Run with IDPBuilder

IDPBuilder creates local Internal Developer Platform environments on Kind clusters. Use this path when you want CAIPE alongside platform components such as ArgoCD, Backstage, Vault, and Keycloak.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• kubectl
• idpbuilder

Current CAIPE Runtime

The current CAIPE stack centers on:

• CAIPE UI / BFF
• Dynamic Agents
• MCP servers
• MongoDB
• Keycloak and OpenFGA for local RBAC
• Optional RAG and tracing services

Install

Use the stack package maintained for your environment. The package should enable the CAIPE Helm chart with tags.caipe-ui=true, tags.dynamic-agents=true, and the tags.mcp-* entries for the MCP servers you need.

Example shape:

idpbuilder create \
  --use-path-routing \
  --package stacks/ref-implementation \
  --package stacks/caipe/base \
  --package stacks/caipe/complete

After the cluster is ready:

kubectl get pods -n caipe
kubectl get applications -n argocd

Configure Secrets

Provide the shared LLM secret and MCP-specific credentials through the stack's secret management path, usually External Secrets:

global:
  llmSecrets:
    secretName: llm-secret

mcp-github:
  agentSecrets:
    secretName: github-secret

See Configure Agent Secrets and Configure LLMs for the Kubernetes secret contract.

Access

Use the hostnames and path-routing rules printed by IDPBuilder. When debugging, check:

kubectl get ingress -A
kubectl logs -n caipe -l app.kubernetes.io/name=caipe-ui
kubectl logs -n caipe -l app.kubernetes.io/name=dynamic-agents