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Quick Start

From zero to running Fortem in your cluster. ~5 minutes.

v0.1.0 · K8s ≥ 1.26
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Fortem is in early access. Helm chart: cybrixcc.github.io/fortem-helm-charts. Source: github.com/cybrixcc/fortem.

01

Prerequisites

A running Kubernetes cluster (EKS, GKE, AKS, or self-managed ≥ 1.26). Helm 3.x and kubectl installed.

bash
kubectl cluster-infohelm version
02

Install via Helm

Add the Fortem chart repository and install. The operator registers CRDs and starts the AI engine — takes about 3 minutes.

bash
helm repo add fortem https://cybrixcc.github.io/fortem-helm-chartshelm repo updatehelm install fortem fortem/fortem \  --namespace fortem-system \  --create-namespace# Watch it come up:kubectl get pods -n fortem-system -w
03

Open the dashboard

Port-forward to access locally. The dashboard auto-discovers your clusters, namespaces, and workloads — nothing to configure.

bash
kubectl port-forward svc/fortem-ui 8080:80 -n fortem-system# Open: http://localhost:8080
04

Create your first environment

In the AI Ops tab, describe what you need in plain English. Fortem generates a Kubernetes manifest, shows you a dry-run diff, and deploys on your approval.

yaml
# Type this in the AI Ops input field:"Create staging namespace for api-gateway with Postgres 15 and Redis"# Fortem generates and applies:apiVersion: fortem.dev/v1alpha1kind: Environmentmetadata:  name: api-gateway-staging  namespace: api-gateway-stagingspec:  cluster: prod-eu-west  autoShutdown: true  workloads:    - kind: Deployment      name: api-gateway      image: api-gateway:latest    - kind: StatefulSet      name: postgres      image: postgres:15    - kind: StatefulSet      name: redis      image: redis:7-alpine
05

AIOps runs automatically

No setup needed. Fortem watches your cluster and surfaces actionable insights — idle namespaces, OOM kills, right-sizing opportunities.

bash
# Insights appear in the AI Ops tab automatically. Examples:[CRITICAL] OOMKilled 3× in 2h  → Deployment/worker · staging  → Memory limit 256Mi, peak 310Mi → increase to 512Mi[WARNING]  Idle namespace · dev-pr-448 · 9 days  → No traffic or deploys → $180/mo savings if removed[INFO]     Right-size opportunity · auth-service · production  → CPU request 500m, p95 actual 48m → save $76/mo

Key Concepts

fortem-system
The namespace where the Fortem operator, AI engine, and UI run. Isolated from your workloads.
Environment CRD
A Fortem custom resource describing a full stack (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, PVCs). The operator reconciles it into standard K8s objects.
autoShutdown
When enabled on an Environment, Fortem scales down the namespace after the TTL period with no traffic or deploy activity.
AIOps
Continuous background analysis: idle detection, right-sizing, OOM diagnosis, CrashLoop triage, pending pod analysis. Runs in your cluster — no data leaves.
AI Engine
Powered by Anthropic, OpenAI, or Gemini (your choice). API key stored as a K8s Secret inside your cluster.
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