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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ Make sure to do the following:
Minimum required Helm version: {supported-helm-version}

https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/[Install Helm^].

[NOTE]
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Helm v3.18.0 is not supported due to a bug that causes errors such as:

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Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: execution error at (redpanda/templates/entry-point.yaml:17:4): invalid Quantity expected string or float64 got: json.Number (1)
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To avoid similar errors, upgrade to a later version. For more details, see the https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/30880[Helm GitHub issue^].
endif::[]

[[number-of-workers]]
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions modules/troubleshoot/partials/errors-and-solutions.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -4,9 +4,22 @@ ifdef::env-kubernetes+include-categories[]
This section addresses common issues that may occur when deploying Redpanda in a Kubernetes environment.
endif::[]


//tag::deployment[]

ifdef::env-kubernetes[]
//tag::deployment-helm-3-18[]
=== Helm v3.18.0 is not supported (json.Number error)

If you are using Helm v3.18.0, you may encounter errors such as:

[.no-copy]
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Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: execution error at (redpanda/templates/entry-point.yaml:17:4): invalid Quantity expected string or float64 got: json.Number (1)
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This is due to a bug in Helm v3.18.0. To avoid similar errors, upgrade to a later version. For more details, see the https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/30880[Helm GitHub issue^].
//end::deployment-helm-3-18[]
//tag::deployment-pod-pending[]
=== StatefulSet never rolls out

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