> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.featureform.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Kubernetes

> This guide will walk through deploying Featureform on Kubernetes. The Featureform ingress currently supports AWS load balancers.

## Prerequisites

* An existing Kubernetes Cluster in AWS

* A domain name that can be directed at the Featureform load balancer

## Step 1: Add Helm repos

Add Certificate Manager and Featureform Helm Repos.

```
helm repo add featureform https://storage.googleapis.com/featureform-helm/ 
helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io 
helm repo update
```

## Step 2: Install Helm Charts

### Certificate Manager

If Certificate Manager has not yet been installed, install it before installing Featureform.

```
helm install certmgr jetstack/cert-manager \
    --set installCRDs=true \
    --version v1.8.0 \
    --namespace cert-manager \
    --create-namespace
```

### Featureform

Install Featureform with the desired domain name. Featureform will automatically provision the public TLS certificate when the specific domain name is routed to the Featureform loadbalancer.

```
helm install  featureform/featureform \
    --set hostname=
    --set publicCert=true
```

### Custom helm flags

| Name                | Description                                                                                                                                   | Default                 |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| hostname            | The hostname where the cluster will be accessible. Required to terminate the TLS certificate for GRPC.                                        | "localhost"             |
| versionOverride     | The Docker container tag to pull. The default value is overwritten with the latest deployment version when pulling from artifacthub.          | "0.0.0"                 |
| repository          | The Docker repo to pull the images from.                                                                                                      | "featureformcom"        |
| pullPolicy          | The container pull policies.                                                                                                                  | "Always"                |
| selfSignedCert      | Will create a self-signed certificate for the hostname. Either selfSignedCert or publicCert must be enabled if generating a certificate.      | "true"                  |
| publicCert          | Whether to use a public TLS certificate or a self-signed one. If true, the public certificate is generated for the provided hostname.         | "false"                 |
| tlsSecretName       | Will set the name of the TLS secret for the ingress to use if manually adding a certificate.                                                  | "featureform-ca-secret" |
| k8s\_runner\_enable | If true, uses a Kubernetes Job to run Featureform jobs. If false, Featureform jobs are run in the coordinator container in a separate thread. | "false"                 |
| nginx.enabled       | Will install nginx along with Featureform if true.                                                                                            | "true"                  |
| logging             | Will enable logging fluentbit, loki, and graphana within the cluster.                                                                         | "true"                  |

## Step 3: Domain routing

After Featureform has created its load balancer, you can create a CNAME record for your domain that points to the Featureform load balancer.

Public TLS certificates will be generated automatically once the record has been created.