NVIDIA/ai-cloud-validation v0.7.0

M5 Release

Repository: NVIDIA/ai-cloud-validation

Tag: v0.7.0

Published: 2026-05-15T19:32:20Z

Prerelease: yes

Release notes:

M5'26 - Q2'26

attestation

• Issue #246: ATTEST-XX-02: Check that an updated BIOS is installed on all hardware

audit-logging

• Issue #299: SEC08-01: Perform a management API call; verify an audit log entry is generated with correct metadata
• Issue #300: SEC08-02: Verify audit logs are retained for at least 30 days

authentication

• Issue #293: SEC01-01: Verify user authentication via OIDC for platform services
• Issue #294: SEC02-01: Verify workloads and nodes receive short-lived credentials/tokens
• Issue #295: SEC03-01: Verify out-of-cluster service accounts can authenticate with long-lived credentials
• Issue #298: SEC07-01: Verify all administrative interfaces (UI, CLI, API) are protected by Multi-Factor Authentication

authorization

• Issue #297: SEC04-02: Assign a minimal role to a user; verify they cannot perform actions outside that role on Compute, Storage, and Network APIs

backend-switch-fabric-api

• Issue #278: NET01-01: Query the API for a compute node and verify it returns backend switch IDs (leaf, spine, core)

block-storage-services

• Issue #272: K8S23-01: Verify dynamic volume provisioning via CSI

Compute Services: BMaaS

• Issue #250: BMAAS-XX-07: Check for any per-host status log over time.
• Issue #258: CNP06-02: Verify that serial console output is logged and queryable for at least 1 month of history

Compute Services: VMaaS

• Issue #256: CNP01-16: Verify console access is restricted via RBAC
• Issue #257: CNP01-17: Verify USB, clipboard, and unnecessary virtual devices are disabled

hardware-security-compliance

• Issue #303: SEC09-03: Verify a centralized KMS is used for all encryption keys and secrets
• Issue #304: SEC09-04: Verify support for Customer Managed Keys (BYOK)

kubernetes-control-plane

• Issue #269: K8S06-01: Create a K8s node pool via API/CLI specifying node type (CPU or GPU instance type)
• Issue #270: K8S06-02: Update a K8s node pool (e.g., scale to a target count)
• Issue #271: K8S15-01: Verify the K8s API endpoint has network access controls (firewall/private link)
• Issue #273: K8S23-04: Verify CSI supports block, shared filesystem, and NFS storage
• Issue #274: K8S23-05: Verify CSI supports both static and dynamic provisioning via PVs and PVCs
• Issue #275: K8S23-06: Verify CSI credentials are tenant cluster scoped (no cross-cluster access)
• Issue #276: K8S23-07: Verify APIs to query storage usage against overall cluster quota with per-PVC/Volume breakdown
• Issue #301: SEC09-01: Verify certificates are rotated on a 60-day cycle
• Issue #302: SEC09-02: Verify support for both provider-managed and customer-managed keys

network-security

• Issue #260: CNP10-01: Verify IPMI is disabled; Redfish over TLS is used with AAA
• Issue #305: SEC11-01: Verify hard physical or logical isolation between tenants for network, data, compute, and storage resources
• Issue #306: SEC12-01: Verify BMC management is on a dedicated, restricted network (physically separate or VLAN/VRF-isolated)
• Issue #307: SEC12-02: Verify BMC interfaces are not reachable from tenant networks
• Issue #308: SEC12-03: Verify BMC is only accessible via a hardened bastion (jumphost) server; direct public/corporate network access is blocked
• Issue #311: SEC14-01: Verify no public internet access to API endpoints by default

nvlink-domain-api

• Issue #279: NET02-02: Query the NVLink domain ID for a compute node supporting NVLink

sdn-controller

• Issue #281: SDN02-05: Verify security group rules can be scoped at workload level
• Issue #282: SDN02-06: Verify security group rules can be scoped at node level
• Issue #283: SDN02-07: Verify security group rules can be scoped at subnet/tenant level
• Issue #285: SDN02-09: Verify security group rules can be scoped at K8s API service level
• Issue #290: SDN09-01: Verify logging is available for network hardware faults
• Issue #291: [SDN09-02: Verify logging captures latency/performance...