SAIF Platform

Top-level orchestration repository for the Secure AI Factory (SAIF) Platform.

What is SAIF Platform?

SAIF Platform 1.0 is a production-grade, fully automated infrastructure for running AI workloads on Cisco UCS-X hardware with enterprise security (Cilium, Tetragon) and observability (Splunk, Hubble).

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                      SAIF PLATFORM 1.0                            |
|                                                                   |
|  +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |
|  |  SECURE AI FACTORY (Extension)                               | |
|  |  Observability + Security + AI Workloads                     | |
|  |  Repos: saif-gitops                                           | |
|  +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |
|                                                                   |
|  +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |
|  |  AI POD (Base Infrastructure)                                | |
|  |  Network + Server + Kubernetes                               | |
|  |  Repos: saif-ai-pod, saif-sys-admin                          | |
|  +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |
|                                                                   |
|  Orchestration: saif-platform (this repo)                         |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

Repository Bundle

SAIF Platform 1.0 is a versioned bundle of repositories that work together:

Repository	Role	Description
saif-platform	Orchestration	Release coordination, SBOM, cross-repo workflows (this repo)
saif-ai-pod	Day 0/Day 1	UCS server profiles, OpenShift deployment, post-install
saif-gitops	Day 2	ArgoCD app-of-apps, operators, workload configurations
saif-sys-admin	Infrastructure	Image mirroring, runner VM, user management
saif-splunk-dashboard	Observability	Splunk dashboard specifications and chart definitions

Key Files

File	Purpose
platform-release.yaml	SBOM - all component versions and cluster inventory
repo-map.yaml	Repository references and cross-repo dependencies
.github/workflows/	Orchestration workflows

Getting Started

Check Current Versions

cat platform-release.yaml

Deploy Full Platform

gh workflow run orchestrate-platform.yaml \
  -f clusters="ai-pod-1" \
  -f mode=full-deploy

Documentation

• Architecture - Platform overview and diagrams
• Repository Map - All repos explained
• Day 0/1/2 Model - Deployment phases
• Troubleshooting - Common issues and fixes

License

This project is licensed under the Cisco Sample Code License, Version 1.1. See LICENSE for details.