Polaris Helm Chart

The Apache Polaris project provides an official Helm chart for deploying Polaris on Kubernetes. The chart supports a wide range of configuration options, including persistence backends, authentication, scaling, observability, and more.

The chart is available in the official Apache Polaris Helm repository.

Documentation

• Production Installation: Instructions for deploying Polaris in a production environment, including how to add the Helm repository and set up scaling.
• Authentication: Configuration guide for internal authentication (RSA/symmetric keys) and external authentication with OIDC identity providers.
• Persistence: Configuration guide for persistence backends, including PostgreSQL (JDBC) and MongoDB (NoSQL).
• Services & Networking: Configuration guide for Kubernetes services, Ingress, and Gateway API.
• Development & Testing: Developer-oriented instructions for local development with Minikube, building from source, and running chart tests.
• Chart Reference: Complete reference of all available Helm chart values and their descriptions.

Quick Start

To quickly get started with the Polaris Helm chart:

helm repo add polaris https://downloads.apache.org/polaris/helm-chart
helm repo update
helm upgrade --install polaris polaris/polaris --namespace polaris --create-namespace

For production deployments, see the Production Installation guide.