diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-helm-chart-testing.yml.disabled.txt b/.github/workflows/pr-helm-chart-testing.yml.disabled.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c4903a07f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-helm-chart-testing.yml.disabled.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# This workflow is intentionally disabled while we're still working on it
+# It's close to ready, but a race condition needs to be fixed with
+# API server and Vespa startup, and it needs to have a way to build/test against
+# local containers
+
+name: Helm - Lint and Test Charts
+
+on:
+  merge_group:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  lint-test:
+    runs-on: Amd64
+
+    # fetch-depth 0 is required for helm/chart-testing-action
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+        
+    - name: Set up Helm
+      uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.2.0
+      with:
+        version: v3.14.4
+      
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
+        cache: 'pip'
+        cache-dependency-path: |
+          backend/requirements/default.txt
+          backend/requirements/dev.txt
+          backend/requirements/model_server.txt
+    - run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r backend/requirements/default.txt
+        pip install -r backend/requirements/dev.txt
+        pip install -r backend/requirements/model_server.txt
+
+    - name: Set up chart-testing
+      uses: helm/chart-testing-action@v2.6.1
+
+    - name: Run chart-testing (list-changed)
+      id: list-changed
+      run: |
+        changed=$(ct list-changed --target-branch ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }})
+        if [[ -n "$changed" ]]; then
+          echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        fi
+
+    - name: Run chart-testing (lint)
+#       if: steps.list-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
+      run: ct lint --all --config ct.yaml --target-branch ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+
+    - name: Create kind cluster
+#       if: steps.list-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
+      uses: helm/kind-action@v1.10.0
+
+    - name: Run chart-testing (install)
+#       if: steps.list-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
+      run: ct install --all --config ct.yaml
+#       run: ct install --target-branch ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-it.yml b/.github/workflows/run-it.yml
index 9941c117200..5093c3737e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-it.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-it.yml
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ jobs:
             -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password \
             -e POSTGRES_DB=postgres \
             -e VESPA_HOST=index \
+            -e REDIS_HOST=cache \
             -e API_SERVER_HOST=api_server \
             -e OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY} \
             danswer/integration-test-runner:it
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6901fd9c586..f90875b8106 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ ensure it is running before continuing with the following docker commands.
 
 First navigate to `danswer/deployment/docker_compose`, then start up Vespa and Postgres with:
 ```bash
-docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p danswer-stack up -d index relational_db
+docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p danswer-stack up -d index relational_db cache
 ```
-(index refers to Vespa and relational_db refers to Postgres)
+(index refers to Vespa, relational_db refers to Postgres, and cache refers to Redis)
 
 #### Running Danswer
 To start the frontend, navigate to `danswer/web` and run:
diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery_app.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery_app.py
index ffd805c2986..c401dde83ca 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery_app.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery_app.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from celery import Celery  # type: ignore
 from celery.contrib.abortable import AbortableTask  # type: ignore
 from celery.exceptions import TaskRevokedError
+from sqlalchemy import inspect
 from sqlalchemy import text
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
@@ -20,7 +21,10 @@
 from danswer.background.task_utils import name_cc_prune_task
 from danswer.background.task_utils import name_document_set_sync_task
 from danswer.configs.app_configs import JOB_TIMEOUT
-from danswer.configs.constants import POSTGRES_CELERY_APP_NAME
+from danswer.configs.app_configs import REDIS_DB_NUMBER_CELERY
+from danswer.configs.app_configs import REDIS_HOST
+from danswer.configs.app_configs import REDIS_PASSWORD
+from danswer.configs.app_configs import REDIS_PORT
 from danswer.configs.constants import PostgresAdvisoryLocks
 from danswer.connectors.factory import instantiate_connector
 from danswer.connectors.models import InputType
@@ -35,9 +39,7 @@
 from danswer.db.document_set import fetch_documents_for_document_set_paginated
 from danswer.db.document_set import get_document_set_by_id
 from danswer.db.document_set import mark_document_set_as_synced
-from danswer.db.engine import build_connection_string
 from danswer.db.engine import get_sqlalchemy_engine
-from danswer.db.engine import SYNC_DB_API
 from danswer.db.models import DocumentSet
 from danswer.document_index.document_index_utils import get_both_index_names
 from danswer.document_index.factory import get_default_document_index
@@ -46,11 +48,17 @@
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
-connection_string = build_connection_string(
-    db_api=SYNC_DB_API, app_name=POSTGRES_CELERY_APP_NAME
+CELERY_PASSWORD_PART = ""
+if REDIS_PASSWORD:
+    CELERY_PASSWORD_PART = f":{REDIS_PASSWORD}@"
+
+# example celery_broker_url: "redis://:password@localhost:6379/15"
+celery_broker_url = (
+    f"redis://{CELERY_PASSWORD_PART}{REDIS_HOST}:{REDIS_PORT}/{REDIS_DB_NUMBER_CELERY}"
+)
+celery_backend_url = (
+    f"redis://{CELERY_PASSWORD_PART}{REDIS_HOST}:{REDIS_PORT}/{REDIS_DB_NUMBER_CELERY}"
 )
-celery_broker_url = f"sqla+{connection_string}"
-celery_backend_url = f"db+{connection_string}"
 celery_app = Celery(__name__, broker=celery_broker_url, backend=celery_backend_url)
 
 
@@ -360,6 +368,15 @@ def kombu_message_cleanup_task_helper(ctx: dict, db_session: Session) -> bool:
         bool: Returns True if there are more rows to process, False if not.
     """
 
+    inspector = inspect(db_session.bind)
+    if not inspector:
+        return False
+
+    # With the move to redis as celery's broker and backend, kombu tables may not even exist.
+    # We can fail silently.
+    if not inspector.has_table("kombu_message"):
+        return False
+
     query = text(
         """
     SELECT id, timestamp, payload
diff --git a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
index f6b218c5f56..d7733fdc0ab 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@
 except ValueError:
     POSTGRES_POOL_RECYCLE = POSTGRES_POOL_RECYCLE_DEFAULT
 
+REDIS_HOST = os.environ.get("REDIS_HOST") or "localhost"
+REDIS_PORT = int(os.environ.get("REDIS_PORT", 6379))
+REDIS_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("REDIS_PASSWORD") or ""
+
+# Used for general redis things
+REDIS_DB_NUMBER = int(os.environ.get("REDIS_DB_NUMBER", 0))
+
+# Used by celery as broker and backend
+REDIS_DB_NUMBER_CELERY = int(os.environ.get("REDIS_DB_NUMBER_CELERY", 15))
+
 #####
 # Connector Configs
 #####
diff --git a/backend/requirements/default.txt b/backend/requirements/default.txt
index a6072754c3d..9897b568abc 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/default.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/default.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ python-docx==1.1.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
 python-multipart==0.0.7
 pywikibot==9.0.0
+redis==5.0.8
 requests==2.32.2
 requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
 retry==0.9.2  # This pulls in py which is in CVE-2022-42969, must remove py from image
diff --git a/ct.yaml b/ct.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..764af160daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ct.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# See https://github.com/helm/chart-testing#configuration
+
+chart-dirs:
+  - deployment/helm/charts
+
+chart-repos:
+  - vespa=https://unoplat.github.io/vespa-helm-charts
+  - postgresql=https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+  
+helm-extra-args: --timeout 900s
+
+validate-maintainers: false
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 3b066784b1e..7c570219e81 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
       - inference_model_server
     restart: always
     ports:
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ services:
       # Other services
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - WEB_DOMAIN=${WEB_DOMAIN:-} # For frontend redirect auth purpose
       # Don't change the NLP model configs unless you know what you're doing
       - DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL=${DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL:-}
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
       - inference_model_server
       - indexing_model_server
     restart: always
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-}
       - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB:-}
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - WEB_DOMAIN=${WEB_DOMAIN:-} # For frontend redirect auth purpose for OAuth2 connectors
       # Don't change the NLP model configs unless you know what you're doing
       - DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL=${DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL:-}
@@ -330,9 +334,19 @@ services:
     # in order to make this work on both Unix-like systems and windows
     command: > 
       /bin/sh -c "dos2unix /etc/nginx/conf.d/run-nginx.sh 
-      && /etc/nginx/conf.d/run-nginx.sh app.conf.template.dev"
-        
+      && /etc/nginx/conf.d/run-nginx.sh app.conf.template.dev"  
+
+  cache:
+    image: redis:7.4-alpine
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - '6379:6379'
+    command: redis-server
+    volumes: 
+      - cache_volume:/data
+
 volumes:
+  cache_volume:
   db_volume:
   vespa_volume: # Created by the container itself
 
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.gpu-dev.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.gpu-dev.yml
index ffb99534557..e12ef698e9b 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.gpu-dev.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.gpu-dev.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
       - inference_model_server
     restart: always
     ports:
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ services:
       # Other services
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache      
       - WEB_DOMAIN=${WEB_DOMAIN:-}  # For frontend redirect auth purpose
       # Don't change the NLP model configs unless you know what you're doing
       - DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL=${DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL:-}
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
       - inference_model_server
       - indexing_model_server
     restart: always
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-}
       - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB:-}
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - WEB_DOMAIN=${WEB_DOMAIN:-}  # For frontend redirect auth purpose for OAuth2 connectors
       # Don't change the NLP model configs unless you know what you're doing
       - DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL=${DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL:-}
@@ -341,9 +345,20 @@ services:
     command: > 
       /bin/sh -c "dos2unix /etc/nginx/conf.d/run-nginx.sh 
       && /etc/nginx/conf.d/run-nginx.sh app.conf.template.dev"
-        
+
+
+  cache:
+    image: redis:7.4-alpine
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - '6379:6379'
+    command: redis-server
+    volumes: 
+      - cache_volume:/data
+
 
 volumes:
+  cache_volume:
   db_volume:
   vespa_volume:
   # Created by the container itself
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml
index 655243d6cb9..57763c8fca7 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
       - inference_model_server
     restart: always
     env_file:
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ services:
       - AUTH_TYPE=${AUTH_TYPE:-oidc}
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-inference_model_server}
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
       - inference_model_server
       - indexing_model_server
     restart: always
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ services:
       - AUTH_TYPE=${AUTH_TYPE:-oidc}
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-inference_model_server}
       - INDEXING_MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${INDEXING_MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-indexing_model_server}
     extra_hosts:
@@ -204,7 +208,18 @@ services:
       - .env.nginx
 
 
+  cache:
+    image: redis:7.4-alpine
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - '6379:6379'
+    command: redis-server
+    volumes: 
+      - cache_volume:/data
+
+
 volumes:
+  cache_volume:
   db_volume:
   vespa_volume:
   # Created by the container itself
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 40f018eadd9..85d585a5a88 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
       - inference_model_server
     restart: always
     env_file:
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ services:
       - AUTH_TYPE=${AUTH_TYPE:-oidc}
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-inference_model_server}
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
       - inference_model_server
       - indexing_model_server
     restart: always
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ services:
       - AUTH_TYPE=${AUTH_TYPE:-oidc}
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-inference_model_server}
       - INDEXING_MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${INDEXING_MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-indexing_model_server}
     extra_hosts:
@@ -221,7 +225,18 @@ services:
     entrypoint: "/bin/sh -c 'trap exit TERM; while :; do certbot renew; sleep 12h & wait $${!}; done;'"
 
 
+  cache:
+    image: redis:7.4-alpine
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - '6379:6379'
+    command: redis-server
+    volumes: 
+      - cache_volume:/data
+
+
 volumes:
+  cache_volume:
   db_volume:
   vespa_volume:
   # Created by the container itself
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
index efb387eb083..7f2ee1d7392 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
     restart: always
     ports:
       - "8080"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ services:
       - AUTH_TYPE=disabled
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-inference_model_server}
       - MODEL_SERVER_PORT=${MODEL_SERVER_PORT:-}
       - ENV_SEED_CONFIGURATION=${ENV_SEED_CONFIGURATION:-}
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - relational_db
       - index
+      - cache
     restart: always
     env_file:
       - .env_eval
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ services:
       - AUTH_TYPE=disabled
       - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
       - VESPA_HOST=index
+      - REDIS_HOST=cache
       - MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-inference_model_server}
       - MODEL_SERVER_PORT=${MODEL_SERVER_PORT:-}
       - INDEXING_MODEL_SERVER_HOST=${INDEXING_MODEL_SERVER_HOST:-indexing_model_server}
@@ -200,7 +204,18 @@ services:
       && /etc/nginx/conf.d/run-nginx.sh app.conf.template.dev"
 
 
+  cache:
+    image: redis:7.4-alpine
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - '6379:6379'
+    command: redis-server
+    volumes: 
+      - cache_volume:/data
+
+
 volumes:
+  cache_volume:
   db_volume:
     driver: local
     driver_opts:
diff --git a/deployment/helm/.gitignore b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/.gitignore
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/.gitignore
diff --git a/deployment/helm/.helmignore b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/.helmignore
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/.helmignore
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/.helmignore
diff --git a/deployment/helm/Chart.lock b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/Chart.lock
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/Chart.lock
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/Chart.lock
diff --git a/deployment/helm/Chart.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/Chart.yaml
similarity index 93%
rename from deployment/helm/Chart.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/Chart.yaml
index 7763f33bec5..96336911ed8 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/Chart.yaml
@@ -22,14 +22,11 @@ dependencies:
     version: 14.3.1
     repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
     condition: postgresql.enabled
-  - name: vespa 
+  - name: vespa
     version: 0.2.3
     repository: https://unoplat.github.io/vespa-helm-charts
     condition: vespa.enabled
   - name: nginx
     version: 15.14.0
     repository: oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts
-    condition: nginx.enabled  
-    
-
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+    condition: nginx.enabled
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/_helpers.tpl
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/_helpers.tpl
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/api-deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/api-deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/api-deployment.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/api-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/api-hpa.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/api-hpa.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/api-hpa.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/api-hpa.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/api-service.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/api-service.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/api-service.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/api-service.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/background-deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/background-deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/background-deployment.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/background-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/background-hpa.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/background-hpa.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/background-hpa.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/background-hpa.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/configmap.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/configmap.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/configmap.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/configmap.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/danswer-secret.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/danswer-secret.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/danswer-secret.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/danswer-secret.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/indexing-model-deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/indexing-model-deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/indexing-model-deployment.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/indexing-model-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/indexing-model-pvc.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/indexing-model-pvc.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/indexing-model-pvc.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/indexing-model-pvc.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/indexing-model-service.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/indexing-model-service.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/indexing-model-service.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/indexing-model-service.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/inference-model-deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/inference-model-deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/inference-model-deployment.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/inference-model-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/inference-model-pvc.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/inference-model-pvc.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/inference-model-pvc.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/inference-model-pvc.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/inference-model-service.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/inference-model-service.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/inference-model-service.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/inference-model-service.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/nginx-conf.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/nginx-conf.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/nginx-conf.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/nginx-conf.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/webserver-deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/webserver-deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/webserver-deployment.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/webserver-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/webserver-hpa.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/webserver-hpa.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/webserver-hpa.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/webserver-hpa.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/webserver-service.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/webserver-service.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/templates/webserver-service.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/templates/webserver-service.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/values.yaml
similarity index 95%
rename from deployment/helm/values.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/charts/danswer/values.yaml
index 3d425aa6dca..b81ffed8671 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/charts/danswer/values.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ postgresql:
   auth:
     existingSecret: danswer-secrets
     secretKeys:
-      adminPasswordKey: postgres_password #overwriting as postgres typically expects 'postgres-password'
+      adminPasswordKey: postgres_password  # overwriting as postgres typically expects 'postgres-password'
 
 nginx:
   containerPorts:
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ vespa:
   affinity: {}
 
 
-#ingress:
+# ingress:
 #  enabled: false
 #  className: ""
 #  annotations: {}
@@ -358,8 +358,10 @@ persistence:
 auth:
   # for storing smtp, oauth, slack, and other secrets
   # keys are lowercased version of env vars (e.g. SMTP_USER -> smtp_user)
-  existingSecret: "" # danswer-secrets
+  existingSecret: ""  # danswer-secrets
   # optionally override the secret keys to reference in the secret
+  # this is used to populate the env vars in individual deployments
+  # the values here reference the keys in secrets below
   secretKeys:
     postgres_password: "postgres_password"
     smtp_pass: ""
@@ -369,9 +371,11 @@ auth:
     gen_ai_api_key: ""
     danswer_bot_slack_app_token: ""
     danswer_bot_slack_bot_token: ""
+    redis_password: "redis_password"
   # will be overridden by the existingSecret if set
   secretName: "danswer-secrets"
   # set values as strings, they will be base64 encoded
+  # this is used to populate the secrets yaml
   secrets:
     postgres_password: "postgres"
     smtp_pass: ""
@@ -381,13 +385,14 @@ auth:
     gen_ai_api_key: ""
     danswer_bot_slack_app_token: ""
     danswer_bot_slack_bot_token: ""
+    redis_password: "password"
 
 configMap:
   AUTH_TYPE: "disabled"  # Change this for production uses unless Danswer is only accessible behind VPN
   SESSION_EXPIRE_TIME_SECONDS: "86400"  # 1 Day Default
   VALID_EMAIL_DOMAINS: ""  # Can be something like danswer.ai, as an extra double-check
-  SMTP_SERVER: "" # For sending verification emails, if unspecified then defaults to 'smtp.gmail.com'
-  SMTP_PORT: "" # For sending verification emails, if unspecified then defaults to '587'
+  SMTP_SERVER: ""  # For sending verification emails, if unspecified then defaults to 'smtp.gmail.com'
+  SMTP_PORT: ""  # For sending verification emails, if unspecified then defaults to '587'
   SMTP_USER: ""  # 'your-email@company.com'
   # SMTP_PASS: ""  # 'your-gmail-password'
   EMAIL_FROM: ""  # 'your-email@company.com' SMTP_USER missing used instead
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/api_server-service-deployment.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/api_server-service-deployment.yaml
index eeac5fecc96..ccbbc906d61 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/api_server-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/api_server-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: danswer-secrets
               key: google_oauth_client_secret
+        - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: danswer-secrets
+              key: redis_password
         envFrom:
         - configMapRef:
             name: env-configmap
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/background-deployment.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/background-deployment.yaml
index 18521b0f5ad..1a6ef61c104 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/background-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/background-deployment.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ spec:
         command: ["/usr/bin/supervisord", "-c", "/etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf"]
         # There are some extra values since this is shared between services
         # There are no conflicts though, extra env variables are simply ignored
+        env:
+        - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: danswer-secrets
+              key: redis_password
         envFrom:
         - configMapRef:
             name: env-configmap
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/env-configmap.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/env-configmap.yaml
index f63a9b965e2..cfba42a843c 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/env-configmap.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/env-configmap.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ data:
   # Other Services
   POSTGRES_HOST: "relational-db-service"
   VESPA_HOST: "document-index-service"
+  REDIS_HOST: "redis-service"
   # Internet Search Tool
   BING_API_KEY: ""
   # Don't change the NLP models unless you know what you're doing
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/redis-service-deployment.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/redis-service-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab5113e5f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/redis-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: redis-service
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: redis
+  ports:
+    - name: redis
+      protocol: TCP
+      port: 6379
+      targetPort: 6379
+  type: ClusterIP
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: redis-deployment
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: redis
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: redis
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: redis
+        image: redis:7.4-alpine
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 6379
+        env:
+        - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: danswer-secrets
+              key: redis_password
+        command: ["redis-server"]
+        args: ["--requirepass", "$(REDIS_PASSWORD)"]
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/secrets.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/secrets.yaml
index c135a29f676..d4cc9e2a739 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/secrets.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/secrets.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ data:
   postgres_user: cG9zdGdyZXM= # "postgres" base64 encoded
   postgres_password: cGFzc3dvcmQ= # "password" base64 encoded
   google_oauth_client_id: ZXhhbXBsZS1jbGllbnQtaWQ= # "example-client-id" base64 encoded. You will need to provide this, use echo -n "your-client-id" | base64
-  google_oauth_client_secret: example_google_oauth_secret # "example-client-secret" base64 encoded. You will need to provide this, use echo -n "your-client-id" | base64
+  google_oauth_client_secret: ZXhhbXBsZV9nb29nbGVfb2F1dGhfc2VjcmV0 # "example-client-secret" base64 encoded. You will need to provide this, use echo -n "your-client-id" | base64
+  redis_password: cGFzc3dvcmQ= # "password" base64 encoded
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/web_server-service-deployment.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/web_server-service-deployment.yaml
index b19b8e37986..b54c1b7f3d0 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/web_server-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/web_server-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 3000
         # There are some extra values since this is shared between services
         # There are no conflicts though, extra env variables are simply ignored
+        env:
+        - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: danswer-secrets
+              key: redis_password
         envFrom:
         - configMapRef:
             name: env-configmap