Deploy to AgentKit

VeADK Go can wrap an agent as an HTTP service through apps/agentkit_server_app. The server combines Simple API, A2A, ADK REST, and optional WebUI routes. Use it for local integration, AgentKit Runtime deployment, or embedding an agent service in a Go application.

Before exposing the service publicly or deploying it to a cloud runtime, provide model, tool, knowledge-base, memory, observability, and AgentKit credentials through environment variables or secrets. Do not bake API keys, AK/SK, tokens, or private endpoints into images or repositories.

Prerequisites

Use the github.com/volcengine/veadk-go/v2 module.
Configure model credentials, such as the API key required by Ark or an OpenAI-compatible model.
Make sure external tool, knowledge-base, memory, and observability services are reachable from the deployment environment.
If you need an A2A Agent Card, decide the externally reachable PublicURL or trusted reverse-proxy strategy.

Minimal Service

The following example creates an agent and starts AgentKit Server App on local port 8000.

package main

import (
	"context"

	veagent "github.com/volcengine/veadk-go/v2/agent/llmagent"
	"github.com/volcengine/veadk-go/v2/apps"
	"github.com/volcengine/veadk-go/v2/apps/agentkit_server_app"
	"google.golang.org/adk/v2/agent"
	"google.golang.org/adk/v2/agent/llmagent"
	"google.golang.org/adk/v2/session"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	rootAgent, err := veagent.New(&veagent.Config{
		Config: llmagent.Config{
			Name:        "support_agent",
			Description: "Answer product questions.",
			Instruction: "Answer with concise and accurate product guidance.",
		},
		ModelName: "deepseek-v4-flash-ga-260731",
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	api := apps.DefaultApiConfig().
		SetHost("127.0.0.1").
		SetPort(8000)

	app := agentkit_server_app.NewAgentkitServerApp(api)
	if err := app.Run(ctx, &apps.RunConfig{
		AgentLoader:    agent.NewSingleLoader(rootAgent),
		SessionService: session.InMemoryService(),
	}); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

After startup, the default ApiConfig exposes Simple API, A2A, ADK REST, and WebUI routes. SetHost("127.0.0.1") listens only on localhost. In containers, use the default empty host or the listen address required by the platform.

Invoke and Verify

When Simple API is enabled, call /invoke to verify one agent turn:

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/invoke \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"prompt":"hello"}'

The health endpoint is /health:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/health

If ApiPathPrefix is configured, ADK REST routes are mounted under that prefix:

api := apps.DefaultApiConfig().
	SetHost("127.0.0.1").
	SetPort(8000).
	SetApiPathPrefix("/api")

Configure `RunConfig`

apps.RunConfig passes the agent, sessions, memory, artifacts, plugins, and telemetry into the app server.

Field	Description
`AgentLoader`	Required. Usually `agent.NewSingleLoader(rootAgent)`.
`SessionService` / `ShortTermMemory`	Short-term session service. If unset, `apps.Run` uses an in-memory session service.
`MemoryService` / `LongTermMemory`	Long-term memory service, which can work with agent memory configuration.
`ArtifactService`	File or artifact storage service.
`PluginConfig`	ADK plugin configuration. The default path appends the VeADK Go observability plugin.
`TelemetryOptions`	ADK telemetry options. The default path appends the provider reuse option from VeADK Go.
`AutoSaveSession`	Saves sessions into long-term memory when enabled.
`DisableObservability`	Disables the default observability plugin and shutdown hook.

Production deployments should replace in-memory sessions with persistent storage when conversations must survive restarts.

Configure the HTTP Server

apps.ApiConfig controls listen address, paths, timeouts, CORS, request-body size, and the public A2A URL.

api := apps.DefaultApiConfig().
	SetHost("0.0.0.0").
	SetPort(8000).
	SetApiPathPrefix("/api").
	SetSSEWriteTimeout(300).
	SetShutdownTimeout(30).
	SetMaxRequestBodyBytes(8 << 20).
	SetCORS(&apps.CORSConfig{
		AllowedOrigins: []string{"https://console.example.com"},
		AllowedMethods: []string{"GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"},
		AllowedHeaders: []string{"Content-Type", "Authorization"},
	})

Method	Description
`SetHost` / `SetPort`	Sets listen address and port.
`SetApiPathPrefix`	Sets the ADK REST API prefix.
`SetSimpleAPIEnabled`	Enables or disables `/invoke` and `/health`.
`SetWebUIEnabled`	Enables or disables ADK WebUI routes.
`SetSSEWriteTimeout`	Sets streaming response write timeout.
`SetShutdownTimeout`	Sets graceful shutdown timeout.
`SetMaxRequestBodyBytes`	Limits request body size.
`SetCORS`	Configures CORS. Passing `nil` disables the CORS middleware.

If browser clients can call the service cross-origin, do not allow every origin by default. When credentials are involved, pin trusted origins explicitly.

Configure the A2A Public Address

Agent Cards need to advertise a reachable A2A address. By default, the server does not trust Host, Forwarded, or X-Forwarded-* request headers, so production deployments should set PublicURL explicitly.

api := apps.DefaultApiConfig().
	SetHost("0.0.0.0").
	SetPort(8000).
	SetPublicURL("https://agent.example.com").
	SetA2APath("/a2a").
	SetA2APublicPath("/agents/support/a2a")

Use ForwardedAgentCardURL only behind a trusted reverse proxy that overwrites client-supplied forwarding headers:

api.SetAgentCardURLResolver(apps.ForwardedAgentCardURL)

Extend Routes and Middleware

AgentkitServerApp can add custom routes after built-in exact routes and before ADK REST/WebUI fallback routes. Middleware runs in declaration order.

app := agentkit_server_app.NewAgentkitServerApp(
	api,
	agentkit_server_app.WithMiddleware(func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
			w.Header().Set("X-Service", "veadk-go")
			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
		})
	}),
	agentkit_server_app.WithRouteSetup(func(router *mux.Router, _ *apps.RunConfig) error {
		router.HandleFunc("/healthz", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
		}).Methods(http.MethodGet)
		return nil
	}),
)

Add Observability

apps.Run appends observability.NewPlugin() and observability.ADKTelemetryOptions() by default, then performs bounded shutdown after SIGTERM. The deployment environment only needs exporter configuration:

export OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://collector:4318
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=veadk-go-agent

If you manage the OpenTelemetry provider yourself, set:

DisableObservability: true

Production Notes

Concern	Recommendation
Versioning	Pin a VeADK Go release tag or reviewed commit.
Credentials	Use platform secrets or environment variables, not image layers.
Sessions	Use persistent `SessionService` and define how `userID` and `sessionID` are generated.
Observability	Configure OTLP, APMPlus, Cozeloop, or TLS, and review masking policy.
Networking	Define listen address, reverse proxy, CORS, request-body limit, and public paths.
Shutdown	Configure enough SIGTERM grace period for requests and trace flushing to finish.

Overview

Get Started

Core Components

Observability

Deploy

Prerequisites

Minimal Service

Invoke and Verify

Configure `RunConfig`

Configure the HTTP Server

Configure the A2A Public Address

Extend Routes and Middleware

Add Observability

Production Notes

​Prerequisites

​Minimal Service

​Invoke and Verify

​Configure RunConfig

​Configure the HTTP Server

​Configure the A2A Public Address

​Extend Routes and Middleware

​Add Observability

​Production Notes

Prerequisites

Minimal Service

Invoke and Verify

Configure `RunConfig`

Configure the HTTP Server

Configure the A2A Public Address

Extend Routes and Middleware

Add Observability

Production Notes