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layout: docs
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page_title: Install Consul on Self-Hosted Kubernetes Clusters
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description: >-
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The process for installing Consul on Kubernetes is the same as installing it on cloud-hosted k8s platforms, but requires additional configuration. Learn how to pre-define Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs) and a default storage class for server agents.
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---
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# Install Consul on Self-Hosted Kubernetes Clusters
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Except for creating persistent volumes and ensuring there is a storage class
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configured (see below), installing Consul on your
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self-hosted Kubernetes cluster is the same process as installing Consul on a
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cloud-hosted Kubernetes cluster. See the [Installation Overview](/docs/k8s/installation/install)
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for install instructions.
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## Predefined Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs)
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If running a self-hosted Kubernetes installation, you may need to pre-create
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the persistent volumes for the stateful set that the Consul servers run in.
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The only way to use a pre-created PVC is to name them in the format Kubernetes expects:
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```text
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data-<kubernetes namespace>-<helm release name>-consul-server-<ordinal>
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```
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The Kubernetes namespace you are installing into, Helm release name, and ordinal
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must match between your Consul servers and your pre-created PVCs. You only
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need as many PVCs as you have Consul servers. For example, given a Kubernetes
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namespace of "vault," a release name of "consul," and 5 servers, you would need
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to create PVCs with the following names:
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```text
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data-vault-consul-consul-server-0
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data-vault-consul-consul-server-1
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data-vault-consul-consul-server-2
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data-vault-consul-consul-server-3
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data-vault-consul-consul-server-4
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```
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## Storage Class
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Your Kubernetes installation must either have a default storage class specified
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(see https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes/ and https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/change-default-storage-class/)
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or you must specify the storage class for the Consul servers:
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```yaml
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server:
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storageClass: your-class
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```
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See the [Helm reference](/docs/k8s/helm#v-server-storageclass) for that setting for more information.
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