Deploy Mimir with Helm

The mimir-distributed Helm chart for Grafana Mimir and Grafana Enterprise Metrics allows you to configure, install, and upgrade Grafana Mimir or Grafana Enterprise Metrics within a Kubernetes cluster.

Use ingest storage

Grafana Mimir uses the ingest storage architecture by default when deployed with the Helm chart. You can configure an external Kafka backend or disable ingest storage if needed.

For details, refer to Run Grafana Mimir in production using the Helm chart, which provides complete setup and configuration guidance for production environments.

To learn more about the ingest storage architecture and related configuration options, refer to:

Example values files

The mimir-distributed Helm chart includes the following example values files:

File name	Description
`values.yaml`	Contains default values for testing GEM in non-production environments using a test MinIO deployment for object storage.
`small.yaml`	Contains values for a higher scale than defaults, for ingestion up to approximately one million series. Not suitable for high-availability production use, due to single replicas of key components.
`large.yaml`	Contains values for production use for ingestion up to approximately ten million series.