Overview
Remote Operator is one lightweight container that lets your team and agents inspect, diagnose, and operate customer deployments without direct access to the customer environment.
It runs inside each deployment and connects outbound to Alien over HTTPS. Keep your existing Terraform, Helm, and release process; the operator uses only the operations and local permissions you enable.
For Kubernetes, add the generated template to your existing Helm chart:
You add Remote Operator to your Helm chart. It runs in the customer environment and connects outbound to Alien for diagnostics, operations, health, and optional logs.
The operator runs alongside your application. Your chart remains the source of truth for the application and its releases.
What it adds
- deployment inventory and health;
- the diagnostics and remediation operations you select;
- connections to private or cloud services you configure; and
- Kubernetes log collection when enabled.
Each capability has its own access. Review the generated identity, permissions, secrets, and optional cloud access before installing it.
Current installation path
The dashboard generates a namespace-scoped Helm template for Kubernetes.