# Temporal pods stuck in init state when installed using helm and cassandra as database

**URL:** <https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-pods-stuck-in-init-state-when-installed-using-helm-and-cassandra-as-database/4431>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** helm, cassandra\
**Created:** [April 13, 2022, 6:59am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-pods-stuck-in-init-state-when-installed-using-helm-and-cassandra-as-database/4431 "2022-04-13T06:59:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![swapnilk26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@swapnilk26](https://community.temporal.io/u/swapnilk26)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 6:59am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-pods-stuck-in-init-state-when-installed-using-helm-and-cassandra-as-database/4431/1 "2022-04-13T06:59:51Z")

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Hi , I am trying to install temporal following the guide mentioned on readme.md of github repo . I have a 2 node k8s cluster and trying to install temporal using following command  
`helm install --set server.replicaCount=1 --set cassandra.config.cluster_size=1 --set prometheus.enabled=false --set grafana.enabled=false --set elasticsearch.enabled=false temporaltest . --timeout 15m --debug `  
When the installation command is executed , i find temporal pods to be stuck in Init phase as follows  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/temporal/original/2X/f/f5c91aad43dab98d4c9fc47b5943861eb6252efe.png)  
Can anybody help me figure out what’s the root cause?

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**Author:** ![tihomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/tihomir/32/6580_2.png) [@tihomir](https://community.temporal.io/u/tihomir)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-pods-stuck-in-init-state-when-installed-using-helm-and-cassandra-as-database/4431/2 "2022-04-13T12:58:51Z")

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Are you using the latest helm charts from the [master](https://github.com/temporalio/helm-charts) branch? Could be memory related, would be nice to see the pod logs if possible.  
One thing you could try is to increase your your cpu and memory resources [in values.yml](https://github.com/temporalio/helm-charts/blob/master/values.yaml#L68) and try to run again.

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**Author:** ![swapnilk26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@swapnilk26](https://community.temporal.io/u/swapnilk26)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-pods-stuck-in-init-state-when-installed-using-helm-and-cassandra-as-database/4431/3 "2022-05-25T05:37:04Z")

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Yes I am using the latest one from repo . seems like the schema updation job was unable to complete and failed to create those schemas , thats why the other pods are stuck in init phase . Any scenarios that can cause schema updation job to fail?