helm registry login ghcr.io
helm install pulse oci://ghcr.io/rcourtman/pulse-chart \
  --version $(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rcourtman/Pulse/main/VERSION) \
  --namespace pulse \
  --create-namespace

Replace the inline curl command if you need to pin to a specific release. The chart version tracks the Pulse release version (e.g., Pulse v4.24.0 → chart 4.24.0).

Common Values

Key	Description	Default
`persistence.enabled`	Persist /data using a PVC. Disable for ephemeral testing.	`true`
`ingress.enabled`	Create an Ingress resource. Configure hosts/TLS via `ingress.hosts` and `ingress.tls`.	`false`
`server.secretEnv`	Manage sensitive env vars (API tokens, auth secrets). Enable `create` or point at an existing secret.	`{}`
`agent.enabled`	Deploy the Docker agent as a DaemonSet or Deployment. Requires access to the Docker socket by default.	`false`

See values.yaml for the full list of overridable settings.

Local Development

Install from the working copy when testing chart changes:

helm upgrade --install pulse ./deploy/helm/pulse \
  --namespace pulse \
  --create-namespace \
  --set persistence.enabled=false \
  --set server.secretEnv.create=true \
  --set server.secretEnv.data.API_TOKENS=dummy-token

For more deployment details (ingress, agent, persistence options), refer to docs/KUBERNETES.md.