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Self-Hosting

Deploy Dreadnode on your own infrastructure with a Replicated enterprise license.

Dreadnode ships as a Helm chart distributed through the Replicated vendor platform. You install it on your own Kubernetes cluster or on a fresh VM — the platform, data stores, and sandbox runtime all run inside your infrastructure.

Install paths

Section titled “Install paths”
Helm Install Install on an existing Kubernetes cluster using the Helm CLI.
Embedded Cluster One-command install on a fresh VM. Bundles Kubernetes, ingress, and the admin console.

Helm CLI is the right choice when you already run Kubernetes and manage your own ingress controller, DNS, and TLS. You pull the chart from the Replicated registry, pass a values overlay, and run helm install.

Embedded Cluster is the right choice when you want a single VM with everything bundled — k0s, Traefik, storage, and the KOTS Admin Console for configuration and updates. One curl, one install command, done.

Both paths use the same chart and produce the same running platform. The difference is who manages the cluster: you (Helm) or the installer (Embedded Cluster).