--- title: Overriding Installer Settings slug: install-10x/overriding-installer-settings docTags: createdAt: 2025-07-16T13:29:40.590Z --- Certain Swimlane Platform Installer settings can be overridden at install time to ensure proper installation and cluster operation. ## Creating the Override Patch File Create the base patch file named `installer-override.yaml` with the following contents: :::BlockQuote apiVersion: cluster.kurl.sh/v1beta1 kind: Installer metadata: name: "patch" spec: ::: ## Adding Override Options to the Patch File Installer settings overrides are then added under the `spec:` section of the `installer-override.yaml` patch file. See the topics below for more information about how to override available settings. - [Define High\_Availability\_and\_Load\_Balancer](docId\:AWy0mXCra514qS0HVYZ7A) - [Define Custom Pod and Service Subnets](docId\:baR6Ci0G3tMmRyGToAwuY) - [Define Proxy Settings](docId\:UCFVWW2b4qBEtf93PEsZm) - [Install with Firewalld Enabled](docId\:Oik8PrT-YodHr1hrZK9hj) - [Install with SELinux Enabled](docId:1YOqD56TB5usTDu8qsepV) ## Using the Override Patch File The patch file then needs to be specified as an argument to all install, upgrade, and node join commands to ensure the overrides are obeyed: `installer-spec-file=`. Install command example with the override patch file specified: :::BlockQuote curl -sSL https\://get.swimlane.io/install | sudo bash -s ha installer-spec-file=\ ::: Join node command example with the override patch file specified: :::BlockQuote curl -sSL https\://kurl.sh/swimlane-platform/join.sh | sudo bash -s \\ kubernetes-master-address=ip\:port \\ kubeadm-token=token \\ kubeadm-token-ca-hash=sha256\:hash \\ docker-registry-ip=ip \\ kubernetes-version=ip \\ cert-key=key \\ control-plane \\ installer-spec-file=\ :::