PalenaMCPServer

A PalenaMCPServer stands up a Model Context Protocol server for augmenting LLMs with tool calls. v1alpha1 only supports type: websearch.

It is standalone — it does not reference a PalenaGateway. PalenaUI CRs register it via spec.mcpServerRefs.

Short name: pmcpAPI group: operator.palena.ai/v1alpha1Scope: Namespaced

spec

Field	Type	Required	Default	Enum	Description
type	string	Yes	—	websearch	MCP server flavor.
replicas	int32	Yes	1	—	MCP server Deployment replicas.
image	ImageSpec	No	—	—	Override the MCP server image.
websearch	WebsearchSpec	When type: websearch	—	—	Websearch-specific config.

WebsearchSpec

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
searxng	SearXNGSpec	Yes	—	SearXNG configuration.
scraper	ScraperSpec	No	—	Optional scraper sidecars.
presidio	PresidioSpec	No	—	Optional PII analysis.
reranker	RerankerSpec	No	—	Optional result reranker.

SearXNGSpec

Field	Type	Default	Description
replicas	int32	1	SearXNG replica count.
engines	[]string	duckduckgo, bing, wikipedia	Enabled engines.
image	ImageSpec	—	Image override.

ScraperSpec

Field	Type	Default	Description
chromiumEnabled	bool	false	Enable Chromium scraper sidecar.
chromiumReplicas	int32	1	Chromium replica count when enabled.
maxConcurrency	int	5	MAX_CONCURRENT_SESSIONS env var.

PresidioSpec

Field	Type	Default	Enum	Description
enabled	bool	false	—	Deploy analyzer + anonymizer.
mode	string	audit	audit, redact, block	How detected PII is handled.
analyzerReplicas	int32	1	—	Analyzer replicas.
anonymizerReplicas	int32	1	—	Anonymizer replicas.

RerankerSpec

Field	Type	Default	Enum	Description
provider	string	none	flashrank, kserve, none	Reranker backend.
flashrank.image	ImageSpec	—	—	FlashRank image override.
kserve.endpoint	string	—	—	KServe inference endpoint URL (required when provider: kserve).
kserve.model	string	—	—	KServe model name.

status

Field	Type	Description
ready	bool	True once server + all enabled sidecars report ready.
replicas	int32	Observed MCP server replicas.
endpoints.sse	string	SSE endpoint URL.
endpoints.streamableHttp	string	HTTP streamable endpoint URL.
sidecars	map[string]string	Per-sidecar readiness messages.
conditions	[]metav1.Condition	Standard conditions (SidecarsReady, ServerReady, Ready).

Print columns

Type, Ready, Age.

Example

apiVersion: operator.palena.ai/v1alpha1
kind: PalenaMCPServer
metadata:
  name: websearch
  namespace: palena
spec:
  type: websearch
  replicas: 2
  websearch:
    searxng:
      replicas: 2
      engines:
        - duckduckgo
        - wikipedia
        - arxiv
    scraper:
      chromiumEnabled: true
      chromiumReplicas: 2
      maxConcurrency: 10
    presidio:
      enabled: true
      mode: redact
    reranker:
      provider: flashrank