Add option to add base URL for zenml server (with support for cloud)

src/zenml/config/server_config.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #  permissions and limitations under the License.
 """Functionality to support ZenML GlobalConfiguration."""
 
+import json
 import os
 from secrets import token_hex
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class ServerConfiguration(BaseModel):
 
     Attributes:
         deployment_type: The type of ZenML server deployment that is running.
+        base_url: The base URL of the ZenML server.
         root_url_path: The root URL path of the ZenML server.
         auth_scheme: The authentication scheme used by the ZenML server.
         jwt_token_algorithm: The algorithm used to sign and verify JWT tokens.
@@ -107,17 +109,22 @@ class ServerConfiguration(BaseModel):
         external_server_id: The ID of the ZenML server to use with the
             `EXTERNAL` authentication scheme. If not specified, the regular
             ZenML server ID is used.
+        metadata: Additional metadata to be associated with the ZenML server.
         rbac_implementation_source: Source pointing to a class implementing
             the RBAC interface defined by
             `zenml.zen_server.rbac_interface.RBACInterface`. If not specified,
             RBAC will not be enabled for this server.
+        workload_manager_implementation_source: Source pointing to a class
+            implementing the workload management interface.
         pipeline_run_auth_window: The default time window in minutes for which
             a pipeline run action is allowed to authenticate with the ZenML
             server.
     """
 
     deployment_type: ServerDeploymentType = ServerDeploymentType.OTHER
+    base_url: str = ""
     root_url_path: str = ""
+    metadata: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     auth_scheme: AuthScheme = AuthScheme.OAUTH2_PASSWORD_BEARER
     jwt_token_algorithm: str = DEFAULT_ZENML_JWT_TOKEN_ALGORITHM
     jwt_token_issuer: Optional[str] = None
@@ -191,6 +198,15 @@ def _validate_config(cls, values: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         else:
             values["cors_allow_origins"] = ["*"]
 
+        # if metadata is a string, convert it to a dictionary
+        if isinstance(values.get("metadata"), str):
+            try:
+                values["metadata"] = json.loads(values["metadata"])
+            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"The server metadata is not a valid JSON string: {e}"
+                )
+
         return values
 
     @property

src/zenml/models/v2/misc/server_models.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #  permissions and limitations under the License.
 """Model definitions for ZenML servers."""
 
+from typing import Dict
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
@@ -73,6 +74,14 @@ class ServerModel(BaseModel):
     auth_scheme: AuthScheme = Field(
         title="The authentication scheme that the server is using.",
     )
+    base_url: str = Field(
+        "",
+        title="The Base URL of the server.",
+    )
+    metadata: Dict[str, str] = Field(
+        {},
+        title="The metadata associated with the server.",
+    )
 
     def is_local(self) -> bool:
         """Return whether the server is running locally.

src/zenml/zen_server/deploy/helm/templates/_environment.tpl

@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ external_server_id: {{ .ZenML.auth.externalServerID | quote }}
 {{- if .ZenML.rootUrlPath }}
 root_url_path: {{ .ZenML.rootUrlPath | quote }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- if .ZenML.baseURL }}
+base_url: {{ .ZenML.baseURL | quote }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- if .ZenML.auth.rbacImplementationSource }}
 rbac_implementation_source: {{ .ZenML.auth.rbacImplementationSource | quote }}
 {{- end }}

src/zenml/zen_server/deploy/helm/templates/server-deployment.yaml

@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ spec:
               value: {{ $value | quote }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.zenml.baseURL }}
+            - name: ZENML_SERVER_BASE_URL
+              value: {{ .Values.zenml.baseURL | quote }}
+            {{- end }}
           envFrom:
           - secretRef:
               name: {{ include "zenml.fullname" . }}

src/zenml/zen_server/deploy/helm/values.yaml

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ zenml:
     # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
     tag:
 
+  # The URL of the ZenML server. This is used to direct users to the correct
+  # address in log messages when running a pipeline and for other similar tasks.
+  baseURL:
+
   debug: true
 
   # Flag to enable/disable the tracking process of the analytics

src/zenml/zen_stores/base_zen_store.py

@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ def get_store_info(self) -> ServerModel:
         server_config = ServerConfiguration.get_server_config()
         deployment_type = server_config.deployment_type
         auth_scheme = server_config.auth_scheme
+        base_url = server_config.base_url
+        metadata = server_config.metadata
         secrets_store_type = SecretsStoreType.NONE
         if isinstance(self, SqlZenStore):
             secrets_store_type = self.secrets_store.type
@@ -386,6 +388,8 @@ def get_store_info(self) -> ServerModel:
             debug=IS_DEBUG_ENV,
             secrets_store_type=secrets_store_type,
             auth_scheme=auth_scheme,
+            base_url=base_url,
+            metadata=metadata,
         )
 
     def is_local_store(self) -> bool:

src/zenml/zen_stores/sql_zen_store.py

@@ -1409,7 +1409,6 @@ def get_store_info(self) -> ServerModel:
         # Fetch the deployment ID from the database and use it to replace
         # the one fetched from the global configuration
         model.id = self.get_deployment_id()
-
         return model
 
     def get_deployment_id(self) -> UUID: