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

# Kubernetes

> How to install Glide into a Kubernetes Cluster

EinStack provides you with [an official flexible Helm chart](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/einstack/glide) to install Glide into a Kubernetes cluster.

Before moving on, please make sure you have [Helm CLI](https://helm.sh/) and [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/) installed locally.

<Steps>
  <Step title={"Add EinStack chart repository"}>
    ```bash
    helm repo add einstack https://einstack.github.io/helm-charts
    helm repo update
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title={"Create a Kubernetes Secret"}>
    Before installing the Helm chart, you need to create a Kubernetes secret with your API keys like:

    ```bash
    kubectl create secret generic api-keys --from-literal=OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-abcdXYZ
    ```

    By default, Glide's chart comes with a configuration that contains [one language router]() with one OpenAI model that requires to put API key under the `OPENAI_API_KEY` environment variable.
  </Step>

  <Step title={"Use the Secret"}>
    Then, you need to create a custom `values.yaml` file to override the secret name like:

    ```yaml
    # save as custom.values.yaml, for example
    glide:
        apiKeySecret: "api-keys"
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title={"Deploy Glide's chart 🚀"}>
    Finally, you should be able to install Glide's chart via:

    ```yaml
    helm upgrade glide-gateway einstack/glide --values custom.values.yaml --install
    ```

    Please make sure your kubectl context is pointing to the right cluster and authenticated to do the deployment.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Once the deployment is done, you should be able to see a new `glide-gateway` deployment and corresponding pods in the namespace you used during the deployment.