docs/daprdocs/content/en/reference/cli/dapr-init.md

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docs	init CLI command reference	init	Detailed information on the init CLI command

Description

Install Dapr on supported hosting platforms.

Supported platforms

• [Self-Hosted]({{< ref self-hosted >}})
• [Kubernetes]({{< ref kubernetes >}})

Usage

dapr init [flags]

Flags

Name	Environment Variable	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
--namespace, -n		dapr-system	The Kubernetes namespace to install Dapr in
--network	DAPR_NETWORK		The Docker network on which to deploy the Dapr runtime
--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

Initialize Dapr in self-hosted mode

dapr init

Initialize Dapr in Kubernetes

dapr init -k

Initialize specified version of Dapr runtime in self-hosted mode

dapr init --runtime-version 0.10.0

Initialize specified version of Dapr runtime in Kubernetes

dapr init -k --runtime-version 0.10.0

Initialize Dapr in [slim self-hosted mode]({{< ref self-hosted-no-docker.md >}})

dapr init -s