Simplify Kubeflow Complexity for MVP Installation

[andreyvelich]

Detailed Description

Many Kubeflow users have raised concerns about its complexity, particularly the number of control plane dependencies required for the default installation #2451.

Given recent discussions around Helm Charts, we should explore ways to reduce the number of default dependencies to make it easier for users to try Kubeflow projects. While these dependencies are essential for a fully featured, end-to-end ML platform, they are not strictly required for a Kubeflow MVP. We can always provide documentation guides/instructions for distributions and users on how to enable additional dependencies.

I want to start this umbrella issue to see how we can simplify the default Kubeflow installation in kubeflow/manifests, allowing users to install it more easily via Helm Charts or Kustomize Manifests and quickly realize the AI/ML value of the Kubeflow ecosystem.

• Remove Cert-Manager Dependency from the Kubeflow Platform Installation #3002
• Use RawDeployment for KServe installation to remove Knative and Istio dependency.
• Explore ways to make auth and multi-tenancy easily pluggable and extendable to not have hard dependency on Istio. Potentially, with this proposal.

cc @kubeflow/kubeflow-steering-committee @kubeflow/wg-notebooks-leads @kubeflow/wg-data-leads @kubeflow/wg-automl-leads @kubeflow/wg-pipeline-leads @kubeflow/wg-training-leads @kubeflow/wg-manifests-leads @brsolomon-deloitte @ruckc @doncorsean @kubeflow/release-team
@chasecadet @franciscojavierarceo @indemnifyai @kromanow94 @akgraner

[Pranali3103]

@andreyvelich I have experience with Helm and would like to contribute to simplifying Kubeflow installation by reducing default dependencies. I’m specifically interested in working on refactoring Helm charts to remove dependencies like Cert-Manager and exploring RawDeployment for KServe to eliminate Knative/Istio requirements. Can I work on this issue ?

[juliusvonkohout]

@andreyvelich I have experience with Helm and would like to contribute to simplifying Kubeflow installation by reducing default dependencies. I’m specifically interested in working on refactoring Helm charts to remove dependencies like Cert-Manager and exploring RawDeployment for KServe to eliminate Knative/Istio requirements. Can I work on this issue ?

Hello, everyone can assign someone, what counts are meaningfuls PRs. You can create your PR and link it to this issue. Probably writing a gha workflow foa a kserve raw deployment test is a good start.

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[andreyvelich]

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/remove-lifecycle stale

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[andreyvelich]

/remove-lifecycle stale