Deployment & Setup | Kada Knowledge Library

Deploy and Configure KADA in Your Environment

This section covers everything your IT or DevOps team needs to deploy KADA in your cloud environment, configure authentication, and prepare the platform for your organisation.

This section is for:

IT engineers and DevOps teams deploying KADA
System administrators configuring infrastructure and authentication
Anyone responsible for the technical setup of KADA at your organisation

Infrastructure & Deployment

Guide	Description
How to Deploy on Your Cloud	Infrastructure requirements and sizing for deploying KADA using Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift)
Deploying to your own Kubernetes Service	Step-by-step guide for new K deployments and upgrades on your Kubernetes cluster
How to deploy K collectors on Windows VM	Set up K collectors on a Windows VM for on-premise or restricted sources

Initial Setup & Customisation

Once deployed, these guides help administrators customise and prepare the platform before rolling it out to your organisation.

Guide	Description
Initial Setup - Customising your K Platform	End-to-end walkthrough for admins: name your instance, configure users and roles, set up teams and channels, connect email, integrate data sources, and configure critical collections
KADA Deployment - Go Live Checklist	Pre-launch checklist to confirm all key setup steps have been completed before opening access to your users

User Configuration

Guide	Description
Configuring users in K	End-to-end process for onboarding users: roles, SSO, local accounts, and bulk setup
Configuring role permissions	Define what each of the 5 role types can access in K
Configuring SSO with Azure Active Directory / Entra ID	Connect K to Azure AD / Entra ID for single sign-on
Configuring SSO with Okta	Connect K to Okta for single sign-on
Managing local users (Add, Edit, Delete, Reset Password)	Add and manage local user accounts directly in K
Removing Local account access after SSO is enabled	Transition users from local accounts to SSO-only access
Creating Data Owners & Stewards that will not be logging into K	Set up user profiles for stakeholders who won't actively log in
Bulk set-up of users and teams	Accelerate onboarding by bulk-importing users and team assignments

Microsoft / Azure Configuration

Guide	Description
Configuring KADA in your Microsoft App Page	Register and configure KADA as a Microsoft app so users can launch it from their app launcher
Updating an expired App secret (Azure AD / Power BI)	Renew expired Azure AD app secrets used for SSO or Power BI integration

AI Setup

Guide	Description
Setting up Azure Open AI Large Language Model	Deploy and configure your own Azure Open AI instance for use with K.ai
Updating the Azure Open AI models	Update expiring Azure Open AI model deployments and refresh credentials in K
Setting up K.ai	Configure K.ai with your LLM credentials and context to enable AI-generated descriptions

✅ Deployment complete? Your next step is Integration Guides — connect your data sources to KADA.

🛡️ Need to configure the platform after deployment? Head to Admin Guides for platform settings, user management, and more.

💬 Running into issues? See How-To Guides or raise a ticket with our team.