CAST AI CI Integration

Overview

Add CAST AI cost validation to CI/CD pipelines: verify savings thresholds, validate Terraform plans before apply, and gate deployments on autoscaler health.

Prerequisites

• GitHub Actions enabled
• CAST AI API key stored as repository secret
• Terraform state accessible from CI (if using Terraform)

Instructions

Step 1: GitHub Actions -- Savings Gate

# .github/workflows/castai-check.yml
name: CAST AI Cost Check

on:
  pull_request:
    paths: ["terraform/**", "k8s/**"]
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 8 * * 1"  # Weekly Monday report

jobs:
  cost-check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Check CAST AI Savings
        env:
          CASTAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CASTAI_API_KEY }}
          CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID: ${{ secrets.CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID }}
        run: |
          SAVINGS=$(curl -s -H "X-API-Key: ${CASTAI_API_KEY}" \
            "https://api.cast.ai/v1/kubernetes/clusters/${CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID}/savings")

          PERCENT=$(echo "$SAVINGS" | jq -r '.savingsPercentage')
          MONTHLY=$(echo "$SAVINGS" | jq -r '.monthlySavings')

          echo "### CAST AI Savings Report" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- Monthly savings: \$${MONTHLY}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- Savings percentage: ${PERCENT}%" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

          # Fail if savings drop below threshold
          if (( $(echo "$PERCENT < 10" | bc -l) )); then
            echo "WARNING: Savings below 10% threshold"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Verify Agent Health
        env:
          CASTAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CASTAI_API_KEY }}
          CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID: ${{ secrets.CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID }}
        run: |
          STATUS=$(curl -s -H "X-API-Key: ${CASTAI_API_KEY}" \
            "https://api.cast.ai/v1/kubernetes/external-clusters/${CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID}" \
            | jq -r '.agentStatus')

          if [ "$STATUS" != "online" ]; then
            echo "CAST AI agent is ${STATUS}, expected online"
            exit 1
          fi

Step 2: Terraform Plan Validation

  terraform-plan:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3

      - name: Terraform Init & Plan
        working-directory: terraform/
        env:
          CASTAI_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CASTAI_API_KEY }}
        run: |
          terraform init
          terraform plan -var-file=environments/prod.tfvars \
            -out=plan.tfplan -no-color | tee plan-output.txt

      - name: Check for Destructive Changes
        run: |
          if grep -q "will be destroyed" terraform/plan-output.txt; then
            echo "DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES DETECTED in CAST AI resources"
            exit 1
          fi

Step 3: Store Secrets

gh secret set CASTAI_API_KEY --body "your-api-key"
gh secret set CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID --body "your-cluster-id"

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Solution
Secret not found	Missing gh secret set	Add secrets to repo
Savings check fails	Cluster not onboarded	Verify cluster ID is correct
Terraform init fails	State backend misconfigured	Check backend config
Agent offline in CI	Key scope mismatch	Use production API key

Resources

• GitHub Actions Secrets
• CAST AI API Reference

Next Steps

For deployment patterns, see castai-deploy-integration.