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Requirements

There are some requirements that need to be met before you can deploy the application.

  • Fully qualified domain name
  • SSL certificate
  • Managed Kubernetes Cluster (EKS/AKS/GKE)
  • Azure OpenAI instance
  • Read only API access to all the tools which gets integrated into PenfieldAI
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If you are using Penfield Azure Marketplace offering to deploy product then Cloud infrastructure gets auto created, but you still need to fulfil other requirements.

Product Requirements:​

Fully qualified domain name (FQDN)​

  • Product will be deployed on a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) (example: penfieldai.example.com)

SSL Certificate​

  • SSL certificate for the FQDN is required if you use Azure. If you are deploying on AWS you can use AWS ACM to generate certificates for free.

Infra Requirements:​

Cloud requirements​

  • Azure
  • AWS

Network requirements​

  • Network CIDR: /24 (minimum), /16 (recommended)
  • Subnets: 2 (public, private-web), each with 2 Availability zone.

Kubernetes cluster requirements​

  • K8 cluster version: 1.29 or newer
  • Node size: 8 CPU, 32 GB memory, 50GB SSD [AWS: m5.2xlarge, Azure: Standard_D8_v4]
  • Number of Nodes: Min:2, Max: Varies (with Auto Scaling) [For POC Max: 3, for PROD Max: 5]
  • Storage: 1-2 TB (on demand as required) [will be auto created inside k8 cluster using persistence volumes]

DB requirements​

Mongo and PostgreSQL DB will be created inside kubernetes cluster as a part of application setup.

Azure OpenAI​

Azure OpenAI service is needed. You need to create GPT model in azure OpenAI instance.

Note

Penfield.AI can manage deployment, server maintenance, and AI fine-tuning provided that access to the Kubernetes cluster is granted to Penfield.

Next steps:​

  • Secure fully qualified domain name: Secure FQDN example: penfieldai.example.com, To point DNS records for the FQDN you will get the IP once LoadBalancer is created.
  • Get the certificates related to fully qualified domain: For the above FQDN, you need to get the cert either from AWS ACM or generate your own, you will need those certs when you have to setup infrastructure components.
  • Set up Cloud infrastructure (virtual network, kubernetes cluster).
  • Set up Azure OpenAI
  • Install Kubectl, helmfile and helm cli: Download and install these cli tool on your local. Follow instructions here.
  • Verify access.
  • Contact Penfield.ai to get the credentials to pull docker images and helm charts.
  • Set up application on Kubernetes cluster.