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This guide explains how to install Tekton Pipelines.

Prerequisites

A Kubernetes cluster running version 1.28 or later.
Kubectl.
Grant cluster-admin privileges to the current user. See the Kubernetes role-based access control (RBAC) docs for more information.
(Optional) Install a Metrics Server if you need support for high availability use cases.

See the local installation guide if you want to test Tekton on your computer.

Installation

{{% tab "Kubernetes" %}} To install Tekton Pipelines on a Kubernetes cluster:

Run one of the following commands depending on which version of Tekton Pipelines you want to install:
- Latest official release:
```
kubectl apply --filename https://storage.googleapis.com/tekton-releases/pipeline/latest/release.yaml
```
  Note: These instructions are ideal as a quick start installation guide with Tekton Pipelines and not meant for the production use. Please refer to the operator to install, upgrade and manage Tekton projects.
- Nightly release:
```
kubectl apply --filename https://storage.googleapis.com/tekton-releases-nightly/pipeline/latest/release.yaml
```
- Specific release:
```
 kubectl apply --filename https://storage.googleapis.com/tekton-releases/pipeline/previous/<version_number>/release.yaml
```
  Replace <version_number> with the numbered version you want to install. For example, v0.26.0.
- Untagged release:
  
  If your container runtime does not support image-reference:tag@digest:
```
kubectl apply --filename https://storage.googleapis.com/tekton-releases/pipeline/latest/release.notags.yaml
```

Multi-tenant installation is only partially supported today, read the guide for reference.

Monitor the installation:
```
kubectl get pods --namespace tekton-pipelines --watch
```
When all components show 1/1 under the READY column, the installation is complete. Hit Ctrl + C to stop monitoring.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tekton Pipelines on your Kubernetes cluster.

Additional configuration options

You can enable additional alpha and beta features, customize execution parameters, configure availability, and many more options. See the additional configuration options for more information.

Next steps

To get started with Tekton check the Introductory tutorials, the how-to guides, and the examples folder.

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