Self-Hosted AI Agents for Business: Kubernetes Deployment in Under 5 Minutes
Deploy self-hosted AI agents for your business on Kubernetes in under 5 minutes. Step-by-step guide with Helm, RBAC, and open-source model setup. Full data isolation guaranteed.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean to self-host AI agents?
Self-hosting AI agents means running the agent software on infrastructure you control — your own servers, a private cloud VPC, or on-premise hardware — rather than using a vendor's cloud platform. Your data, agent configurations, and conversation history stay entirely within your infrastructure.
Do I need Kubernetes to self-host AI agents?
Kubernetes is the recommended production deployment method for scale and reliability, but it's not required. cowork.ink Business also supports Docker Compose for smaller deployments (1–20 agents). Kubernetes becomes valuable when you need horizontal scaling, automatic failover, and enterprise-grade reliability.
How many AI agents can I run on self-hosted infrastructure?
cowork.ink Business supports 200 agents per Kubernetes node. A 3-node cluster (modest hardware) handles 600 concurrent agents. Vertical scaling (adding nodes) is linear — adding a node adds 200 agent capacity.
What hardware do I need to self-host AI agents?
For API-based models (OpenAI, Anthropic): any 3 VMs with 4 vCPUs and 8GB RAM each runs comfortably. For self-hosted open-source models (Llama 3.3 70B): 2× NVIDIA A100 80GB or equivalent. For smaller models (Mistral 7B, Llama 8B): a single gaming GPU (RTX 4090, A10G) handles moderate loads.