1. Make sure tidb-operator components are running kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l app=tidb-operator 2. Make sure TidbCluster and TidbSet CRDs are created kubectl get customresourcedefinitions 3. Check if tidb-volume configmap is expected kubectl get configmaps tidb-volume --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -oyaml 4. Modify tidb-cluster/values.yaml and create a TiDB cluster by installing tidb-cluster charts helm install tidb-cluster