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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: 2021.1.1-rc1

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 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

# These values influence the bundled postgresql and redis charts, but are also used by authentik to connect
postgresql:
    postgresqlDatabase: authentik

redis:
    cluster:
        enabled: false
    master:
        persistence:
            enabled: false
```