Dapr can be run in either Standalone or Kubernetes modes. Running Dapr runtime in Standalone mode enables you to develop Dapr applications in your local development environment and then deploy and run them in other Dapr supported environments. For example, you can develop Dapr applications in Standalone mode and then deploy them to any Kubernetes cluster.
- Prerequisites
- Installing Dapr CLI
- Installing Dapr in standalone mode
- Installing Dapr on Kubernetes cluster
- Install Docker
For Windows user, ensure that
Docker Desktop For Windows
uses Linux containers.
Windows
Install the latest windows Dapr cli to c:\dapr
and add this directory to User PATH environment variable.
powershell -Command "iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/master/install/install.ps1 | iex"
Linux
Install the latest linux Dapr CLI to /usr/local/bin
wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/master/install/install.sh -O - | /bin/bash
MacOS
Install the latest darwin Dapr CLI to /usr/local/bin
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/master/install/install.sh | /bin/bash
Each release of Dapr CLI includes various OSes and architectures. These binary versions can be manually downloaded and installed.
- Download the Dapr CLI
- Unpack it (e.g. dapr_linux_amd64.tar.gz, dapr_windows_amd64.zip)
- Move it to your desired location.
- For Linux/MacOS -
/usr/local/bin
- For Windows, create a directory and add this to your System PATH. For example create a directory called
c:\dapr
and add this directory to your path, by editing your system environment variable.
- For Linux/MacOS -
Install Dapr by running dapr init
from a command prompt
For Linux users, if you run your docker cmds with sudo, you need to use "sudo dapr init" For Windows users, make sure that you run the cmd terminal in administrator mode Note: See Dapr CLI for details on the usage of Dapr CLI
$ dapr init
⌛ Making the jump to hyperspace...
Downloading binaries and setting up components
✅ Success! Dapr is up and running
If you prefer you can also install to an alternate location by using --install-path
:
$ dapr init --install-path /home/user123/mydaprinstall
To see that Dapr has been installed successful, from a command prompt run the docker ps
command and check that the daprio/dapr:latest
and redis
container images are both running.
You can install or upgrade to a specific version of the Dapr runtime using dapr init --runtime-version
. You can find the list of versions in Dapr Release.
# Install v0.1.0 runtime
$ dapr init --runtime-version 0.1.0
# Check the versions of cli and runtime
$ dapr --version
cli version: v0.1.0
runtime version: v0.1.0
Uninstalling will remove the placement container.
$ dapr uninstall
It won't remove the redis container by default in case you were using it for other purposes. To remove both the placement and redis container:
$ dapr uninstall --all
You should always run a dapr uninstall
before running another dapr init
.
When setting up Kubernetes you can do this either via the Dapr CLI or Helm.
Note that installing Dapr using the CLI is recommended for testing purposes only.
Dapr will install the following pods:
- dapr-operator: manages components and k8s services endpoints for Dapr (state stores, pub-subs, etc.)
- dapr-sidecar-injector: injects Dapr into annotated pods
- dapr-placement: used for actors only. creates mapping tables that map actor instances to pods
- dapr-sentry: manages mTLS and acts as a certificate authority
You can install Dapr on any Kubernetes cluster. Here are some helpful links:
- Setup Minikube Cluster
- Setup Azure Kubernetes Service Cluster
- Setup Google Cloud Kubernetes Engine
- Setup Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
You can install Dapr to Kubernetes cluster using CLI.
Please note, that using the CLI does not support non-default namespaces.
If you need a non-default namespace, Helm has to be used (see below).
$ dapr init --kubernetes
ℹ️ Note: this installation is recommended for testing purposes. For production environments, please use Helm
⌛ Making the jump to hyperspace...
✅ Deploying the Dapr Operator to your cluster...
✅ Success! Dapr has been installed. To verify, run 'kubectl get pods -w' in your terminal
Dapr CLI installs Dapr to default
namespace of Kubernetes cluster using this manifest.
$ dapr uninstall --kubernetes
You can install Dapr to Kubernetes cluster using a Helm 3 chart.
Note: The latest Dapr helm chart no longer supports Helm v2. Please migrate from helm v2 to helm v3 by following this guide.
-
Make sure Helm 3 is installed on your machine
-
Add Azure Container Registry as a Helm repo
helm repo add dapr https://daprio.azurecr.io/helm/v1/repo
helm repo update
- Create
dapr-system
namespace on your kubernetes cluster
kubectl create namespace dapr-system
- Install the Dapr chart on your cluster in the
dapr-system
namespace.
helm install dapr dapr/dapr --namespace dapr-system
Once the chart installation is complete, verify the dapr-operator, dapr-placement, dapr-sidecar-injector and dapr-sentry pods are running in the dapr-system
namespace:
$ kubectl get pods -n dapr-system -w
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
dapr-operator-7bd6cbf5bf-xglsr 1/1 Running 0 40s
dapr-placement-7f8f76778f-6vhl2 1/1 Running 0 40s
dapr-sidecar-injector-8555576b6f-29cqm 1/1 Running 0 40s
dapr-sentry-9435776c7f-8f7yd 1/1 Running 0 40s
Helm 3
helm uninstall dapr -n dapr-system
Note: See here for details on Dapr helm charts.