Check out our Resourcing Guide before getting started with Kubernetes.

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Guide

The Onyx Helm chart packages all the required services (API, web, PostgreSQL, Vespa, etc.) into a single deployment. By default, persistent volumes will be created for stateful services (e.g. PostgreSQL, Vespa).
1

Add the Onyx Helm repository

helm repo add onyx https://onyx-dot-app.github.io/onyx/ 
helm repo update
helm search repo onyx
2

Install Onyx

Install into its own namespace (recommended):
kubectl create namespace onyx 
helm install onyx onyx/onyx-stack -n onyx
This will pull the latest Onyx chart and deploy all dependencies.
3

Verify the installation

helm list -n onyx 
kubectl get pods -n onyx
Wait until all pods are in a Running state before accessing Onyx.
4

Access Onyx

By default, the chart exposes Onyx via a Kubernetes Service. For local testing, you can port-forward:
kubectl -n onyx port-forward service/onyx-nginx 8080:80
Then open http://localhost:8080.
5

Configure Onyx

Configure your deployment by modifying the values.yaml file in the onyx/deployment/helm/charts/onyx directory.You’ll need to restart Onyx after changing any values.yaml variables.
helm upgrade onyx onyx/onyx-stack -n onyx -f deployment/helm/charts/onyx/values.yaml
See the Helm chart README for advanced options such as running as non-root and testing with Kind.

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Next Steps

Configure Authentication

Set up authentication for your Onyx deployment with OAuth, OIDC, or SAML.

More Onyx Configuration Options

Learn about all available configuration options for your Onyx deployment.