Recommended production setup
To install Spire with the least privileges possible we deploy spire across 2 namespaces.
kubectl create namespace "spire-system"
kubectl label namespace "spire-system" pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=privileged
kubectl create namespace "spire-server"
kubectl label namespace "spire-server" pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=restricted
helm upgrade --install --namespace spire-server spire charts/spire -f values.yaml
See values.yaml for more details on the chart configurations to achieve this setup.
If you want to expose your spire-server outside of Kubernetes and are using ingress-nginx, add following values file when running helm template/install/upgrade.
-f values-expose-spire-server-ingress-nginx.yaml
If you want to expose your federation endpoint outside of Kubernetes and are using ingress-nginx you have two options as described here: https://github.com/spiffe/spiffe/blob/main/standards/SPIFFE_Federation.md#52-endpoint-profiles
If you chose profile https_web, use:
-f values-expose-federation-https-web-ingress-nginx.yaml
If you chose profile https_spiffe, use:
-f values-expose-federation-https-spiffe-ingress-nginx.yaml