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## Tiller, Namespaces and RBAC
In some cases you may wish to scope Tiller or deploy multiple Tillers to a single cluster. Here are some best practices when operating in those circumstances.
1. Tiller can be [installed](install.md) into any namespace. By default, it is installed into kube-system. You can run multiple Tillers provided they each run in their own namespace.
2. Limiting Tiller to only be able to install into specific namespaces and/or resource types is controlled by Kubernetes [RBAC](https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/authorization/rbac/) roles and rolebindings.
3. Release names are unique PER TILLER INSTANCE.
4. Charts should only contain resources that exist in a single namespace.
5. It is not recommended to have multiple Tillers configured to manage resources in the same namespace.
## Conclusion
This chapter has covered the basic usage patterns of the `helm` client,

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