Deploy & Operate

Everything a platform engineer needs to deploy and operate Self-Managed Kindo (SMK) end-to-end, using kindo-cli.

The deployment journey

1. OverviewWhat SMK is, what ships vs. what you bring, and the tool that drives the process.

2. Plan & Provision InfrastructureSizing, component specs, DNS and firewall planning, bring-your-own infrastructure on any provider, and the team-scoped prerequisites checklist.

3. Prepare AI ModelsCloud providers and self-hosted vLLM, including DeepHat.

4. Install with kindo-cliConfig wizard, preflight, plan, and apply the 10 install steps.

5. Configure & ValidateDNS, TLS, SSO, first admin, and the smoke test.

6. Customize Branding (Whitelabel)Per-org app name, logo, favicon, disclaimers, and policy URLs via the CUSTOM_WHITELABEL feature flag.

7. OperateCLI daily-drivers, observability, backup and disaster recovery, scaling, secret rotation.

8. Upgradekindo upgrade, reconstruction from legacy Makefile installs, MCP-only partial rebuild.