Advanced configuration and operations

Growthbook is an open-source feature flagging platform used to enable, disable, and manage Global View features without requiring application redeployment. See Growthbook feature flags for details.

Installs StackStorm, an event-driven automation engine, in the cluster so you can run automated workflows and remediation actions. You can automatically restart a failing service when a specific alert fires, without manual intervention. See StackStorm deployment for details.

Connects StackStorm automation to Global View, which enables platform alerts to trigger automated responses. When Global View raises a high-severity alert, StackStorm runs a predefined remediation workflow in response. See StackStorm with Global View for details.

Backs up and restores platform data and Kubernetes resources, with environment-specific guides for AWS (Velero), OpenShift (OADP), and on-premises Kubernetes clusters (Velero). After an accidental namespace deletion, you can restore the most recent backup to recover platform configuration and persistent data. See Backup and restore for details.

Uses Container Observability (CO) to monitor the health and performance of the Virtana Platform's own components. You get an alert when a core platform pod becomes unhealthy, so you can act before it is further affected. See Self-monitoring with CO for details.

Defines how and where alerts are delivered, routing notifications to the right channels and recipients. You can route critical infrastructure alerts to your on-call team's channel and send lower-priority alerts to email. See Alert notification policies for details.

Rebrands the platform UI, login page, emails, and favicon with your own logo, colors, and tab name. As an MSP, you can present the platform to your customers under your own brand instead of the default Virtana branding. See Updating Default Theme for details.

Deploys Docker-based exporters (process, node, and Promtail) to monitor virtual machines outside Kubernetes and send their metrics and logs to Virtana South. You can monitor CPU, memory, processes, and logs on a standalone VM that isn't part of any Kubernetes cluster. See VM Process - Collectors and Exporters deployment for details.

Configures the Virtana AI chatbot, which lets users query documentation, ask about alerts, and generate alert policies and insights using a supported model provider, such as OpenAI. You ask the copilot to explain a firing alert and suggest an alert policy, instead of building one manually. See Setting up the Virtana AI Copilot Chatbot for details.

Provides hardening guidelines for Kubernetes deployments, covering OS and cluster hardening, RBAC, network isolation, TLS, secrets handling, and PVC backups. Before going to production, you can apply least-privilege RBAC, restrict open node ports, and enable TLS between components. See Security Best Practices for details.