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# Installation
## Helm Chart
[helm](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/) can be used to install templated kubernetes manifests.
### Prerequisites
- **Kubernetes ≥ v1.22** v1.22 is the first release where the CRI v1 API
became the default and `RuntimeClass` left alpha. The chart depends on those
stable interfaces; earlier clusters need `featuregates` or CRI shims that are
out of scope.
- **Kata Release 3.12** - v3.12.0 introduced publishing the helm-chart on the
release page for easier consumption, since v3.8.0 we shipped the helm-chart
via source code in the kata-containers `GitHub` repository.
- CRIcompatible runtime (containerd or CRIO). If one wants to use the
`multiInstallSuffix` feature one needs at least **containerd-2.0** which
supports drop-in config files
- Nodes must allow loading kernel modules and installing Kata artifacts (the
chart runs privileged containers to do so)
### `helm install`
```sh
# Install directly from the official ghcr.io OCI registry
# update the VERSION X.YY.Z to your needs or just use the latest
export VERSION=$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/latest | jq .tag_name | tr -d '"')
export CHART="oci://ghcr.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-charts/kata-deploy"
$ helm install kata-deploy "${CHART}" --version "${VERSION}"
# See everything you can configure
$ helm show values "${CHART}" --version "${VERSION}"
```
This installs the `kata-deploy` DaemonSet and the default Kata `RuntimeClass`
resources on your cluster.
To see what versions of the chart are available:
```sh
$ helm show chart oci://ghcr.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-charts/kata-deploy
```
### `helm uninstall`
```sh
$ helm uninstall kata-deploy -n kube-system
```
During uninstall, Helm will report that some resources were kept due to the
resource policy (`ServiceAccount`, `ClusterRole`, `ClusterRoleBinding`). This
is **normal**. A post-delete hook Job runs after uninstall and removes those
resources so no cluster-wide `RBAC` is left behind.
## Pre-Built Release
Kata can also be installed using the pre-built releases: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases
This method does not have any facilities for artifact lifecycle management.