # -- The Dynamo discovery backend to use. Default is "kubernetes" for Kubernetes API service discovery. Set to "etcd" to use ETCD for discovery. --
  discoveryBackend: "kubernetes"

  # Controller manager configuration
  controllerManager:
    # -- Node tolerations for controller manager pods
    tolerations: []

    # -- Affinity for controller manager pods
    affinity: {}

    # Leader election configuration for cluster-wide coordination
    leaderElection:
      # -- Leader election ID for cluster-wide coordination. WARNING: All cluster-wide operators must use the SAME ID to prevent split-brain. Different IDs would allow multiple leaders simultaneously.
      id: ""  # If empty, defaults to: dynamo.nvidia.com (shared across all cluster-wide operators)
      # -- Namespace for leader election leases (only used in cluster-wide mode). If empty, defaults to kube-system for cluster-wide coordination. All cluster-wide operators should use the SAME namespace for proper leader election.
      namespace: ""

    manager:
      # Container image configuration for the operator manager
      image:
        # -- Official NVIDIA Dynamo operator image repository
        repository: "nvcr.io/nvidia/ai-dynamo/kubernetes-operator"
        # -- Image tag (leave empty to use chart default)
        tag: ""
        # -- Image pull policy - when to pull the image
        pullPolicy: IfNotPresent

      # Command line arguments for the operator manager
      args:
        # -- Health probe endpoint for Kubernetes health checks
        - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
        # -- Metrics endpoint for Prometheus scraping (localhost only for security)
        - --metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:8080

  # -- Secrets for pulling private container images
  imagePullSecrets: []

  # Core Dynamo platform configuration
  dynamo:
    # -- How long to wait before forcefully terminating Grove instances
    groveTerminationDelay: 4h

    # Docker registry configuration for private repositories
    dockerRegistry:
      # -- Whether to use Kubernetes secrets for registry authentication
      useKubernetesSecret: false
      # -- Docker registry server URL
      server:
      # -- Registry username
      username:
      # -- Registry password (consider using existingSecretName instead)
      password:
      # -- Name of existing Kubernetes secret containing registry credentials
      existingSecretName:
      # -- Whether the registry uses HTTPS
      secure: true

    # Ingress configuration for external access
    ingress:
      # -- Whether to create ingress resources
      enabled: false
      # -- Ingress class name (e.g., "nginx", "traefik")
      className:
      # -- Secret name containing TLS certificates
      tlsSecretName: my-tls-secret

    # Istio service mesh configuration
    istio:
      # -- Whether to enable Istio integration
      enabled: false
      # -- Istio gateway name for routing
      gateway:

    # -- Host suffix for generated ingress hostnames
    ingressHostSuffix: ""

    # -- Whether VirtualServices should support HTTPS routing
    virtualServiceSupportsHTTPS: false

    # Metrics configuration
    metrics:
      # -- Endpoint that services can use to retrieve metrics. If set, dynamo operator will automatically inject the PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT environment variable into services it manages. Users can override the value of the PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT environment variable by modifying the corresponding deployment's environment variables
      prometheusEndpoint: ""

    # MPI Run configuration
    mpiRun:
      # -- Name of the secret containing the SSH key for MPI Run
      secretName: "mpi-run-ssh-secret"

  # Webhook configuration for admission control and validation
  webhook:
    # Certificate configuration for webhook TLS
    certificateSecret:
      # -- Name of the Kubernetes secret containing webhook TLS certificates. The secret must contain three keys: tls.crt (server certificate), tls.key (server private key), and ca.crt (Certificate Authority certificate).
      name: webhook-server-cert

      # -- Whether to manage the certificate secret externally. When false (default), the operator's built-in cert-controller generates and rotates certificates automatically. When true, you must create the secret manually before installing the chart.
      external: false

    # -- CA bundle (base64 encoded) for webhook validation. Only used when certificateSecret.external=true. For automatic certificate generation or cert-manager integration, leave this empty as it will be injected automatically.
    caBundle: ""

    # -- Webhook failure policy controls how Kubernetes handles requests when the webhook is unavailable. 'Fail' (recommended for production) rejects requests if the webhook cannot be reached, ensuring strict validation. 'Ignore' allows requests through if the webhook is unavailable, providing availability over validation guarantees.
    failurePolicy: Fail

    # -- Timeout in seconds for webhook validation calls. If the webhook doesn't respond within this time, the request will be handled according to the failurePolicy.
    timeoutSeconds: 10

    # Namespace selector for webhook scope control
    # -- Custom namespace selector for webhook validation. Use this to include or exclude specific namespaces from webhook validation. For CLUSTER-WIDE operators, you can exclude namespaces managed by namespace-restricted operators by using: matchExpressions: [{ key: "dynamo-operator", operator: "NotIn", values: ["namespace-restricted"] }]. For NAMESPACE-RESTRICTED operators, leave empty as it will be auto-configured to match only the operator's namespace.
    namespaceSelector: {}

    # cert-manager integration for automated certificate lifecycle management
    certManager:
      # -- Whether to use cert-manager for automatic certificate management. Requires cert-manager to be installed in the cluster. When enabled, cert-manager will provision and rotate certificates instead of the operator's built-in cert-controller.
      enabled: false

      # Certificate configuration for cert-manager
      certificate:
        # -- Certificate duration for webhook certificates managed by cert-manager (e.g., "8760h" for 1 year). cert-manager will automatically renew the certificate before it expires.
        duration: "8760h"

        # -- Time before certificate expiration to trigger renewal (e.g., "360h" for 15 days). cert-manager will attempt to renew the certificate when this threshold is reached.
        renewBefore: "360h"

        # Root CA configuration for cert-manager
        rootCA:
          # -- Duration for the root CA certificate (e.g., "87600h" for 10 years). The root CA typically has a much longer lifetime than the leaf certificates it signs.
          duration: "87600h"

          # -- Time before root CA expiration to trigger renewal (e.g., "720h" for 30 days). Renewing a CA can be disruptive as all signed certificates must be reissued.
          renewBefore: "720h"

  # Checkpoint configuration for fast pod restore using CRIU/cuda-checkpoint
  # NOTE: The checkpoint infrastructure (PVC + DaemonSet) must be installed separately
  # using the snapshot Helm chart in each namespace where checkpointing is needed.
  checkpoint:
    # -- Whether to enable checkpoint/restore functionality
    enabled: false

    # -- Path written by worker when model is loaded and ready for checkpointing
    readyForCheckpointFilePath: "/tmp/ready-for-checkpoint"

    # Storage configuration
    # These settings tell the operator where to find checkpoint storage
    # Must match the configuration in the snapshot chart
    storage:
      # -- Storage backend type: pvc, s3, or oci
      type: pvc

      # PVC storage configuration (used when type=pvc)
      pvc:
        # -- Name of the PVC created by the snapshot chart
        pvcName: "snapshot-pvc"
        # -- Base path within the PVC for storing checkpoints
        basePath: "/checkpoints"

      # S3 storage configuration (used when type=s3)
      s3:
        # -- S3 URI in format: s3://[endpoint/]bucket/prefix
        uri: ""
        # -- Reference to a secret containing AWS credentials
        credentialsSecretRef: ""

      # OCI registry storage configuration (used when type=oci)
      oci:
        # -- OCI URI in format: oci://registry/repository
        uri: ""
        # -- Reference to a docker config secret for registry authentication
        credentialsSecretRef: ""

# Grove component - distributed inference orchestration
# Installation is controlled by global.grove.install above.
grove:
  # -- Node tolerations for Grove pods
  tolerations: []
  # -- Affinity for Grove pods
  affinity: {}

# Kai Scheduler component - advanced workload scheduling
# Installation is controlled by global.kai-scheduler.install above.
# Integration is controlled by global.kai-scheduler.enabled above.
kai-scheduler:
  # Global configuration for kai-scheduler (applies to all components including crd-upgrader)
  global:
    # -- Node tolerations for kai-scheduler pods
    tolerations: []
    # -- Affinity for kai-scheduler pods
    affinity: {}

# etcd configuration - distributed key-value store
# Installation is controlled by global.etcd.install above.
etcd:
  image:
    # -- following bitnami announcement for brownout - https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/main/bitnami/etcd#%EF%B8%8F-important-notice-upcoming-changes-to-the-bitnami-catalog, we need to use the legacy repository until we migrate to the new "secure" repository
    repository: bitnamilegacy/etcd
    tag: 3.5.18-debian-12-r5

  # Persistent storage configuration for etcd data
  persistence:
    # Whether to enable persistent storage (recommended for production)
    enabled: true
    # Use the cluster default storage-class or override with a named class
    storageClass: null
    # Size of persistent volume for etcd data
    size: 1Gi

  # Pre-upgrade job configuration
  preUpgradeJob:
    # Whether to run pre-upgrade validation jobs
    enabled: false

  # Number of etcd replicas (1 for single-node, 3+ for HA)
  replicaCount: 1

  # Authentication and authorization settings
  # Explicitly remove authentication for simplified internal communication
  auth:
    rbac:
      # Whether to create RBAC authentication (disabled for internal use)
      create: false

  # Health check configuration
  readinessProbe:
    # Whether to enable readiness probes (disabled to reduce startup complexity)
    enabled: false

  livenessProbe:
    # Whether to enable liveness probes (disabled to reduce startup complexity)
    enabled: false

  # Pod Disruption Budget configuration
  # Should be enabled for HA deployments with 3+ replicas
  pdb:
    # Whether to create a PodDisruptionBudget (disabled for single-node deployments)
    create: false

  # Node tolerations for etcd pods (allows scheduling on specific nodes)
  tolerations: []

  # Affinity for etcd pods
  affinity: {}

# NATS configuration - messaging system for operator communication
nats:
  # -- Whether to enable NATS deployment, disable if you want to use an external NATS instance. For complete configuration options, see: https://github.com/nats-io/k8s/tree/main/helm/charts/nats , all nats settings should be prefixed with "nats."
  enabled: true

  # TLS Certificate Authority configuration for secure communication
  # Reference a common CA Certificate or Bundle in all nats config `tls` blocks and nats-box contexts
  # Note: `tls.verify` still must be set in the appropriate nats config `tls` blocks to require mTLS
  tlsCA:
    # Whether to enable TLS CA configuration
    enabled: false

  # Core NATS server configuration
  config:
    # NATS clustering for high availability (multiple NATS servers)
    cluster:
      # Whether to enable NATS clustering (disabled for single-node setups)
      enabled: false

    # JetStream - persistent messaging and streaming capabilities
    jetstream:
      # Whether to enable JetStream (recommended for persistent messaging)
      enabled: true

      # File-based storage for JetStream streams and consumers
      fileStore:
        # Whether to enable file storage (persistent across restarts)
        enabled: true
        # Directory path for JetStream file storage
        dir: /data

        ############################################################
        # Persistent Volume Claim for JetStream file storage
        ############################################################
        pvc:
          # Whether to create a PVC for JetStream storage
          enabled: true
          # Size of the persistent volume for JetStream data
          size: 10Gi
          # Storage class name (leave empty for default)
          storageClassName:

          # Advanced PVC configuration (merge additional fields)
          # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#persistentvolumeclaim-v1-core
          merge: {}
          patch: []
          # PVC name (defaults to "{{ include "nats.fullname" $ }}-js")
          name:

        # Maximum size for JetStream file storage (defaults to PVC size)
        maxSize:

      # Memory-based storage for JetStream (non-persistent)
      memoryStore:
        # Whether to enable memory storage (faster but not persistent)
        enabled: false

      # Advanced JetStream configuration
      # For options see: https://docs.nats.io/running-a-nats-service/configuration#jetstream
      merge: {}
      patch: []

    # Core NATS server settings
    nats:
      # Port for NATS client connections
      port: 4222

      # TLS configuration for encrypted connections
      tls:
        # Whether to enable TLS encryption
        enabled: false
        # Advanced TLS configuration
        # For options see: https://docs.nats.io/running-a-nats-service/configuration/securing_nats/tls
        merge: {}
        patch: []

    # Leaf nodes for creating NATS topologies and remote connections
    leafnodes:
      # Whether to enable leaf node connections
      enabled: false

    # WebSocket support for browser-based NATS clients
    websocket:
      # Whether to enable WebSocket protocol support
      enabled: false

    # MQTT protocol bridge for IoT device connectivity
    mqtt:
      # Whether to enable MQTT protocol support
      enabled: false

    # Gateway connections for multi-cluster NATS deployments
    gateway:
      # Whether to enable gateway connections
      enabled: false

    # HTTP monitoring endpoint for NATS server metrics
    monitor:
      # Whether to enable HTTP monitoring interface
      enabled: true
      # Port for monitoring HTTP endpoint
      port: 8222

      # TLS configuration for monitoring endpoint
      tls:
        # Whether to enable HTTPS for monitoring (requires config.nats.tls enabled)
        # When enabled, monitoring port will use HTTPS with the options from config.nats.tls
        enabled: false

    # Go pprof profiling endpoint for performance debugging
    profiling:
      # Whether to enable profiling endpoint (for debugging only)
      enabled: false
      # Port for profiling endpoint
      port: 65432

    # Account resolver for multi-tenant NATS deployments
    resolver:
      # Whether to enable account resolution (for advanced multi-tenancy)
      enabled: false

    # Server naming configuration
    # Adds a prefix to the server name, which defaults to the pod name
    # Helpful for ensuring server name is unique in a super cluster
    serverNamePrefix: ""

    # Advanced NATS configuration merging and patching
    # For complete options see: https://docs.nats.io/running-a-nats-service/configuration
    # Special rules apply:
    #  1. strings that start with << and end with >> will be unquoted
    #     use this for variables and numbers with units
    #  2. keys ending in $include will be switched to include directives
    #     keys are sorted alphabetically, use prefix before $includes to control includes ordering
    #     paths should be relative to /etc/nats-config/nats.conf
    # Example:
    #   merge:
    #     $include: ./my-config.conf
    #     zzz$include: ./my-config-last.conf
    #     server_name: nats
    #     authorization:
    #       token: << $TOKEN >>
    #     jetstream:
    #       max_memory_store: << 1GB >>
    merge:
      # 15MB to accommodate prompt embeddings: 10MB decoded → ~13.3MB base64-encoded + metadata
      # Also allows larger context: 256K tokens (int32 - 4 bytes each) = 1MB
      max_payload: 15728640
    patch: []

  ############################################################
  # NATS container configuration in StatefulSet
  ############################################################
  container:
    # NATS server container image configuration
    image:
      # Official NATS server repository
      repository: nats
      # NATS server version (Alpine-based for smaller size)
      tag: 2.10.21-alpine
      # Image pull policy (leave empty for chart default)
      pullPolicy:
      # Custom registry URL (leave empty for Docker Hub)
      registry:

    # Container port configuration
    # Note: Ports must also be enabled in the config section above
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#containerport-v1-core
    ports:
      # Main NATS client connection port
      nats: {}
      # Leaf node connection port
      leafnodes: {}
      # WebSocket connection port
      websocket: {}
      # MQTT protocol port
      mqtt: {}
      # Cluster communication port
      cluster: {}
      # Gateway connection port
      gateway: {}
      # HTTP monitoring port
      monitor: {}
      # Go profiling port
      profiling: {}

    # Environment variables for the NATS container
    # Map with key as env var name, value can be string or map
    # Example:
    #   env:
    #     GOMEMLIMIT: 7GiB
    #     TOKEN:
    #       valueFrom:
    #         secretKeyRef:
    #           name: nats-auth
    #           key: token
    env: {}

    # Advanced container configuration merging and patching
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#container-v1-core
    merge: {}
    patch: []

  ############################################################
  # Configuration reloader container for hot config updates
  ############################################################
  reloader:
    # Whether to enable the config reloader sidecar container
    enabled: true

    # Config reloader container image
    image:
      # Official NATS config reloader repository
      repository: natsio/nats-server-config-reloader
      # Config reloader version
      tag: 0.16.0
      # Image pull policy (leave empty for chart default)
      pullPolicy:
      # Custom registry URL (leave empty for Docker Hub)
      registry:

    # Environment variables for the reloader container
    env: {}

    # Volume mount prefixes from NATS container to share with reloader
    # All NATS container volume mounts with these prefixes will be mounted into the reloader
    natsVolumeMountPrefixes:
    - /etc/

    # Advanced reloader container configuration
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#container-v1-core
    merge: {}
    patch: []

  ############################################################
  # Prometheus metrics exporter container (optional)
  ############################################################
  # Note: config.monitor must be enabled for this to work
  promExporter:
    # Whether to enable Prometheus metrics exporter sidecar
    enabled: false

  ############################################################
  # Kubernetes Service for NATS access
  ############################################################
  service:
    # Whether to create a Kubernetes Service for NATS
    enabled: true

    # Service port configuration
    # Additional boolean field 'enabled' controls whether port is exposed in the service
    # Note: Ports must also be enabled in the config section above
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#serviceport-v1-core
    ports:
      # Main NATS client connection port
      nats:
        enabled: true
      # Leaf node connection port
      leafnodes:
        enabled: true
      # WebSocket connection port
      websocket:
        enabled: true
      # MQTT protocol port
      mqtt:
        enabled: true
      # Cluster communication port (typically internal only)
      cluster:
        enabled: false
      # Gateway connection port (typically internal only)
      gateway:
        enabled: false
      # HTTP monitoring port (typically internal only)
      monitor:
        enabled: false
      # Go profiling port (typically internal only)
      profiling:
        enabled: false

    # Advanced service configuration
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#service-v1-core
    merge: {}
    patch: []
    # Service name (defaults to "{{ include "nats.fullname" $ }}")
    name:

  ############################################################
  # Advanced NATS Kubernetes resource configuration
  ############################################################

  # StatefulSet configuration for NATS server persistence
  statefulSet:
    # Advanced StatefulSet configuration merging and patching
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#statefulset-v1-apps
    merge: {}
    patch: []
    # StatefulSet name (defaults to "{{ include "nats.fullname" $ }}")
    name:

  # Pod template configuration for NATS StatefulSet
  podTemplate:
    # Whether to add a hash of the ConfigMap as a pod annotation
    # This will cause the StatefulSet to roll when the ConfigMap is updated
    configChecksumAnnotation: true

    # Pod topology spread constraints for better distribution across nodes
    # Map of topologyKey: topologySpreadConstraint
    # labelSelector will be added automatically to match StatefulSet pods
    # Example:
    #   topologySpreadConstraints:
    #     kubernetes.io/hostname:
    #       maxSkew: 1
    topologySpreadConstraints: {}

    # Advanced pod template configuration
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#pod-v1-core
    merge:
      spec:
        # Node tolerations for NATS pods (allows scheduling on specific nodes)
        tolerations: []
        # Affinity for NATS pods
        affinity: {}
    patch: []

  # Headless service for StatefulSet pod discovery
  headlessService:
    # Advanced headless service configuration
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#service-v1-core
    merge: {}
    patch: []
    # Headless service name (defaults to "{{ include "nats.fullname" $ }}-headless")
    name:

  # ConfigMap for NATS server configuration
  configMap:
    # Advanced ConfigMap configuration
    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#configmap-v1-core
    merge: {}
    patch: []
    # ConfigMap name (defaults to "{{ include "nats.fullname" $ }}-config")
    name:

  # Pod Disruption Budget for controlled rolling updates
  podDisruptionBudget:
    # Whether to create a PodDisruptionBudget (recommended for production)
    enabled: true

  # Service Account for NATS server pods
  serviceAccount:
    # Whether to create and use a dedicated service account
    enabled: false

  ############################################################
  # NATS Box - CLI tools and debugging container
  # NATS Box provides CLI tools for interacting with NATS server
  ############################################################
  natsBox:
    # Whether to deploy NATS Box for CLI access and debugging
    enabled: false

    ############################################################
    # NATS client contexts for authentication and connection
    ############################################################
    contexts:
      # Default context configuration
      default:
        # Credentials-based authentication
        creds:
          # Inline credentials file contents (base64 encoded)
          contents:
          # Name of existing secret containing credentials file
          secretName:
          # Directory to mount credentials (defaults to /etc/nats-creds/<context-name>)
          dir:
          # Key name in secret for credentials file
          key: nats.creds

        # NKey-based authentication (public/private key pairs)
        nkey:
          # Inline NKey file contents (base64 encoded)
          contents:
          # Name of existing secret containing NKey file
          secretName:
          # Directory to mount NKey (defaults to /etc/nats-nkeys/<context-name>)
          dir:
          # Key name in secret for NKey file
          key: nats.nk

        # TLS client certificate authentication
        tls:
          # Name of existing secret containing TLS client certificates
          secretName:
          # Directory to mount certificates (defaults to /etc/nats-certs/<context-name>)
          dir:
          # Certificate file name in secret
          cert: tls.crt
          # Private key file name in secret
          key: tls.key

        # Advanced context configuration
        # For options see: https://docs.nats.io/using-nats/nats-tools/nats_cli#nats-contexts
        merge: {}
        patch: []

    # Name of context to select by default for NATS CLI operations
    defaultContextName: default

    ############################################################
    # NATS Box container configuration
    ############################################################
    container:
      # NATS Box container image
      image:
        # Official NATS Box repository with CLI tools
        repository: natsio/nats-box
        # NATS Box version
        tag: 0.14.5
        # Image pull policy (leave empty for chart default)
        pullPolicy:
        # Custom registry URL (leave empty for Docker Hub)
        registry:

      # Environment variables for NATS Box container
      env: {}

      # Advanced container configuration
      # https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.24/#container-v1-core
      merge: {}
      patch: []

    # Service Account for NATS Box deployment
    serviceAccount:
      # Whether to create and use a dedicated service account for NATS Box
      enabled: false

    # Pod template configuration for NATS Box deployment
    podTemplate:
      merge:
        spec:
          # Node tolerations for NATS Box pods
          tolerations: []
          # Affinity for NATS Box pods
          affinity: {}
      patch: []