Apache Answer

Deploy Apache Answer on Kubernetes using the official apache/answer Docker image. Supports SQLite (default), PostgreSQL, MySQL, automatic setup, and scheduled backups.

Key Features

SQLite by Default — zero database configuration needed
PostgreSQL Subchart — bundled via HelmForge dependency
MySQL Subchart — bundled via HelmForge dependency
External Database — connect to existing PostgreSQL or MySQL
Auto-Install — unattended setup via environment variables
Scheduled Backups — database-aware CronJob with S3 upload
Ingress Support — TLS with cert-manager

Installation

HTTPS repository:

helm repo add helmforge https://repo.helmforge.dev
helm repo update
helm install answer helmforge/answer

OCI registry:

helm install answer oci://ghcr.io/helmforgedev/helm/answer

Basic Example (SQLite)

# values.yaml
answer:
  siteName: 'My Q&A'

admin:
  name: admin
  password: 'change-me'

persistence:
  enabled: true
  size: 5Gi

PostgreSQL Example

postgresql:
  enabled: true
  auth:
    database: answer
    username: answer
    password: 'strong-password'

ingress:
  enabled: true
  ingressClassName: traefik
  hosts:
    - host: qa.example.com
      paths:
        - path: /
          pathType: Prefix
  tls:
    - secretName: answer-tls
      hosts:
        - qa.example.com

External Database Example

database:
  external:
    vendor: postgres
    host: db.example.com
    name: answer
    username: answer
    existingSecret: answer-db-credentials

Key Values

Key	Default	Description
`answer.siteName`	`Apache Answer`	Site name
`answer.siteUrl`	`""`	Full external URL (auto-detected from ingress)
`answer.language`	`en-US`	Default UI language
`answer.autoInstall`	`true`	Enable unattended setup
`admin.name`	`admin`	Admin username
`admin.password`	`""`	Admin password (auto-generated)
`database.mode`	`auto`	Database mode (auto, sqlite, external, postgresql, mysql)
`postgresql.enabled`	`false`	Deploy PostgreSQL subchart
`mysql.enabled`	`false`	Deploy MySQL subchart
`persistence.enabled`	`true`	Enable persistent storage
`persistence.size`	`5Gi`	PVC size
`ingress.enabled`	`false`	Enable ingress
`backup.enabled`	`false`	Enable S3 backups

More Information

See the source code and full values reference on GitHub.