# Installing Percona in kubernetes using Helm

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/installing-percona-in-kubernetes-using-helm/29867>\
**Category:** Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL\
**Created:** [April 26, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installing-percona-in-kubernetes-using-helm/29867 "2024-04-26T00:48:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![simonpg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/simonpg/32/16149_2.png) [@simonpg](https://forums.percona.com/u/simonpg)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installing-percona-in-kubernetes-using-helm/29867/1 "2024-04-26T00:48:25Z")

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I have a mixed architecture cluster of x64 and ARM64 nodes. I follow the instructions at [https://docs.percona.com/percona-operator-for-postgresql/2.0/helm.html](https://docs.percona.com/percona-operator-for-postgresql/2.0/helm.html)and the pods come up fine. I move on to [https://docs.percona.com/percona-operator-for-postgresql/2.0/connect.html](https://docs.percona.com/percona-operator-for-postgresql/2.0/connect.html) and get

```auto
psql: error: connection to server at "pdb-pg-db-pgbouncer.percona.svc" (10.43.68.185), port 5432 failed: FATAL: query_wait_timeout
connection to server at "pdb-pg-db-pgbouncer.percona.svc" (10.43.68.185), port 5432 failed: FATAL: SSL required
pod "pg-client" deleted
pod percona/pg-client terminated (Error)

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This makes me ☹ Is it me or the docs? Can I turn off SSL? I see nothing about SSL when I ‘helm show values’. This is for my home lab, so I am okay without ssl. If I leave ssl on, how do I configure random clients?

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**Author:** ![Sergey\_Pronin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/sergey_pronin/32/14887_2.png) [@Sergey\_Pronin](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sergey_Pronin)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installing-percona-in-kubernetes-using-helm/29867/2 "2024-04-29T13:26:28Z")

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@simonpg - which user do you use to connect? (or how does your connection string look like)?

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**Author:** ![simonpg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/simonpg/32/16149_2.png) [@simonpg](https://forums.percona.com/u/simonpg)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installing-percona-in-kubernetes-using-helm/29867/3 "2024-04-29T15:01:15Z")

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```auto
kubectl -n percona run -i --rm --tty pg-client --image=perconalab/percona-distribution-postgresql:16 --restart=Never -- psql "postgresql://pdb-pg-db:paCv-Hmx%5EvJ;_%28m%5Bvby%3C+oQr@pdb-pg-db-pgbouncer.percona.svc:5432/pdb-pg-db"

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