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# API reference: 2026.06.25

> Field reference for the vantage.abbyy.com/v1alpha1 Vantage custom resource that drives Vantage 3.0 self-hosted installations.

## Artifact versions

| Artifact | Version |
| - | - |
| `vantage-operator` chart | `0.69.4` |
| `vantage-selfhosted` chart | `0.69.4` |
| `vantage-operator` image | `v0.69.4` |

The Vantage 3.0 self-hosted installer is driven by a single Kubernetes custom resource: a `Vantage` object in the `vantage.abbyy.com/v1alpha1` API group. The fields below are the full contract between you and the operator.

For a conceptual overview of how the operator consumes this resource, see [Architecture](https://docs.abbyy.com/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/architecture.md). For an installation procedure, choose [Azure](https://docs.abbyy.com/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/providers/azure.md) or [Self-Managed Kubernetes](https://docs.abbyy.com/vantage/self-hosted/v3.0/providers/self-managed.md).

## API group

| Group | Version | Resource |
| - | - | - |
| `vantage.abbyy.com` | `v1alpha1` | `Vantage` |

## Vantage

Vantage is the Schema for the vantages API

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `apiVersion` | `string` | Yes | vantage.abbyy.com/v1alpha1 |
| `kind` | `string` | Yes | Vantage |
| `metadata` | `object` | Yes | Refer to the Kubernetes API documentation for the fields of the `metadata` field. |
| `spec` | `object` | Yes | spec defines the desired state of Vantage. See [`spec`](#vantagespec). |
| `status` | `object` | No | status defines the observed state of Vantage. See [`status`](#vantagestatus). |

## Vantage.spec

spec defines the desired state of Vantage

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `dnsRecord` | `string` | Yes | dnsRecord is the DNS record for the vantage installation Format: `hostname`. |
| `mailFrom` | `string` | Yes | mailFrom is the email address used as the sender for outgoing emails Format: `email`. |
| `platformAdminEmail` | `string` | Yes | platformAdminEmail is the email address of the platform administrator Format: `email`. |
| `secrets` | `object` | Yes | secrets selects and configures the secrets provider. Exactly one provider must be specified. See [`secrets`](#vantagespecsecrets). |
| `updatePolicy` | `object` | Yes | updatePolicy controls how the operator handles Vantage upgrades. See [`updatePolicy`](#vantagespecupdatepolicy). |
| `vantageVersion` | `string` | Yes | vantageVersion is the version of Vantage to install. |
| `workloads` | `object` | Yes | workloads configures the ConfigMap containing data about charts and images. See [`workloads`](#vantagespecworkloads). |
| `idReadingEnabled` | `boolean` | No | idReadingEnabled enables ID reading features Default: `false`. |
| `keda` | `object` | No | keda configures KEDA settings. If not specified, KEDA support will be disabled. See [`keda`](#vantagespeckeda). |
| `ociMigration` | `object` | No | ociMigration configures copying artifacts from a source registry to a destintion before install. Omit entirely or set enabled=false to skip migration. When enabled, destination is required. See [`ociMigration`](#vantagespecocimigration). |
| `reportingEnabled` | `boolean` | No | reportingEnabled enables SQL Server reporting features Default: `false`. |
| `serviceAccountName` | `string` | No | serviceAccountName is the name of the service account to use for Vantage workloads. Omit to use the default service account Default: `default` · Minimum length: `1`. |
| `smtp` | `object` | No | smtp configures the SMTP mail server. If not specified, Sendgrid will be used as mail provider. See [`smtp`](#vantagespecsmtp). |
| `storage` | `object` | No | storage configures advanced storage options. See [`storage`](#vantagespecstorage). |
| `techcore` | `object` | No | techcore contains configuration for the TechCore processing engine. See [`techcore`](#vantagespectechcore). |

> [!NOTE]
>
> **`secrets` validation**: `has(self.kubernetes) != has(self.azure)`: exactly one provider must be specified

> [!NOTE]
>
> **`updatePolicy` validation**: `!has(self.auto)`: automatic updates are not yet supported

> [!NOTE]
>
> **`updatePolicy` validation**: `(has(self.auto) ? 1 : 0) + (has(self.manual) ? 1 : 0) == 1`: exactly one update policy must be specified

> [!NOTE]
>
> **`ociMigration` validation**: `!has(self.enabled) || self.enabled == false || has(self.destination)`: destination is required when ociMigration is enabled

## Vantage.spec.secrets

secrets selects and configures the secrets provider.
Exactly one provider must be specified.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `azure` | `object` | No | azure configures Azure Key Vault (via the Secrets Store CSI Driver) as the secrets source. See [`azure`](#vantagespecsecretsazure). |
| `kubernetes` | `object` | No | kubernetes configures Kubernetes native Secrets as the secrets source. See [`kubernetes`](#vantagespecsecretskubernetes). |

## Vantage.spec.secrets.azure

azure configures Azure Key Vault (via the Secrets Store CSI Driver) as the secrets source.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `keyVaultName` | `string` | Yes | keyVaultName is the Azure Key Vault that holds the secrets. |
| `tenantId` | `string` | Yes | tenantId is the Azure AD tenant that owns the Key Vault. |
| `clientId` | `string` | No | clientId is the Azure AD client ID of the user-assigned managed identity that has read access to the Key Vault. Required when identityMode is "workloadIdentity" (the default). |
| `identityMode` | `enum` | No | identityMode selects how the CSI driver authenticates against Azure. Default: `workloadIdentity` · Enum: `workloadIdentity, podIdentity, vmManagedIdentity`. |
| `objects` | `map[string]object` | No | objects optionally overrides the mapping from a secret alias (as referenced by workloads-secrets.yml) to a specific Key Vault object. When an alias is not present in this map, the alias itself is used as the Key Vault object name and the object is fetched as type "secret". See [`objects`](#vantagespecsecretsazureobjectskey). |
| `userAssignedIdentityID` | `string` | No | userAssignedIdentityID is the client ID of the user-assigned managed identity to use when identityMode is "vmManagedIdentity". |

## Vantage.spec.secrets.azure.objects\[key]

AzureSecretObjectConfig describes a single Key Vault object that backs a
secret alias.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `objectName` | `string` | Yes | objectName is the name of the object in Azure Key Vault. |
| `objectType` | `enum` | No | objectType is the Key Vault object kind. Defaults to "secret". Default: `secret` · Enum: `secret, key, cert`. |
| `objectVersion` | `string` | No | objectVersion pins a specific Key Vault object version. Defaults to the latest version. |

## Vantage.spec.secrets.kubernetes

kubernetes configures Kubernetes native Secrets as the secrets source.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `objects` | `map[string]object` | No | objects defines the Kubernetes secrets used. If not defined, the default secret names will be used. See [`objects`](#vantagespecsecretskubernetesobjectskey). |

## Vantage.spec.secrets.kubernetes.objects\[key]

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `secretName` | `string` | Yes | secretName is the name of the Kubernetes Secret |

## Vantage.spec.updatePolicy

updatePolicy controls how the operator handles Vantage upgrades.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `manual` | `object` | No | manual disables automatic upgrades. Upgrades are performed by installing a new version of the operator Helm chart. |

Not yet supported. The operator rejects a resource that sets these fields.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `auto` | `object` | No | auto enables automatic version upgrades. Not yet implemented. See [`auto`](#vantagespecupdatepolicyauto). |

## Vantage.spec.updatePolicy.auto

auto enables automatic version upgrades. Not yet implemented.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `releaseURL` | `string` | Yes | releaseURL is the URL to fetch the Vantage release bundle from. Format: `uri`. |

## Vantage.spec.workloads

workloads configures the ConfigMap containing data about charts and images

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `configMap` | `string` | Yes | configMap is name of the ConfigMap containing the workloads data |
| `metadataTemplateKey` | `string` | Yes | metadataTemplateKey is the key within the ConfigMap containing the metadata template about installing the charts |
| `secretsKey` | `string` | Yes | secrets is the key within the ConfigMap containing the secrets metadata. |
| `workloadsKey` | `string` | Yes | workloadsKey is the key within the ConfigMap containing the list of charts and images |

## Vantage.spec.keda

keda configures KEDA settings. If not specified, KEDA support will be disabled.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `enabled` | `boolean` | No | enabled controls whether KEDA-based autoscaling should be used for workloads that support it. Default: `false`. |

## Vantage.spec.ociMigration

ociMigration configures copying artifacts from a source registry to a destintion before install.
Omit entirely or set enabled=false to skip migration.
When enabled, destination is required.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `concurrency` | `integer` | Yes | concurrency is the number of artifacts to copy in parallel. Default: `5` · Minimum: `1`. |
| `destination` | `object` | No | destination is where artifacts are copied to. See [`destination`](#vantagespecocimigrationdestination). |
| `enabled` | `boolean` | No | enabled enables OCI migration. Default: `true`. |
| `imagePullSecrets` | `[]object` | No | imagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling the operator image which is used to run the OCI migration job in this namespace. See [`imagePullSecrets`](#vantagespecocimigrationimagepullsecretsindex). |
| `labels` | `map[string]JSON` | No | labels is the set of of labels that should be applied to the OCI migration job and pod template. Non-string values will be converted to strings with \[fmt.Sprint] |
| `serviceAccountName` | `string` | No | serviceAccountName is the name of the ServiceAccount to use to run the OCI migration job. |
| `sources` | `[]object` | No | sources are credentials for accessing registries where artifacts are copied from (e.g., JFrog). (Max length 20) Maximum items: `20`. See [`sources`](#vantagespecocimigrationsourcesindex). |

> [!NOTE]
>
> **`destination` validation**: `!self.host.contains('/')`: host must not contain a path — use the repository field for the registry path

> [!NOTE]
>
> **`destination` validation**: `!self.host.contains('://')`: host must not include a scheme (e.g., https\://)

## Vantage.spec.ociMigration.destination

destination is where artifacts are copied to.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `host` | `string` | Yes | host is the registry hostname and optional port (e.g., registry.example.com, registry.example.com:5000) Minimum length: `1`. |
| `credentialsRef` | `object` | No | credentialsRef references a Secret containing username and password keys or a kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson-type Secret. Takes precedence over username/password if specified. See [`credentialsRef`](#vantagespecocimigrationdestinationcredentialsref). |
| `password` | `string` | No | password for registry authentication (plaintext, use credentialsRef for production) |
| `repository` | `string` | No | repository is the registry path/namespace for artifacts (e.g., "abbyy-docker", "vantage/images") Pattern: `^[a-z0-9]+([._-][a-z0-9]+)*(/[a-z0-9]+([._-][a-z0-9]+)*)*$`. |
| `username` | `string` | No | username for registry authentication (plaintext, use credentialsRef for production) |
| `workloadIdentity` | `object` | No | workloadIdentity defines settings for using the identity of the workload (Kubernetes service account) to access the registry. See [`workloadIdentity`](#vantagespecocimigrationdestinationworkloadidentity). |

## Vantage.spec.ociMigration.destination.credentialsRef

credentialsRef references a Secret containing username and password keys or a kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson-type Secret.
Takes precedence over username/password if specified.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | name is the name of the Secret |

## Vantage.spec.ociMigration.destination.workloadIdentity

workloadIdentity defines settings for using the identity of the workload (Kubernetes service account)
to access the registry.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `audience` | `string` | No | audience is the endpoint that should be used to exchange the service acccount token for an OAuth access token. |
| `clientId` | `string` | No | clientId is the client ID that should be used to exchange the service acccount token for an OAuth access token. |
| `tokenEndpoint` | `string` | No | tokenEndpoint is the endpoint that should be used to exchange the service acccount token for an OAuth access token. |

## Vantage.spec.ociMigration.imagePullSecrets\[index]

LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the
referenced object inside the same namespace.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `name` | `string` | No | Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: [https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names) Default: \`\`. |

## Vantage.spec.ociMigration.sources\[index]

ContainerRegistryConfig defines container registry connection settings.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `host` | `string` | Yes | host is the registry hostname and optional port (e.g., registry.example.com, registry.example.com:5000) Minimum length: `1`. |
| `credentialsRef` | `object` | No | credentialsRef references a Secret containing username and password keys or a kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson-type Secret. Takes precedence over username/password if specified. See [`credentialsRef`](#vantagespecocimigrationsourcesindexcredentialsref). |
| `password` | `string` | No | password for registry authentication (plaintext, use credentialsRef for production) |
| `repository` | `string` | No | repository is the registry path/namespace for artifacts (e.g., "abbyy-docker", "vantage/images") Pattern: `^[a-z0-9]+([._-][a-z0-9]+)*(/[a-z0-9]+([._-][a-z0-9]+)*)*$`. |
| `username` | `string` | No | username for registry authentication (plaintext, use credentialsRef for production) |
| `workloadIdentity` | `object` | No | workloadIdentity defines settings for using the identity of the workload (Kubernetes service account) to access the registry. See [`workloadIdentity`](#vantagespecocimigrationsourcesindexworkloadidentity). |

## Vantage.spec.ociMigration.sources\[index].credentialsRef

credentialsRef references a Secret containing username and password keys or a kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson-type Secret.
Takes precedence over username/password if specified.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | name is the name of the Secret |

## Vantage.spec.ociMigration.sources\[index].workloadIdentity

workloadIdentity defines settings for using the identity of the workload (Kubernetes service account)
to access the registry.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `audience` | `string` | No | audience is the endpoint that should be used to exchange the service acccount token for an OAuth access token. |
| `clientId` | `string` | No | clientId is the client ID that should be used to exchange the service acccount token for an OAuth access token. |
| `tokenEndpoint` | `string` | No | tokenEndpoint is the endpoint that should be used to exchange the service acccount token for an OAuth access token. |

## Vantage.spec.smtp

smtp configures the SMTP mail server. If not specified, Sendgrid will be used as mail provider.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `host` | `string` | Yes | host is the SMTP server hostname |
| `login` | `string` | No | login for SMTP authentication |
| `password` | `string` | No | password for SMTP authentication |
| `port` | `integer` | No | port is the SMTP server port Default: `587` · Format: `int32`. |
| `useSSL` | `boolean` | No | useSSL enables TLS for SMTP connections Default: `false`. |

## Vantage.spec.storage

storage configures advanced storage options.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `custom` | `object` | No | custom configures custom storage backend. See [`custom`](#vantagespecstoragecustom). |

## Vantage.spec.storage.custom

custom configures custom storage backend.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `size` | `intorstring` | Yes | size defines the size of the PVC. Default: `300Gi` · Pattern: `^(\+\|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)\|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)\|[numkMGTPE]\|([eE](\+\|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)\|(\.[0-9]+))))?$`. |
| `storageClass` | `string` | Yes | storageClass defines the storage class to use for PVCs to mount custom storage backend volumes. |

## Vantage.spec.techcore

techcore contains configuration for the TechCore processing engine

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `versions` | `[]integer` | Yes | versions are the TechCore versions to deploy (available versions are 2, 3, 4). Minimum items: `1` · Enum: `2, 3, 4`. |
| `nnTrainingWorkers` | `object` | No | nnTrainingWorkers configures neural network training workers. See [`nnTrainingWorkers`](#vantagespectechcorenntrainingworkers). |

## Vantage.spec.techcore.nnTrainingWorkers

nnTrainingWorkers configures neural network training workers

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `enabled` | `boolean` | No | enabled enables neural network training workers Default: `false`. |
| `gpu` | `boolean` | No | gpu enables GPU acceleration for training workers Default: `false`. |

## Vantage.status

status defines the observed state of Vantage

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `availableVersions` | `[]string` | No | availableVersions is the list of versions available from the release URL. |
| `conditions` | `[]object` | No | conditions represent the current state of the Vantage resource. Each condition has a unique type and reflects the status of a specific aspect of the resource. Standard condition types include: - "Available": the resource is fully functional - "Progressing": the resource is being created or updated - "Degraded": the resource failed to reach or maintain its desired state The status of each condition is one of True, False, or Unknown. See [`conditions`](#vantagestatusconditionsindex). |
| `degradationReasons` | `[]object` | No | degradationReasons represent the reasons for the installation's degraded state. See [`degradationReasons`](#vantagestatusdegradationreasonsindex). |
| `installedVantageVersion` | `string` | No | installedVantageVersion is the version currently running. |
| `observedGeneration` | `integer` | No | observedGeneration is the generation of the spec that has been "processed" by the controller Format: `int64`. |

## Vantage.status.conditions\[index]

Condition contains details for one aspect of the current state of this API Resource.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `lastTransitionTime` | `string` | Yes | lastTransitionTime is the last time the condition transitioned from one status to another. This should be when the underlying condition changed. If that is not known, then using the time when the API field changed is acceptable. Format: `date-time`. |
| `message` | `string` | Yes | message is a human readable message indicating details about the transition. This may be an empty string. Maximum length: `32768`. |
| `reason` | `string` | Yes | reason contains a programmatic identifier indicating the reason for the condition's last transition. Producers of specific condition types may define expected values and meanings for this field, and whether the values are considered a guaranteed API. The value should be a CamelCase string. This field may not be empty. Minimum length: `1` · Maximum length: `1024` · Pattern: `^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9_,:]*[A-Za-z0-9_])?$`. |
| `status` | `enum` | Yes | status of the condition, one of True, False, Unknown. Enum: `True, False, Unknown`. |
| `type` | `string` | Yes | type of condition in CamelCase or in foo.example.com/CamelCase. Maximum length: `316` · Pattern: `^([a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(\.[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?)*/)?(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])$`. |
| `observedGeneration` | `integer` | No | observedGeneration represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon. For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.conditions\[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date with respect to the current state of the instance. Format: `int64` · Minimum: `0`. |

## Vantage.status.degradationReasons\[index]

DegradationReason represents a reason why a single component of the installation is degraded.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `component` | `string` | Yes | component is the part of the installation that is degraded. |
| `message` | `string` | Yes | message is human readable description for the component's degradation. |
| `reason` | `string` | Yes | reason contains a programmatic identifier indicating the reason for the component's degradation. The value should be a CamelCase string. |