Deploy with Kubernetes

Kubernetes may be overkill for a static site, but it can be a great fit if you already standardize on Helm + GitOps.

[!IMPORTANT] Required Headers for Office File Conversion

LibreOffice-based tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint conversion) require these HTTP headers for SharedArrayBuffer support:

Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin

Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy: require-corp

The official BentoPDF nginx images include these headers. In Kubernetes, Ingress/Gateway controllers are also reverse proxies, so ensure these headers are preserved (or add them at the edge).

Prereqs

Kubernetes cluster
Helm v3
A BentoPDF nginx image (e.g. ghcr.io/alam00000/bentopdf:<tag>) that serves on port 8080

Deploy with Helm

Install from this repo (local chart)

bash

kubectl create namespace bentopdf

helm upgrade --install bentopdf /path/to/bentopdf/chart \
  --namespace bentopdf \
  --set image.repository=ghcr.io/alam00000/bentopdf \
  --set image.tag=latest

Install from GHCR (OCI chart)

If the chart is published to GHCR as an OCI artifact:

bash

export GHCR_USERNAME="<github-org-or-user>"

helm upgrade --install bentopdf oci://ghcr.io/$GHCR_USERNAME/charts/bentopdf \
  --namespace bentopdf \
  --create-namespace \
  --version 0.1.0 \
  --set image.repository=ghcr.io/alam00000/bentopdf \
  --set image.tag=latest

Expose it

Port-forward (quick test)

bash

kubectl -n bentopdf port-forward deploy/bentopdf 8080:8080

Ingress (optional)

Enable Ingress (example for nginx-ingress):

yaml

ingress:
  enabled: true
  className: nginx
  hosts:
    - host: pdf.example.com
      paths:
        - path: /
          pathType: Prefix

Gateway API (optional)

This chart supports Gateway API Gateway + HTTPRoute.

Example (Cloudflare Gateway API operator):

yaml

gateway:
  enabled: true
  name: bento-tunnel
  namespace: bentopdf
  gatewayClassName: cloudflare

httpRoute:
  enabled: true
  parentRefs:
    - name: bento-tunnel
      namespace: bentopdf
      sectionName: http
  hostnames:
    - pdfs.example.com

Ensuring the SharedArrayBuffer headers still work (Ingress/Gateway)

What "should" happen

BentoPDF’s nginx config sets the required response headers. Most Ingress/Gateway controllers pass upstream response headers through unchanged.

What can break it

A controller/edge policy that overrides or strips response headers
A "security headers" middleware that sets different COOP/COEP values

How to verify

Run this against your public endpoint:

bash

curl -I https://pdf.example.com/ | egrep -i 'cross-origin-opener-policy|cross-origin-embedder-policy'

You should see:

Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin
Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy: require-corp

If your Ingress controller does not preserve them

Add the headers at the edge (controller-specific). Example for nginx-ingress:

yaml

ingress:
  enabled: true
  className: nginx
  annotations:
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/configuration-snippet: |
      add_header Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy "same-origin" always;
      add_header Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy "require-corp" always;

If you’re using Gateway API and want to force-add headers

Gateway API supports a ResponseHeaderModifier filter. You can attach it in httpRoute.rules[*].filters:

yaml

httpRoute:
  enabled: true
  hostnames: [pdf.example.com]
  parentRefs:
    - name: bento-tunnel
      namespace: misc
      sectionName: http
  rules:
    - matches:
        - path: { type: PathPrefix, value: / }
      filters:
        - type: ResponseHeaderModifier
          responseHeaderModifier:
            set:
              - name: Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy
                value: same-origin
              - name: Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy
                value: require-corp

Support for specific filters depends on your Gateway controller; if a filter is ignored, add headers at the edge/controller layer instead.

Disabling Specific Tools

Use a ConfigMap to disable tools at runtime without rebuilding the image:

yaml

apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: bentopdf-config
  namespace: bentopdf
data:
  config.json: |
    {
      "disabledTools": ["edit-pdf", "sign-pdf", "encrypt-pdf"]
    }

Mount it into the served directory:

yaml

spec:
  containers:
    - name: bentopdf
      volumeMounts:
        - name: config
          mountPath: /usr/share/nginx/html/config.json
          subPath: config.json
          readOnly: true
  volumes:
    - name: config
      configMap:
        name: bentopdf-config

Tool IDs are the page URL without .html — open any tool and look at the URL (e.g., edit-pdf, merge-pdf, compress-pdf). Disabled tools are hidden from the homepage, search, shortcuts, workflow builder, and direct URL access. See the Docker guide for the full list of options.