CI/CD and Config-as-Code for LiteLLM

Schema validation in CI, dry-run testing, staged rollout dev → staging → prod, GitOps for the model list, and disaster recovery for the config itself.

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Tip: The LiteLLM config is production infrastructure. It deserves the same review, the same tests, and the same rollback story as application code.

What this use case covers

  • Schema validation of litellm_config.yaml in CI — catch typos before they reach the proxy.
  • Dry-run testing: spin up the proxy against the new config in a throwaway environment, run a smoke-test matrix, fail the build on regression.
  • Staged rollout of config changes: dev → staging → prod, with manual approval gates.
  • GitOps for the model list using Flux or ArgoCD.
  • Disaster recovery: backup of keys, budgets, and config; restore drill; rolling back a bad model swap in under five minutes.

Why it matters

The gateway config is one of the highest-blast-radius files in the system — a single typo can take down every model alias at once. Treating it as code with tests is the cheapest insurance available.

Coming soon

Implementation coming soon. This use case will ship as a runnable folder in infinite-containers/lite-llm, with a step-by-step lesson here and a companion post and video. Track the full publishing roadmap in USE-CASES.md.