---
title: Kubernetes installation
---

For a mid to high-load installation, Kubernetes is recommended. authentik is installed using a helm-chart.

To install authentik using the helm chart, run these commands:

```
helm repo add authentik https://docker.beryju.org/chartrepo/authentik
helm repo update
helm install authentik/authentik --devel -f values.yaml
```

This installation automatically applies database migrations on startup. After the installation is done, you can use `akadmin` as username and password.

It is also recommended to configure global email credentials. These are used by authentik to notify you about alerts, configuration issues. They can also be used by [Email stages](flow/stages/email/index.md) to send verification/recovery emails.

```yaml
###################################
# Values directly affecting authentik
###################################
image:
  name: beryju/authentik
  name_static: beryju/authentik-static
  name_outposts: beryju/authentik # Prefix used for Outpost deployments, Outpost type and version is appended
  tag: 2021.3.4

serverReplicas: 1
workerReplicas: 1

# Enable the Kubernetes integration which lets authentik deploy outposts into kubernetes
kubernetesIntegration: true

config:
  # Optionally specify fixed secret_key, otherwise generated automatically
  # secretKey: _k*@6h2u2@q-dku57hhgzb7tnx*ba9wodcb^s9g0j59@=y(@_o
  # Enable error reporting
  errorReporting:
    enabled: false
    environment: customer
    sendPii: false
  # Log level used by web and worker
  # Can be either debug, info, warning, error
  logLevel: warning
  # Global Email settings
  email:
    # SMTP Host Emails are sent to
    host: localhost
    port: 25
    # Optionally authenticate
    username: ""
    password: ""
    # Use StartTLS
    useTls: false
    # Use SSL
    useSsl: false
    timeout: 10
    # Email address authentik will send from, should have a correct @domain
    from: authentik@localhost

# Enable MaxMind GeoIP
# geoip:
#   enabled: false
#   accountId: ""
#   licenseKey: ""
#   image: maxmindinc/geoipupdate:latest

# Enable Database Backups to S3
# backup:
#   accessKey: access-key
#   secretKey: secret-key
#   bucket: s3-bucket
#   region: eu-central-1
#   host: s3-host

ingress:
  annotations:
    {}
    # kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
    # kubernetes.io/tls-acme: "true"
  hosts:
    - authentik.k8s.local
  tls: []
  #  - secretName: chart-example-tls
  #    hosts:
  #      - authentik.k8s.local

###################################
# Values controlling dependencies
###################################

install:
  postgresql: true
  redis: true
```
