Merge pull request #164 from Qubinode/copilot/enable-airflow-by-default

Enable Airflow by default and document in .env.example

Author: tosin2013

.env.example

@@ -41,6 +41,28 @@ QUBINODE_DEPLOYMENT_MODE=production
 # The AI Assistant provides intelligent help during deployment and operations
 QUBINODE_ENABLE_AI_ASSISTANT=true
 
+# =============================================================================
+# AIRFLOW ORCHESTRATION
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Enable Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration
+# Required for DAG-based deployments (FreeIPA, VMs, OpenShift, etc.)
+# The AI Assistant orchestrator depends on Airflow for executing infrastructure workflows
+# Set to false only if you want AI Assistant without orchestration capabilities
+QUBINODE_ENABLE_AIRFLOW=true
+
+# Airflow Web UI port (default: 8888)
+# Change if port conflicts exist on your system
+AIRFLOW_PORT=8888
+
+# Airflow version (default: 2.10.4-python3.12)
+# Specify a different version if needed for compatibility
+AIRFLOW_VERSION=2.10.4-python3.12
+
+# =============================================================================
+# FEATURE FLAGS (Used by inventory configurations)
+# =============================================================================
+
 # Enable Ceph storage deployment (optional)
 # Used in inventory group_vars - for distributed storage across multiple nodes
 enable_ceph_deployment=false

scripts/development/deploy-qubinode.sh

@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ export MANAGER_MODEL="${MANAGER_MODEL:-google-gla:gemini-2.0-flash}"
 export DEVELOPER_MODEL="${DEVELOPER_MODEL:-google-gla:gemini-2.0-flash}"
 export PYDANTICAI_MODEL="${PYDANTICAI_MODEL:-${MANAGER_MODEL}}"
 
-# Airflow Orchestration Configuration (Optional Feature)
-export QUBINODE_ENABLE_AIRFLOW="${QUBINODE_ENABLE_AIRFLOW:-false}"
+# Airflow Orchestration Configuration (Core Infrastructure)
+export QUBINODE_ENABLE_AIRFLOW="${QUBINODE_ENABLE_AIRFLOW:-true}"
 export AIRFLOW_PORT="${AIRFLOW_PORT:-8888}"
 export AIRFLOW_VERSION="${AIRFLOW_VERSION:-2.10.4-python3.12}"
 export AIRFLOW_NETWORK="${AIRFLOW_NETWORK:-airflow_default}"
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ case "${1:-}" in
         echo "  QUBINODE_ENABLE_AI_ASSISTANT - Enable AI Assistant (default: true)"
         echo "  BUILD_AI_ASSISTANT_FROM_SOURCE - Build AI Assistant from source (default: false)"
         echo "                                   Set to true for E2E testing with PydanticAI + Smart Pipeline"
-        echo "  QUBINODE_ENABLE_AIRFLOW      - Enable Airflow orchestration (default: false)"
+        echo "  QUBINODE_ENABLE_AIRFLOW      - Enable Airflow orchestration (default: true)"
         echo "  QUBINODE_ENABLE_AI_SERVICES  - Enable host AI services (default: false, ADR-0050)"
         echo "  QUBINODE_ENABLE_NGINX_PROXY  - Enable nginx reverse proxy (auto-enabled with Airflow)"
         echo "  AI_ASSISTANT_PORT            - AI Assistant port (default: 8080)"