Day-to-day operational tasks for running an Akash provider.
Once your provider is running, these guides help you manage leases, monitor health, perform maintenance, and troubleshoot issues.
Operational Areas
Lease Management
Manage the lifecycle of deployments on your provider
Covers:
- List active leases (on-chain and Kubernetes)
- Close leases from provider side
- Retrieve deployment manifests
- Track earnings (total, daily, monthly)
- Handle dangling deployments
- Block specific container images
Use when: Managing active deployments, tracking revenue, or troubleshooting lease issues.
Monitoring
Monitor provider health and troubleshoot issues
Covers:
- View and filter provider logs
- Check provider status and resource utilization
- GPU troubleshooting (drivers, Device Plugin, Fabric Manager)
- Verify NVIDIA components
- Diagnose bidding issues
Use when: Checking provider health, investigating why bids aren’t happening, or troubleshooting GPU problems.
Updates & Maintenance
Keep your provider updated and well-maintained
Covers:
- Stop/start provider services safely
- Rotate Kubernetes and etcd certificates
- Handle stuck ReplicaSets
- Kill zombie processes
- Heal broken deployment replicas
- Maintenance best practices
Use when: Performing scheduled maintenance, rotating certificates, or fixing cluster issues.
Provider Attributes
Configure provider capabilities and hardware discovery
Covers:
- Submit GPU details for feature discovery
- Configure GPU attributes in
provider.yaml - Verify attribute registration
- Troubleshoot GPU detection issues
Use when: Adding new GPU models, configuring provider capabilities, or fixing attribute mismatches.
Provider Verification
Verify your provider is running correctly
Covers:
- Provider pod health checks
- On-chain registration verification
- Bid activity monitoring
- Common troubleshooting steps
- Verification checklist
Use when: After installation, when debugging issues, or performing routine health checks.
Common Tasks
Daily:
- Monitor provider logs for errors
- Check active leases and utilization
- Verify bid activity
Weekly:
- Review certificate expiration dates
- Check system resource usage
- Verify backups
Monthly:
- Update provider services if needed
- Review and optimize bid pricing
- Rotate Kubernetes certificates (check expiration)
Questions? Join #provider-support on Discord
