Elder

Get started with Elder

Deploy a local instance of Elder to a Kubernetes cluster with Helm.

  1. 1. Clone the repo

    git clone https://github.com/penguintechinc/elder.git
cd elder/infrastructure/helm/elder

  2. 2. Install the Helm chart

    helm dependency update
helm install elder . \
  --set config.secretKey=$(openssl rand -base64 32) \
  --set postgresql.auth.password=$(openssl rand -base64 32) \
  --set redis.auth.password=$(openssl rand -base64 32)

  3. 3. Wait for pods to become ready

    kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod \
  -l app.kubernetes.io/name=elder --timeout=5m

  4. 4. Log in

    Port-forward the web UI (kubectl port-forward svc/elder-web 3000:80) and sign in with the admin credentials configured at install time. See the deployment guide for production hardening steps.

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