Helm
helm
The Helm package manager for Kubernetes.
Synopsis
The Kubernetes package manager
Common actions for Helm:
- helm search: search for charts
- helm pull: download a chart to your local directory to view
- helm install: upload the chart to Kubernetes
- helm list: list releases of charts
Environment variables:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| $HELM_CACHE_HOME | set an alternative location for storing cached files. |
| $HELM_CONFIG_HOME | set an alternative location for storing Helm configuration. |
| $HELM_DATA_HOME | set an alternative location for storing Helm data. |
| $HELM_DEBUG | indicate whether or not Helm is running in Debug mode |
| $HELM_DRIVER | set the backend storage driver. Values are: configmap, secret, memory, sql. |
| $HELM_DRIVER_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING | set the connection string the SQL storage driver should use. |
| $HELM_MAX_HISTORY | set the maximum number of helm release history. |
| $HELM_NAMESPACE | set the namespace used for the helm operations. |
| $HELM_NO_PLUGINS | disable plugins. Set HELM_NO_PLUGINS=1 to disable plugins. |
| $HELM_PLUGINS | set the path to the plugins directory |
| $HELM_REGISTRY_CONFIG | set the path to the registry config file. |
| $HELM_REPOSITORY_CACHE | set the path to the repository cache directory |
| $HELM_REPOSITORY_CONFIG | set the path to the repositories file. |
| $KUBECONFIG | set an alternative Kubernetes configuration file (default "~/.kube/config") |
| $HELM_KUBEAPISERVER | set the Kubernetes API Server Endpoint for authentication |
| $HELM_KUBECAFILE | set the Kubernetes certificate authority file. |
| $HELM_KUBEASGROUPS | set the Groups to use for impersonation using a comma-separated list. |
| $HELM_KUBEASUSER | set the Username to impersonate for the operation. |
| $HELM_KUBECONTEXT | set the name of the kubeconfig context. |
| $HELM_KUBETOKEN | set the Bearer KubeToken used for authentication. |
| $HELM_KUBEINSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY | indicate if the Kubernetes API server's certificate validation should be skipped (insecure) |
| $HELM_KUBETLS_SERVER_NAME | set the server name used to validate the Kubernetes API server certificate |
| $HELM_BURST_LIMIT | set the default burst limit in the case the server contains many CRDs (default 100, -1 to disable) |
| $HELM_QPS | set the Queries Per Second in cases where a high number of calls exceed the option for higher burst values |
Helm stores cache, configuration, and data based on the following configuration order:
- If a HELM_*_HOME environment variable is set, it will be used
- Otherwise, on systems supporting the XDG base directory specification, the XDG variables will be used
- When no other location is set a default location will be used based on the operating system
By default, the default directories depend on the Operating System. The defaults are listed below:
| Operating System | Cache Path | Configuration Path | Data Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $HOME/.cache/helm | $HOME/.config/helm | $HOME/.local/share/helm |
| macOS | $HOME/Library/Caches/helm | $HOME/Library/Preferences/helm | $HOME/Library/helm |
| Windows | %TEMP%\helm | %APPDATA%\helm | %APPDATA%\helm |
Options
--burst-limit int client-side default throttling limit (default 100)
--debug enable verbose output
-h, --help help for helm
--kube-apiserver string the address and the port for the Kubernetes API server
--kube-as-group stringArray group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
--kube-as-user string username to impersonate for the operation
--kube-ca-file string the certificate authority file for the Kubernetes API server connection
--kube-context string name of the kubeconfig context to use
--kube-insecure-skip-tls-verify if true, the Kubernetes API server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--kube-tls-server-name string server name to use for Kubernetes API server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
--kube-token string bearer token used for authentication
--kubeconfig string path to the kubeconfig file
-n, --namespace string namespace scope for this request
--qps float32 queries per second used when communicating with the Kubernetes API, not including bursting
--registry-config string path to the registry config file (default "~/.config/helm/registry/config.json")
--repository-cache string path to the file containing cached repository indexes (default "~/.cache/helm/repository")
--repository-config string path to the file containing repository names and URLs (default "~/.config/helm/repositories.yaml")
SEE ALSO
- helm completion - generate autocompletion scripts for the specified shell
- helm create - create a new chart with the given name
- helm dependency - manage a chart's dependencies
- helm env - helm client environment information
- helm get - download extended information of a named release
- helm history - fetch release history
- helm install - install a chart
- helm lint - examine a chart for possible issues
- helm list - list releases
- helm package - package a chart directory into a chart archive
- helm plugin - install, list, or uninstall Helm plugins
- helm pull - download a chart from a repository and (optionally) unpack it in local directory
- helm push - push a chart to remote
- helm registry - login to or logout from a registry
- helm repo - add, list, remove, update, and index chart repositories
- helm rollback - roll back a release to a previous revision
- helm search - search for a keyword in charts
- helm show - show information of a chart
- helm status - display the status of the named release
- helm template - locally render templates
- helm test - run tests for a release
- helm uninstall - uninstall a release
- helm upgrade - upgrade a release
- helm verify - verify that a chart at the given path has been signed and is valid
- helm version - print the client version information
