Feature Request: Kubernetes deployment support

[thuanpham582002]

Feature Request: Kubernetes Deployment Support

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'd like to deploy Open Notebook on my Kubernetes cluster (EKS/GKE/AKS/minikube) but there's currently no official K8s deployment method. Manual deployment requires creating multiple Kubernetes resources (Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, etc.) which is error-prone and hard to maintain.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add official Kubernetes deployment support. Options could include:

1. Helm Chart (recommended)

   • Industry standard for K8s application packaging
   • Easy installation: helm install open-notebook ./chart
   • Simple upgrades and rollbacks
   • Configurable via values files
   • Example: Bitnami Charts

2. Kubectl manifests

   • Simple YAML manifests in k8s/ directory
   • Apply with kubectl apply -f k8s/
   • Less flexible but simpler to understand

3. Kustomize

   • Base manifests + overlays
   • Native Kubernetes tool
   • Good for multi-environment configs

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Docker Compose → Kubernetes conversion tools (imperfect, complex)
• Manual manifest creation (tedious, error-prone)
• Third-party charts (none exist, would need community maintenance)

Additional context

What Kubernetes deployment would enable:

• ✅ Cloud-native deployment (AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS)
• ✅ Auto-scaling with HPA (Horizontal Pod Autoscaler)
• ✅ Self-healing deployments
• ✅ Rolling updates and rollbacks
• ✅ Resource management (CPU/memory limits)
• ✅ Persistent volume management for SurrealDB
• ✅ Service discovery and load balancing
• ✅ Ingress for domain access + TLS
• ✅ Multi-environment support (dev/staging/prod)

Key requirements:

• Support all 17 AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, FPT Cloud, etc.)
• SurrealDB deployment (StatefulSet for persistence)
• Secret management for API keys
• Health checks and probes
• Persistent volume claims
• Ingress configuration
• Configurable replicas, resources, and security contexts

Example Helm chart structure:

helm/open-notebook/
├── Chart.yaml          # Chart metadata
├── values.yaml         # All configuration options
├── values.schema.json  # JSON schema validation
├── README.md           # Documentation
└── templates/          # Kubernetes manifests
    ├── deployment.yaml
    ├── service.yaml
    ├── ingress.yaml
    ├── pvc.yaml
    └── secret.yaml

Related PR

#363 - Draft implementation with Helm chart (for reference)

Would you be open to this feature?

If there's interest, I can help implement and maintain the Kubernetes deployment manifests.