# Deploy SkyWalking backend and UI in Kubernetes

Before you read Kubernetes deployment guidance, please make sure you have read `Quick Start` and `Advanced Setup` documents.
Most SkyWalking OAP settings are controlled through System environment variables when applying helm deployment. 

Follow instructions in the [deploying SkyWalking backend to Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/apache/skywalking-kubernetes)
 to deploy OAP and UI to a Kubernetes cluster.

Please refer to the Readme file.
