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Signed-off-by: Michał Sochoń <[email protected]>
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# Installing zot with Kubernetes and Helm

> :point_right: Using Kubernetes with Helm charts for zot, you can easily deploy zot as an application in a Kubernetes cluster.
> :point_right: Using Kubernetes with Helm charts for zot, you can easily deploy
> zot as an application in a Kubernetes cluster.
## Before you begin

### Prerequisites

- kubectl must be installed and a Kubernetes cluster must be ready.
- kubectl must be installed and a Kubernetes cluster must be ready.

- [Helm](https://helm.sh/) must be installed.
- [Helm](https://helm.sh/) must be installed.

### Supported platforms

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The zot configuration file is located at `/etc/zot/config.json`.

Refer to [*Configuring zot*](../admin-guide/admin-configuration.md) for complete information on configuring the zot server with the zot configuration file.
Refer to [*Configuring zot*](../admin-guide/admin-configuration.md) for complete
information on configuring the zot server with the zot configuration file.

### Uninstalling zot

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# Installing zot on Bare Metal Linux

> :point_right: Using an available executable zot image, you can easily deploy zot on a Linux server.
> :point_right: Using an available executable zot image, you can easily deploy
> zot on a Linux server.
## Before you begin

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### Step 1: Get zot

Using `wget,` download the appropriate zot binary image for your
platform from the [zot GitHub
project](https://github.com/project-zot/zot). Download the
image to the\`/usr/bin/\` directory and rename it to `zot,` as in this
platform from the [zot GitHub project](https://github.com/project-zot/zot).
Download the image to the\`/usr/bin/\` directory and rename it to `zot,` as in this
example:

wget -O /usr/bin/zot https://github.com/project-zot/zot/releases/download/{{ git.tag }}/zot-linux-amd64
sudo wget -O /usr/bin/zot https://github.com/project-zot/zot/releases/download/{{ git.tag }}/zot-linux-amd64

Then fix permissions to it:

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/zot
sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/zot

### Step 2: Create a zot configuration file

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### Step 4: Define the zot service

Create a `/etc/systemd/system/zot.service` file to define the zot service in systemd. The following is an example service file for zot:
Create a `/etc/systemd/system/zot.service` file to define the zot service in systemd.
The following is an example service file for zot:

[Unit]
Description=OCI Distribution Registry
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WantedBy=multi-user.target

> :pencil2:
> Be sure to configure a dedicated non-root user ID as the User and Group in the zot service definition. The 'zot' user ID in this example is created in the next step.
> Be sure to configure a dedicated non-root user ID as the User and Group in
> the zot service definition. The 'zot' user ID in this example is created in
> the next step.

### Step 5: Create a user ID to own the zot service
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sudo mkdir -p /var/log/zot
sudo chown -R zot:zot /var/log/zot

sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/zot
sudo chown root:root config.json
sudo chown -R root:root /etc/zot/

With the `adduser` options shown, the 'zot' user ID has no local
directory. There is no ability to log into the zot user account, and the
account has no finger information.

### Step 6: Start zot

Reload systemd config:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable and start the zot service with these commands:

sudo systemctl enable zot
sudo systemctl start zot

Check if zot config is valid:

sudo -u zot zot verify /etc/zot/config.json

When the zot service has started, you can check its status with this
command:

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## After the installation

If your zot registry server is public facing, we recommend that you test
your TLS configuration using a service such as the [Qualys SSL Server
Test](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/).
your TLS configuration using a service such as the [Qualys SSL Server Test](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/).

Refer to [*Configuring zot*](../admin-guide/admin-configuration.md) for further information about maintaining your zot registry server.
Refer to [*Configuring zot*](../admin-guide/admin-configuration.md) for further
information about maintaining your zot registry server.

<a name="config-file-options"></a>

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</details>

Refer to [*Configuring zot*](../admin-guide/admin-configuration.md) for more details about configuration file options.
Refer to [*Configuring zot*](../admin-guide/admin-configuration.md) for more
details about configuration file options.

### TLS encryption

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