self-host
title: 'Hosting Requirements' description: 'Host Smithy on-prem' sidebar_position: 1
Requirements for hosting Smithy on premises
You can choose whether Smithy runs on your own cluster or in the cloud.
If you decide to run it on-premises, we can help you set it up. All we need is a
Kubernetes namespace and a PostgreSQL
database.
Smithy does not need admin permissions to run on your Kubernetes cluster.