---
title: Running remark42 in Kubernetes
---

## Using Helm

Use [remark42 Helm chart](https://github.com/groundhog2k/helm-charts/tree/master/charts/remark42).

## Without Helm

Here's the sample manifest for running remark42 on Hetzner Cloud:

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: remark42
  namespace: remark42
  labels:
    app: remark42
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: remark42
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  template:
    metadata:
      namespace: remark42
      labels:
        app: remark42
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: remark42
        image: umputun/remark42:v1.8.1
        ports:
        # http:
        - containerPort: 8080
        env:
          - name: REMARK_URL
            value: "https://comments.mysite.com/"
          - name: "SITE"
            value: "mysite.com"
          - name: SECRET
            valueFrom:
              secretKeyRef:
                name: remark42
                key: SECRET
          - name: STORE_BOLT_PATH
            value: "/srv/var/db"
          - name: BACKUP_PATH
            value: "/srv/var/backup"
          - name: AUTH_GOOGLE_CID
            valueFrom:
              secretKeyRef:
                name: remark42
                key: AUTH_GOOGLE_CID
          - name: AUTH_GOOGLE_CSEC
            valueFrom:
              secretKeyRef:
                name: remark42
                key: AUTH_GOOGLE_CSEC
          - name: AUTH_GITHUB_CID
            valueFrom:
              secretKeyRef:
                name: remark42
                key: AUTH_GITHUB_CID
          - name: AUTH_GITHUB_CSEC
            valueFrom:
              secretKeyRef:
                name: remark42
                key: AUTH_GITHUB_CSEC
          - name: ADMIN_SHARED_ID
            value: "google_b182b5daa0004104b348d9bde762b1880ed9d98d"
          - name: TIME_ZONE
            value: "Europe/Dublin"
        volumeMounts:
        - name: srvvar
          mountPath: /srv/var
        securityContext:
          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
        resources:
          requests:
            cpu: "100m"
            memory: "25Mi"
          limits:
            cpu: "1"
            memory: "1Gi"
      securityContext:
        # Has its own root privilege drop. Can't do runAsUser / runAsGroup.
      volumes:
       - name: srvvar
         persistentVolumeClaim:
           claimName: remark42
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: remark42
  namespace: remark42
spec:
  accessModes:
  - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 10Gi
  storageClassName: hcloud-volumes
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: remark42-web
  namespace: remark42
spec:
  selector:
    app: remark42
  ports:
    - name: http
      protocol: TCP
      port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080
---
# TODO: switch to networking.k8s.io/v1
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: remark42-ingress
  namespace: remark42
  annotations:
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/force-ssl-redirect: "true"
    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
spec:
  tls:
  - hosts:
    - comments.mysite.com
    secretName: comments-tls
  rules:
  - host: "comments.mysite.com"
    http:
      paths:
      - path: /
        pathType: Prefix
        backend:
          serviceName: remark42-web
          servicePort: 8080
```

Change `storageClassName` if you run on top of different cloud / bare metal.

This example assumes there is nginx Ingress with cert-manager already set up.
Adjust accordingly if you use different Ingress.

In addition you'd need to define secrets, e.g.

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: remark42
  namespace: remark42
stringData:
  SECRET: <changeme>
  AUTH_GOOGLE_CID: <changeme>.apps.googleusercontent.com
  AUTH_GOOGLE_CSEC: <changeme>
  AUTH_GITHUB_CID: <changeme>
  AUTH_GITHUB_CSEC: <changeme>
```

Some more information (and comments!) may be found
[here](https://www.rusinov.ie/en/posts/2021/this-website-has-remark42-comments-now/).