init CLI command reference

init CLI command reference

Detailed information on the init CLI command

Description

Install Dapr on supported hosting platforms.

Supported platforms

Usage

dapr init [flags]

Flags

Name	Default	Description
`—enable-ha`	`false`	Enable high availability (HA) mode
`—enable-mtls`	`true`	Enable mTLS in your cluster
`—help`, `-h`		Print this help message
`—kubernetes`, `-k`	`false`	Deploy Dapr to a Kubernetes cluster
`—wait`	`false`	Wait for Kubernetes initialization to complete
`—timeout`	`300`	The wait timeout for the Kubernetes installation
`—namespace`, `-n`	`dapr-system`	The Kubernetes namespace to install Dapr in
`—runtime-version`	`latest`	The version of the Dapr runtime to install, for example: `1.0.0`
`—slim`, `-s`	`false`	Exclude placement service, Redis and Zipkin containers from self-hosted installation

Examples

Self-hosted environment

dapr init

You can also specify a specific runtime version. Be default, the latest version is used.

dapr init --runtime-version 1.4.0

Dapr can also run Slim self-hosted mode without Docker.

dapr init -s

Kubernetes environment

dapr init -k

You can wait for the installation to complete its deployment with the --wait flag. The default timeout is 300s (5 min), but can be customized with the --timeout flag.

dapr init -k --wait --timeout 600

You can also specify a specific runtime version.

dapr init -k --runtime-version 1.4.0

Last modified February 18, 2022: Update setup-jetstream.md (#2200) (428d8c2)