Merge pull request #274 from open-webui/breaking-remove-bitnami-charts

BREAKING CHANGE: Drop support for Bitnami Postgres and Redis charts

Author: 0xThresh

.github/workflows/helm-release.yml

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ jobs:
           helm repo add ollama https://otwld.github.io/ollama-helm/
           helm repo add open-webui https://helm.openwebui.com/
           helm repo add tika https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/tika/
-          helm repo add redis https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
 
       - name: Run chart-releaser
         uses: helm/[email protected]

.github/workflows/helm-test-open-webui.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           helm repo add ollama https://otwld.github.io/ollama-helm/
           helm repo add open-webui https://helm.openwebui.com/
           helm repo add tika https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/tika/
-          helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
 
       - name: Build open-webui Helm dependencies
         run: |
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ jobs:
           helm repo add ollama https://otwld.github.io/ollama-helm/
           helm repo add open-webui https://helm.openwebui.com/
           helm repo add tika https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/tika/
-          helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
 
       - name: Build open-webui Helm dependencies
         run: |

charts/open-webui/Chart.lock

@@ -8,11 +8,5 @@ dependencies:
 - name: tika
   repository: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/tika
   version: 2.9.0
-- name: redis
-  repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-  version: 21.2.12
-- name: postgresql
-  repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-  version: 16.7.20
-digest: sha256:91c4c4d321c432d08ab4ddb09246ce9a4abafd4ec74a1b8ed53745603362fa61
-generated: "2025-07-20T14:53:06.994808+02:00"
+digest: sha256:5e3bf19a2a13aa7ec439370ce3aa1ad7a87aafff98a06d1038f2e02f9a1d1ee9
+generated: "2025-07-28T18:40:23.573958-06:00"

charts/open-webui/Chart.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: open-webui
-version: 6.29.0
+version: 7.0.0
 appVersion: 0.6.18
 home: https://www.openwebui.com/
 icon: >-
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ sources:
   - https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pkgs/container/open-webui
   - https://github.com/otwld/ollama-helm/
   - https://hub.docker.com/r/ollama/ollama
-  - https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
 annotations:
   licenses: MIT
 dependencies:
@@ -38,13 +37,3 @@ dependencies:
     repository: https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/tika
     version: ">=2.9.0"
     condition: tika.enabled
-  - name: redis
-    repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-    version: ">=20.6.2"
-    alias: redis-cluster
-    condition: redis-cluster.enabled
-  - name: postgresql
-    repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-    version: ">=15.5.38"
-    alias: postgresql
-    condition: postgresql.enabled

charts/open-webui/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # open-webui
 
-![Version: 6.29.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-6.29.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 0.6.18](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-0.6.18-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 7.0.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-7.0.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 0.6.18](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-0.6.18-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 Open WebUI: A User-Friendly Web Interface for Chat Interactions 👋
 
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Open WebUI: A User-Friendly Web Interface for Chat Interactions 👋
 * <https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pkgs/container/open-webui>
 * <https://github.com/otwld/ollama-helm/>
 * <https://hub.docker.com/r/ollama/ollama>
-* <https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami>
 
 ## Installing
 
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ helm upgrade --install open-webui open-webui/open-webui
 | Repository | Name | Version |
 |------------|------|---------|
 | https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/tika | tika | >=2.9.0 |
-| https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami | postgresql(postgresql) | >=15.5.38 |
-| https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami | redis-cluster(redis) | >=20.6.2 |
 | https://helm.openwebui.com | pipelines | >=0.0.1 |
 | https://otwld.github.io/ollama-helm/ | ollama | >=0.24.0 |
 
@@ -177,7 +174,6 @@ helm upgrade --install open-webui open-webui/open-webui
 | copyAppData.args | list | `[]` | Open WebUI copy-app-data init container arguments (overrides default) |
 | copyAppData.command | list | `[]` | Open WebUI copy-app-data init container command (overrides default) |
 | copyAppData.resources | object | `{}` |  |
-| databaseUrl | string | `""` | Configure database URL, needed to work with Postgres (example: `postgresql://<user>:<password>@<service>:<port>/<database>`), leave empty to use the default sqlite database |
 | enableOpenaiApi | bool | `true` | Enables the use of OpenAI APIs |
 | extraEnvFrom | list | `[]` | Env vars added from configmap or secret to the Open WebUI deployment. Most up-to-date environment variables can be found here: https://docs.openwebui.com/getting-started/env-configuration/ (caution: `extraEnvVars` will take precedence over the value from `extraEnvFrom`) |
 | extraEnvVars | list | `[{"name":"OPENAI_API_KEY","value":"0p3n-w3bu!"}]` | Env vars added to the Open WebUI deployment. Most up-to-date environment variables can be found here: https://docs.openwebui.com/getting-started/env-configuration/ |
@@ -222,17 +218,8 @@ helm upgrade --install open-webui open-webui/open-webui
 | podAnnotations | object | `{}` |  |
 | podLabels | object | `{}` |  |
 | podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Configure pod security context ref: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/#set-the-security-context-for-a-container> |
-| postgresql | object | `{"architecture":"standalone","auth":{"database":"open-webui","password":"0p3n-w3bu!","postgresPassword":"0p3n-w3bu!","username":"open-webui"},"enabled":false,"fullnameOverride":"open-webui-postgres","primary":{"persistence":{"size":"1Gi"},"resources":{"limits":{"cpu":"500m","memory":"512Mi"},"requests":{"cpu":"250m","memory":"256Mi"}}}}` | Postgresql configuration (see. https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/bitnami/postgresql) |
 | priorityClassName | string | `""` | Priority class name for the Open WebUI pods |
 | readinessProbe | object | `{}` | Probe for readiness of the Open WebUI container ref: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes> |
-| redis-cluster | object | `{"auth":{"enabled":false},"enabled":false,"fullnameOverride":"open-webui-redis","replica":{"replicaCount":3},"url":"redis://open-webui-redis:6379/0"}` | Deploys a Redis cluster with subchart 'redis' from bitnami |
-| redis-cluster.auth | object | `{"enabled":false}` | Redis Authentication |
-| redis-cluster.auth.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable Redis authentication (disabled by default). For your security, we strongly suggest that you switch to 'auth.enabled=true' |
-| redis-cluster.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable Redis installation |
-| redis-cluster.fullnameOverride | string | `"open-webui-redis"` | Redis cluster name (recommended to be 'open-webui-redis') - In this case, redis url will be 'redis://open-webui-redis-master:6379/0' or 'redis://[:<password>@]open-webui-redis-master:6379/0' |
-| redis-cluster.replica | object | `{"replicaCount":3}` | Replica configuration for the Redis cluster |
-| redis-cluster.replica.replicaCount | int | `3` | Number of Redis replica instances |
-| redis-cluster.url | string | `"redis://open-webui-redis:6379/0"` | Specifies the URL of the Redis instance for websocket communication. Template with `redis://[:<password>@]<hostname>:<port>/<db>` |
 | replicaCount | int | `1` |  |
 | resources | object | `{}` |  |
 | revisionHistoryLimit | int | `10` | Revision history limit for the workload manager (deployment). |

charts/open-webui/templates/workload-manager.yaml

@@ -242,10 +242,6 @@ spec:
           value: {{ .Values.persistence.azure.key }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
-        {{- if index .Values "redis-cluster" "enabled" }}
-        - name: "REDIS_URL"
-          value: {{ index .Values "redis-cluster" "url" | quote }}
-        {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.websocket.enabled }}
         - name: "ENABLE_WEBSOCKET_SUPPORT"
           value: "True"
@@ -254,10 +250,6 @@ spec:
         - name: "WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL"
           value: {{ .Values.websocket.url | quote }}
         {{- end }}
-        {{- if or .Values.postgresql.enabled .Values.databaseUrl }}
-        - name: "DATABASE_URL"
-          value: {{ .Values.databaseUrl | default (printf "postgresql://%s:%s@%s:%s/%s" .Values.postgresql.auth.username .Values.postgresql.auth.password .Values.postgresql.fullnameOverride "5432" .Values.postgresql.auth.database) }}
-        {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.sso.enabled }}
         {{- if .Values.sso.enableSignup }}
         - name: "ENABLE_OAUTH_SIGNUP"

charts/open-webui/values-gke-min.yaml

@@ -75,22 +75,6 @@ websocket:
       # -- Redis service node port. Valid only when type is `NodePort`
       nodePort: ""
 
-# -- Deploys a Redis cluster with subchart 'redis' from bitnami
-redis-cluster:
-  # -- Enable Redis installation
-  enabled: false
-  # -- Redis cluster name (recommended to be 'open-webui-redis')
-  # - In this case, redis url will be 'redis://open-webui-redis-master:6379/0' or 'redis://[:<password>@]open-webui-redis-master:6379/0'
-  fullnameOverride: open-webui-redis
-  # -- Redis Authentication
-  auth:
-    # -- Enable Redis authentication (disabled by default). For your security, we strongly suggest that you switch to 'auth.enabled=true'
-    enabled: false
-  # -- Replica configuration for the Redis cluster
-  replica:
-    # -- Number of Redis replica instances
-    replicaCount: 3
-
 # -- Value of cluster domain
 clusterDomain: cluster.local
 

charts/open-webui/values.yaml

@@ -99,26 +99,6 @@ websocket:
       # runAsUser: 999
       # runAsGroup: 1000
 
-# -- Deploys a Redis cluster with subchart 'redis' from bitnami
-redis-cluster:
-  # -- Enable Redis installation
-  enabled: false
-  # -- Redis cluster name (recommended to be 'open-webui-redis')
-  # - In this case, redis url will be 'redis://open-webui-redis-master:6379/0' or 'redis://[:<password>@]open-webui-redis-master:6379/0'
-  fullnameOverride: open-webui-redis
-  
-  # -- Specifies the URL of the Redis instance for websocket communication. Template with `redis://[:<password>@]<hostname>:<port>/<db>`
-  url: redis://open-webui-redis:6379/0
-  
-  # -- Redis Authentication
-  auth:
-    # -- Enable Redis authentication (disabled by default). For your security, we strongly suggest that you switch to 'auth.enabled=true'
-    enabled: false
-  # -- Replica configuration for the Redis cluster
-  replica:
-    # -- Number of Redis replica instances
-    replicaCount: 3
-
 # -- Value of cluster domain
 clusterDomain: cluster.local
 
@@ -561,30 +541,6 @@ extraResources:
   #   data:
   #     example-key: example-value
 
-# -- Configure database URL, needed to work with Postgres (example: `postgresql://<user>:<password>@<service>:<port>/<database>`), leave empty to use the default sqlite database
-databaseUrl: ""
-
-# -- Postgresql configuration (see. https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/bitnami/postgresql)
-postgresql:
-  enabled: false
-  fullnameOverride: open-webui-postgres
-  architecture: standalone
-  auth:
-    database: open-webui
-    postgresPassword: 0p3n-w3bu!
-    username: open-webui
-    password: 0p3n-w3bu!
-  primary:
-    persistence:
-      size: 1Gi
-    resources:
-      requests:
-        memory: 256Mi
-        cpu: 250m
-      limits:
-        memory: 512Mi
-        cpu: 500m
-
 # Configure Application logging levels (see. https://docs.openwebui.com/getting-started/advanced-topics/logging#-logging-levels-explained)
 logging:
   # -- Set the global log level ["notset", "debug", "info" (default), "warning", "error", "critical"]