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The service change in #1022 reads a new LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT env var and routes an openai model to the LLM Gateway when that model sets functionType: LLM. The chart had no way to set either one, so the feature could not be turned on through Helm.

The values schema also needs to encode the dependency between the two. functionType: LLM without an endpoint is a valid-looking values file that renders fine and then crashes the container at startup with LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT is required when a model sets functionType LLM. That failure belongs at render time.

What changed

Adds vanityGateway.config.llmGatewayEndpoint, rendered into the env ConfigMap and defaulted to the in-cluster LLM Gateway service, matching the convention the sibling nvcfApiEndpoint already uses.

Allows functionType: LLM on an openai model route in values.schema.json, constrained to that single value so a typo fails the render rather than silently disabling the routing.

Makes the endpoint conditionally required: if any model under chatCompletions, responses, or embeddings sets functionType: LLM, then config.llmGatewayEndpoint must be non-empty. Values files that use none of them are unaffected.

An earlier revision of this PR modelled the same feature as a top-level llmGateway mapping section. That section no longer exists in the service, so its schema definitions are removed here.

The CI validate values now declare an LLM-routed model with custom headers, so the flag and the conditional are exercised on every lint and template run.

Also documents that mappingConfig renders into a ConfigMap and is not a secret store, so credentials do not belong in customHeaders. Caller Authorization headers are forwarded to the upstream untouched, so a static credential is not needed for authenticated routes.

Customer Release Notes

The Vanity Gateway chart can now point at an LLM Gateway and mark individual OpenAI models as served by it.

Plan Summary

One new key in the rendered env ConfigMap. No new or removed Kubernetes resources.

Usage

vanityGateway:
  config:
    llmGatewayEndpoint: http://llm-api-gateway.nvcf.svc.cluster.local:8080
  mappingConfig:
    v2config:
      openai:
        host: api.example.com
        chatCompletions:
          example_model:
            modelName: meta/llama-3.3-70b
            functionID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
            functionType: LLM

Testing

helm lint and helm template against the CI validate values.

Rendered the conditional in all four directions: an LLM-routed model with an empty endpoint fails with at '/vanityGateway/config/llmGatewayEndpoint': minLength: got 0, want 1; the same values without the flag render clean; an invalid functionType fails with value must be 'LLM'; and the CI values render LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT into the ConfigMap.

The end-to-end run recorded on #1022 installed this chart, and its rendered env ConfigMap
supplied LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT to the gateway, so the config.llmGatewayEndpoint path was
exercised live. The route mapping in that run was applied to the ConfigMap directly rather
than through mappingConfig, so the schema path is covered by the render tests above, not
by the live run.

No QA needed.

Notes

Chart appVersion is not bumped. It should move when an image carrying the #1022 change is published.

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Issues

Relates to #1021

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for routing LLM-enabled OpenAI models through the configured LLM Gateway endpoint.
    • Added configuration for the LLM Gateway endpoint, with a default in-cluster URL.
    • Added validation requiring at least one OpenAI route to be marked as an LLM route.
  • Documentation

    • Updated Helm chart guidance for configuring LLM routes and supported OpenAI endpoints.
  • Tests

    • Added validation coverage for configured, missing, default, and unsupported LLM routing configurations.

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Walkthrough

The vanity-gateway Helm chart moves LLM Gateway routing from standalone host mappings to OpenAI model routes marked with functionType: "LLM". The schema, endpoint rendering, validation values, render tests, and documentation now use this model.

Changes

LLM Gateway OpenAI route configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
OpenAI route contract and validation
deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.schema.json, tools/ci/helm-validate-values/vanity-gateway.yaml
The schema removes standalone llmGateway routes, adds functionType: "LLM" to OpenAI model routes, and requires an LLM-marked OpenAI route. CI values use an LLM-marked chat-completions route with a provider header.
Endpoint rendering and documentation
deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.yaml, deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/templates/configmap.yaml, deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/README.md
The chart adds llmGatewayEndpoint, renders LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT, and documents OpenAI-based LLM Gateway routing, supported endpoints, model rewriting, and configuration requirements.
Render validation coverage
deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/tests/chart-render/verify-llm-gateway-routing.sh, deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/AGENTS.md
The render test checks endpoint requirements, default routing, and rejection of unsupported functionType values. The chart guidance documents the manual validation procedure.

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The chart now enables LLM-routed models, but its default cluster-local gateway URL may not work in deployments with different service naming or topology. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up to confirm the default is appropriate for all supported environments.

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Inline comments:
In `@deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.schema.json`:
- Around line 359-364: Update the customHeaders schema and its associated route
configuration handling to prevent raw credentials from being stored in the
ConfigMap-backed configuration: support Secret-backed header references, or
reject sensitive header values with clear documentation. Preserve ordinary
non-sensitive string headers and align the schema with the selected Secret
reference behavior.
- Around line 347-375: Add committed Helm chart tests covering default and
overridden endpoint rendering, required host validation for llmGatewayRoute,
empty endpoints when LLM Gateway routes are configured, optional openai and
vanity sections, and string-only customHeaders values. Use the chart’s existing
test conventions and keep coverage focused on the configuration contract
represented by llmGatewayRoutes and llmGatewayRoute.
- Around line 113-115: Update the llmGatewayEndpoint schema property in
values.schema.json to reject empty strings, using the existing nonEmptyString
definition if available or an equivalent minimum-length validation. Preserve the
current string type and ensure configured LLM Gateway endpoints cannot render as
empty values.

In `@deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.yaml`:
- Around line 51-52: Remove the cluster-local default from llmGatewayEndpoint in
the chart values, and make the endpoint an explicit deployment-specific override
required when mappingConfig.v2config.llmGateway is configured. Preserve the
existing configuration key and usage while avoiding any internal hostname or
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The chart had no way to set LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT, which the gateway needs
whenever a host is declared under mappingConfig.v2config.llmGateway. The
deployment sources its environment from a generated ConfigMap and has no
passthrough for extra variables, so the value could not be supplied at all.

Adds vanityGateway.config.llmGatewayEndpoint, defaulting to the in-cluster
LLM Gateway service, and emits it into the env ConfigMap. The value is inert
until a host declares it, so enabling the chart knob alone changes nothing.

values.schema.json gains the key, which is required because the config block
is additionalProperties false, plus an llmGatewayRoutes definition so the new
mapping section is validated rather than passing only because v2config allows
additional properties. The openai and vanity sections are no longer required
under v2config: a deployment that declares only llmGateway hosts is valid, and
the stack passes mappingConfig through wholesale, so requiring them forced
empty placeholder sections.

Signed-off-by: Max Xing <mxing@nvidia.com>
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The schema accepted an empty llmGatewayEndpoint alongside a configured
llmGateway host, so a values file could pass helm validation and then fail at
container startup with "LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT is required". Encode the
conditional in values.schema.json so the render fails instead.

Extend the CI validate values to declare an llmGateway host with
customHeaders. That exercises the new mapping section and the conditional on
every lint and template run, which the previous minimal values did not.

Also document that mappingConfig is rendered into a ConfigMap and is not a
secret store, so credentials do not belong in customHeaders. Caller
Authorization headers are forwarded untouched, so a static credential is not
needed for authenticated routes.

Signed-off-by: Max Xing <mxing@nvidia.com>
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Update the LLM request-flow diagrams.

The chart now routes configured llmGateway hosts through LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT. Add the vanity gateway hop to the applicable architecture and sequence diagrams.

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In `@deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.schema.json`
around lines 113 - 115, Update the applicable LLM request-flow architecture and
sequence diagrams to show configured llmGateway hosts routing through
LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT and include the vanity gateway hop. Preserve existing
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In `@deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/helm-nvcf-vanity-gateway/values.schema.json`:
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The route to the LLM Gateway moved from a top-level llmGateway mapping section
to a per-model functionType flag under openai, so the previous schema no longer
matches what the service reads. Drop the llmGateway definitions, allow
functionType: LLM on an openai model route, and rekey the conditional so any
model carrying that flag requires a non-empty config.llmGatewayEndpoint.

Without the rekey a values file could set functionType: LLM with an empty
endpoint, pass helm validation, and then fail at container startup with
"LLM_GATEWAY_ENDPOINT is required when a model sets functionType LLM".

Update the CI validate values to declare an LLM-routed model so the flag and
the conditional are exercised on every lint and template run.

Signed-off-by: Max Xing <mxing@nvidia.com>
The CI values file can only exercise renders that succeed, so nothing locked in
the conditional requiring config.llmGatewayEndpoint when a model sets
functionType: LLM, or the constraint on the flag's value. Both were verified by
hand only.

Adds a render test in the shape the other charts use, covering all four
directions: LLM-routed model with an empty endpoint is rejected, the same model
with an endpoint renders, a model without the flag still renders with an empty
endpoint, and an unrecognized functionType is rejected.

Also corrects a values.yaml comment that still pointed at the removed
mappingConfig.v2config.llmGateway section.

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- Around line 57-62: Add verify-llm-gateway-routing.sh to the helm-charts CI
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deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/tests/chart-render path so negative schema-render
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In `@deploy/helm/vanity-gateway/tests/chart-render/verify-llm-gateway-routing.sh`:
- Around line 77-80: Update the test case using assert_render_succeeds for the
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existing successful-render assertion.
- Around line 33-36: Update write_values and the related routing test cases to
parameterize the OpenAI route collection, covering chatCompletions, responses,
and embeddings. Run both missing-endpoint and configured-endpoint assertions for
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