# Installation ### Requirements * Kubernetes cluster * Cert Manager #### Kubernetes cluster For development and testing purposes we recommend using [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/) (Kubernetes in Docker), it's an easy way to create and tear down kubernetes clusters in seconds. For staging and production purposes you can use any public cloud kubernetes as a service like [Amazon EKS](https://aws.amazon.com/eks/), [Azure AKS](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/kubernetes-service/) or [Google GKE](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine). kind installation guide can be found [here](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/). #### Cert Manager Cert Manager is a native Kubernetes certificate management controller. It can help with issuing certificates from a variety of sources, such as [Let’s Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org), [HashiCorp Vault](https://www.vaultproject.io/), a simple signing key pair, or self-signed. It will ensure certificates are valid and up to date, and attempt to renew certificates at a configured time before expiry. Kotal **webhook** component uses cert-manager for issuing certificates to default and validate your Blockchain resources such as nodes, beacon nodes, ipfs peers ... etc. cert-manager installation guide can be found [here](https://cert-manager.io/docs/installation/). ### Install kotal The latest version of Kotal operator `v0.3.0` can be installed into your Kubernetes cluster simply by: ```bash kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kotalco/kotal/releases/download/v0.3.0/kotal.yaml ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.kotal.co/install.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.