Helm¶

Repository Management¶

COMMAND	DESCRIPTION
`helm repo list`	List Helm repositories
`helm repo update`	Update list of Helm charts from repositories

Chart Management¶

COMMAND	DESCRIPTION
`helm search`	List all installed charts
`helm search <CHARTNAME>`	Search for a chart
`helm ls`	List all installed Helm charts
`helm ls --deleted`	List all deleted Helm charts
`helm ls --all`	List installed and deleted Helm charts
`helm inspect values <REPO>/<CHART>`	Inspect the variables in a chart

Install/Delete Helm Charts¶

COMMAND	DESCRIPTION
`helm install --name <NAME> <REPO>/<CHART>`	Install a Helm chart
`helm install --name <NAME> --values <VALUES.YML> <REPO>/<CHART>`	Install a Helm chart and override variables
`helm status <NAME>`	Show status of Helm chart being installed
`helm delete --purge <NAME>`	Delete a Helm chart

Upgrading Helm Charts¶

COMMAND	DESCRIPTION
`helm get values <NAME>`	Return the variables for a release
`helm upgrade --values <VALUES.YML> <NAME> <REPO>/<CHART>`	Upgrade the chart or variables in a release
`helm history <NAME>`	List release numbers
`helm rollback <NAME> 1`	Rollback to a previous release number

Creating Helm Charts¶

COMMAND	DESCRIPTION
`helm create <NAME>`	Create a blank chart
`helm lint <NAME>`	Lint the chart
`helm package <NAME>`	Package the chart into foo.tgz
`helm dependency update`	Install chart dependencies

Chart Folder Structure¶

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  Chart.yaml          # A YAML file containing information about the chart
  LICENSE             # OPTIONAL: A plain text file containing the license for the chart
  README.md           # OPTIONAL: A human-readable README file
  requirements.yaml   # OPTIONAL: A YAML file listing dependencies for the chart
  values.yaml         # The default configuration values for this chart
  charts/             # A directory containing any charts upon which this chart depends.
  templates/          # A directory of templates that, when combined with values,
                      # will generate valid Kubernetes manifest files.
  templates/NOTES.txt # OPTIONAL: A plain text file containing short usage notes