Skip to content

docs: Clarify Kubernetes vs Docker deployment recommendations #9132

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Open
caitlinwheeless wants to merge 2 commits into
base: develop
Choose a base branch
from
Open

docs: Clarify Kubernetes vs Docker deployment recommendations #9132

Show file tree
Hide file tree
Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
2 commits
Select commit Hold shift + click to select a range
c455bf0
docs: Clarify Kubernetes vs Docker deployment recommendations
cursoragent Jan 6, 2026
8fe3dcb
changing page order
caitlinwheeless Jan 6, 2026
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion docs/source/guide/install_enterprise_docker.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ short: Install using Docker
type: guide
tier: enterprise
order: 0
order_enterprise: 66
order_enterprise: 75
meta_title: Install Label Studio Enterprise on-premises using Docker
meta_description: Install, back up, and upgrade Label Studio Enterprise with Docker to create machine learning and data science projects on-premises.
section: "Install & Setup"
Expand All @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Install Label Studio Enterprise on-premises if you need to meet strong privacy r

See [Secure Label Studio](security.html) for more details about security and hardening for Label Studio Enterprise.

!!! note
Docker deployments are more suitable for proof-of-concept builds and small projects. For production environments and larger deployments, we strongly recommend using Kubernetes. Kubernetes deployments provide better scalability, reliability, and access to advanced features such as Prompts. See [Deploy Label Studio Enterprise on Kubernetes](install_enterprise_k8s.html) for more information.

To install Label Studio Community Edition, see [Install Label Studio](https://labelstud.io/guide/install). This page is specific to the Enterprise version of Label Studio.

!!! note
Expand Down
3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions docs/source/guide/install_prompts.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Installing Prompts in an on-prem environment requires installing Adala, our data

You only need to complete these steps if you want to use Prompts. For more information, see our [Prompts overview](prompts_overview).

!!! note
Prompts are only supported for Kubernetes deployments. If you are using Docker, you will need to migrate to a Kubernetes deployment to use Prompts. See [Deploy Label Studio Enterprise on Kubernetes](install_enterprise_k8s.html) for more information.


## Prerequisites

Expand Down
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/source/guide/upgrade_enterprise.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ short: Upgrade Label Studio
tier: enterprise
type: guide
order: 0
order_enterprise: 75
order_enterprise: 76
meta_title: Upgrade Label Studio Enterprise
meta_description: Steps you should take when upgrading Label Studio Enterprise.
section: "Install & Setup"
Expand Down
Loading