> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developer.harness.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developer.harness.io/self-managed-enterprise-edition/use-self-managed-enterprise-edition/smp-installationupgrade/helm-installation/harness-helm-chart.md). # Helm installation requirements and included components Harness recommends Helm package manager for the installation and deployment of Self-Managed Enterprise Edition. Helm offers benefits including: * Declarative and dynamic application management * Built-in scalability * Chart reuse across environments * Repeatable results you can automate The Harness Helm chart packages the core modules and components that are required to operate Harness at scale. For instructions on installing Self-Managed Enterprise Edition using Helm, go to [Install using Helm](/self-managed-enterprise-edition/use-self-managed-enterprise-edition/smp-installationupgrade/helm-installation/install-using-helm.md). ### Requirements The following infrastructure is required to install Self-Managed Enterprise Edition using Helm. {% hint style="info" %} **NOTE** Support each node with 8 cores vCPU and a minimum of 32 GB memory. {% endhint %} #### Production environment deployment infrastructure The production environment requires the following resources. | **Modules** | **Pods** | **CPU** | **Memory (GB)** | **Storage (GB)** | | ------------------------------------ | :------: | :-----: | :-------------: | :--------------: | | Platform (including CD, GitOps, OPA) | 40 | 50.4 | 125.4 | 1090 | | CCM | 11 | 12 | 27.3 | 1124 | | CI | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | | STO | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | | FF | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | | Chaos | 15 | 12 | 24 | 50 | | SCS | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | | CODE | 8 | 8 | 8 | 768 | #### Development environment deployment infrastructure The development environment requires the following resources. | **Modules** | **Pods** | **CPU** | **Memory (GB)** | **Storage (GB)** | | ------------------------------------ | :------: | :-----: | :-------------: | :--------------: | | Platform (including CD, GitOps, OPA) | 22 | 23.9 | 60.6 | 550 | | CCM | 11 | 12 | 27.3 | 1124 | | CI | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | | STO | 2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 0 | | FF | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | | Chaos | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | | SCS | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ### Included components Harness Helm chart includes the following components. **Table 1. Platform components for Continuous Delivery** | **Component** | **Description** | | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Access control** | Provides pipelines with access controls including Kubernetes Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). | | **Data capture** | Responsible for the capture of data related to the operation of Harness Pipelines, including but not limited to events, tasks, metrics, and logs. | | **CV Nextgen** | Provides continuous verification (CV) services to Pipeline components including deployments, services, and logs. Aggregates data from multiple providers, including performance metrics, from monitoring activities for dashboard presentation. | | **Gateway** | Manages application gateway services across Harness Pipelines. | | **Harness Manager** | Responsible for the analysis and presentation of actionable data from the end-to-end Harness Pipeline in an administrative user interface. | | **Harness Storage Proxy** | Supplies proxy services for storage. | | **LE Nextgen** | Supplies Harness Learning Engine (LE), a machine-learning component used to fine-tune Pipelines and identify and flag anomalies. | | **Log service** | Provides frontend logging services to Harness Pipelines. | | **MinIO** | A distributed object storage system providing Kubernetes-based, S3-compatible storage. You can use MinIO to store runtime logs (build logs) for Harness Pipelines. | | **MongoDB** | A NoSQL database offering high-volume storage of data represented as key-value pairs contained in documents and collections of documents. | | **NextGen UI** | Provides the user interface for Harness NextGen. | | **NgAuth UI** | User interface component for the AngularJS `ng-auth` authentication service. | | **NgManager** | Provides NextGen Harness Manager. | | **Pipeline service** | Supports creating a pipeline. | | **Platform service** | Represents the Harness Platform service. | | **Redis** | Provides services for Redis, an in-memory data structure store. | | **Scm service** | Provides source code management services. | | **Template service** | Provides Harness templates to enable the design of reusable content, logic, and parameters in Pipelines. | | **Test Intelligence Service** | Provides the Test Intelligence service. | | **TimescaleDB** | Provides the TimescaleDB time-series SQL database. | **Table 2. Harness Platform components** The following components are included in addition to the Harness Platform components. | **Component** | **Module** | | --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Ci-manager** | Continuous Integration | | **Sto-core** | Enables the creation and management of Harness Security Testing Orchestration | | **Sto-manager** | Provides core services for Harness Security Testing Orchestration | **Table 3. Optional dependencies** | **Dependency** | **Description** | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **Istio** | [Istio](https://istio.io/latest/about/service-mesh/) is an open-source service mesh. | | **Ingress Controller** | Supported by default. |