Apache Superset

Deploy Apache Superset on Kubernetes — a modern, enterprise-ready business intelligence platform for data exploration and visualization with 60+ database connectors.

Key Features

• Three-component architecture — Gunicorn web, Celery workers, Celery beat scheduler for independent scaling
• Init Job — automatic database migration and admin user creation
• PostgreSQL metadata store — bundled subchart or external connection
• Redis broker — bundled subchart for Celery task queue or external
• Configurable — superset_config.py delivered via ConfigMap
• Auto-generated secrets — admin password, Flask SECRET_KEY, database and Redis passwords
• Health probes — startup, liveness, and readiness on /health
• Ingress support — configurable class (traefik, nginx, etc.)

Installation

HTTPS repository:

helm repo add helmforge https://repo.helmforge.dev
helm repo update
helm install superset helmforge/superset -f values.yaml

OCI registry:

helm install superset oci://ghcr.io/helmforgedev/helm/superset -f values.yaml

Basic Example

superset:
  adminUsername: admin
  adminPassword: 'my-secure-password'
  secretKey: 'my-flask-secret-key'

ingress:
  enabled: true
  ingressClassName: traefik
  hosts:
    - host: superset.example.com
      paths:
        - path: /
          pathType: Prefix

Scaled Workers

web:
  replicaCount: 2
  workers: 4

worker:
  replicaCount: 3
  concurrency: 4

beat:
  enabled: true

External Database and Redis

database:
  mode: external
  external:
    type: postgresql
    host: postgres.example.internal
    port: 5432
    name: superset
    username: superset
    existingSecret: superset-db

redisConfig:
  mode: external
  external:
    host: redis.example.internal
    port: 6379

postgresql:
  enabled: false

redis:
  enabled: false

Key Values

Key	Default	Description
image.repository	apache/superset	Container image
superset.adminUsername	admin	Admin username
superset.adminPassword	""	Auto-generated if empty
superset.secretKey	""	Flask SECRET_KEY (auto-generated)
superset.loadExamples	false	Load example dashboards
web.replicaCount	1	Web server replicas
web.workers	2	Gunicorn workers
worker.replicaCount	1	Celery worker replicas
worker.concurrency	2	Celery concurrency
beat.enabled	true	Enable Celery beat scheduler
database.mode	subchart	Database mode: subchart or external
redisConfig.mode	subchart	Redis mode: subchart or external
ingress.enabled	false	Enable ingress

Operational Notes

• the init job runs database migrations and creates the admin user on every install/upgrade
• web, worker, and beat components scale independently
• configure superset.extraConfig for custom superset_config.py settings
• use superset.loadExamples: true for demonstration environments

More Information

See the source code and full values reference on GitHub.