# Installing Ambassador Ambassador can be installed in a variety of ways. The most common approach to installing Ambassador is directly on Kubernetes with our default, customizable manifest. ## Kubernetes Ambassador is designed to run in Kubernetes for production. Deploy to Kubernetes via YAML. ## Other methods You can also install Ambassador using Helm, Docker, or Docker Compose. * Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes. Ambassador comes pre-packaged as a Helm chart. * The Docker install will let you try Ambassador locally in seconds, but is not supported for production. * The Docker Compose setup gives you a local development environment (a good alternative to Minikube), but is not suitable for production.