Guided Model CSI Driver install mission in KubeStellar Console

[clubanderson]

We built a guided install mission for the ModelPack Model CSI Driver inside KubeStellar Console, a standalone Kubernetes dashboard (unrelated to legacy kubestellar/kubestellar, kubeflex, or OCM — zero shared code).

→ Open the Model CSI Driver install mission

What the mission does

The mission runs against your live cluster via kubeconfig. Each step:

1. Pre-flight — checks prerequisites (helm ≥3.8 for OCI pulls, writable config.rootDir on nodes, optional registry auth for private model registries)
2. Commands — walks through writing values-custom.yaml, the OCI helm upgrade --install oci://ghcr.io/modelpack/charts/model-csi-driver --version 0.1.2 --namespace model-csi --create-namespace call, and an inline CSI volume example with driver model.csi.modelpack.org taken directly from your docs/getting-started.md
3. Validation — after install, queries the cluster to confirm the DaemonSet pods are Ready and the model.csi.modelpack.org CSIDriver object is registered
4. Troubleshooting — on failure, reads pod logs/events and suggests fixes for common causes (registry auth, rootDir writability, disk pressure on cached model layers)
5. Rollback — ordered uninstall: delete pods that still mount the CSI volume first, then helm uninstall model-csi-driver, then delete the namespace

Works as read-only documentation too — no cluster connection required to browse.

Architecture

graph LR
    A["KubeStellar Console"] --> B["30+ Dashboards<br/>150+ Monitoring Cards"]
    A --> M["Marketplace<br/>(console-marketplace)"]
    A --> D["AI Mission Explorer"]
    D --> E["console-kb"]
    E --> F["186 Install Missions<br/>67 Solution Missions"]
    A --> C["AI Recommendations"]
    A --> H["kc-agent → Codex, Copilot,<br/>Claude CLI, Kube API, MCP"]
    click A href "https://console.kubestellar.io?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=modelpack-csi-driver" _blank
    click M href "https://github.com/kubestellar/console-marketplace?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=modelpack-csi-driver" _blank
    click E href "https://github.com/kubestellar/console-kb/blob/master/fixes/cncf-install/install-modelpack-csi-driver.json?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=modelpack-csi-driver" _blank
    click F href "https://console.kubestellar.io/missions/install-modelpack-csi-driver?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=modelpack-csi-driver" _blank
    click H href "https://github.com/kubestellar/console/tree/main/cmd/kc-agent?utm_source=github&utm_medium=issue&utm_campaign=cncf_outreach&utm_term=modelpack-csi-driver" _blank

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• console-kb — JSON-based knowledge base defining each mission's steps, commands, and validation checks (Model CSI Driver installer definition)
• console-marketplace — community-contributed monitoring cards per project (github.com/kubestellar/console-marketplace)
• kc-agent — bridges coding agents (Codex, Copilot, Claude CLI) to Kube API and MCP servers for automated cluster operations

Install

Local (connects to your current kubeconfig context):

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubestellar/console/main/start.sh | bash

With GitHub OAuth:

export GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=<your-client-id>
export GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=<your-client-secret>
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubestellar/console/main/start.sh | bash

Deploy into a cluster:

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubestellar/console/main/deploy.sh | bash

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Mission definitions are open source — PRs to improve the Model CSI Driver mission welcome at install-modelpack-csi-driver.json. Feel free to close if not relevant.

[rishi-jat]

/cc @sabre1041
/cc @chlins
/cc @aftersnow
/cc @bergwolf
/cc @gorkem

[sabre1041]

Hi @clubanderson. This is very cool! Let us know any additional steps that you would like to see out of this issue?

[clubanderson]

Thanks @sabre1041 — glad it's useful!

Two things we'd like to propose:

1. Install docs PR — would you be open to us opening a PR on your install docs to add a reference to the Model CSI Driver install mission? Something minimal — a single line or section pointing users to the guided mission as an alternative install path.

2. ADOPTERS entry — we've opened a draft PR on our side adding Model Pack to our ADOPTERS list: kubestellar/console#9114. Happy to close or adjust the wording if you'd prefer not to be listed — no obligation at all.