---
title: External Image Configuration
description: Defines an external image for initContainer utilities.
component: helm
page_id: helm::configs/external-image
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/helm/configs/external-image.html
section_ids:
  global-section: Global Section
---

# External Image Configuration

Defines an external image for initContainer utilities.

## Global Section

Default yaml defined in the global `externalImage` section:

```yaml
global:
  externalImage:
    pingtoolkit: pingidentity/pingtoolkit:latest
```

| External Image Parameters | Description                                                                                  |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| pingtoolkit               | Registry, image and tag location for pingtoolkit. Used for primarily during init containers. |

|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|   | If your Kubernetes cluster doesn't have access to an external Docker repository, you can download and save the `pingtoolkit` image to your local repo. Setting this to your local repo will cause the charts to use that image. |