Helm Install

helm install

install a chart

Synopsis

This command installs a chart archive.

The install argument must be a chart reference, a path to a packaged chart, a path to an unpacked chart directory or a URL.

To override values in a chart, use either the '--values' flag and pass in a file or use the '--set' flag and pass configuration from the command line, to force a string value use '--set-string'. In case a value is large and therefore you want not to use neither '--values' nor '--set', use '--set-file' to read the single large value from file.

$ helm install -f myvalues.yaml myredis ./redis

or

$ helm install --set name=prod myredis ./redis

or

$ helm install --set-string long_int=1234567890 myredis ./redis

or

$ helm install --set-file my_script=dothings.sh myredis ./redis

You can specify the '--values'/'-f' flag multiple times. The priority will be given to the last (right-most) file specified. For example, if both myvalues.yaml and override.yaml contained a key called 'Test', the value set in override.yaml would take precedence:

$ helm install -f myvalues.yaml -f override.yaml  myredis ./redis

You can specify the '--set' flag multiple times. The priority will be given to the last (right-most) set specified. For example, if both 'bar' and 'newbar' values are set for a key called 'foo', the 'newbar' value would take precedence:

$ helm install --set foo=bar --set foo=newbar  myredis ./redis

To check the generated manifests of a release without installing the chart, the '--debug' and '--dry-run' flags can be combined.

If --verify is set, the chart MUST have a provenance file, and the provenance file MUST pass all verification steps.

There are five different ways you can express the chart you want to install:

  1. By chart reference: helm install mymaria example/mariadb
  2. By path to a packaged chart: helm install mynginx ./nginx-1.2.3.tgz
  3. By path to an unpacked chart directory: helm install mynginx ./nginx
  4. By absolute URL: helm install mynginx https://example.com/charts/nginx-1.2.3.tgz
  5. By chart reference and repo url: helm install --repo https://example.com/charts/ mynginx nginx

CHART REFERENCES

A chart reference is a convenient way of referencing a chart in a chart repository.

When you use a chart reference with a repo prefix ('example/mariadb'), Helm will look in the local configuration for a chart repository named 'example', and will then look for a chart in that repository whose name is 'mariadb'. It will install the latest stable version of that chart until you specify '--devel' flag to also include development version (alpha, beta, and release candidate releases), or supply a version number with the '--version' flag.

To see the list of chart repositories, use 'helm repo list'. To search for charts in a repository, use 'helm search'.

helm install [NAME] [CHART] [flags]

Options

      --atomic                       if set, the installation process deletes the installation on failure. The --wait flag will be set automatically if --atomic is used
      --ca-file string               verify certificates of HTTPS-enabled servers using this CA bundle
      --cert-file string             identify HTTPS client using this SSL certificate file
      --create-namespace             create the release namespace if not present
      --dependency-update            run helm dependency update before installing the chart
      --description string           add a custom description
      --devel                        use development versions, too. Equivalent to version '>0.0.0-0'. If --version is set, this is ignored
      --disable-openapi-validation   if set, the installation process will not validate rendered templates against the Kubernetes OpenAPI Schema
      --dry-run                      simulate an install
  -g, --generate-name                generate the name (and omit the NAME parameter)
  -h, --help                         help for install
      --key-file string              identify HTTPS client using this SSL key file
      --keyring string               location of public keys used for verification (default "~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg")
      --name-template string         specify template used to name the release
      --no-hooks                     prevent hooks from running during install
  -o, --output format                prints the output in the specified format. Allowed values: table, json, yaml (default table)
      --password string              chart repository password where to locate the requested chart
      --post-renderer postrenderer   the path to an executable to be used for post rendering. If it exists in $PATH, the binary will be used, otherwise it will try to look for the executable at the given path (default exec)
      --render-subchart-notes        if set, render subchart notes along with the parent
      --replace                      re-use the given name, only if that name is a deleted release which remains in the history. This is unsafe in production
      --repo string                  chart repository url where to locate the requested chart
      --set stringArray              set values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
      --set-file stringArray         set values from respective files specified via the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=path1,key2=path2)
      --set-string stringArray       set STRING values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
      --skip-crds                    if set, no CRDs will be installed. By default, CRDs are installed if not already present
      --timeout duration             time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks) (default 5m0s)
      --username string              chart repository username where to locate the requested chart
  -f, --values strings               specify values in a YAML file or a URL (can specify multiple)
      --verify                       verify the package before installing it
      --version string               specify the exact chart version to install. If this is not specified, the latest version is installed
      --wait                         if set, will wait until all Pods, PVCs, Services, and minimum number of Pods of a Deployment, StatefulSet, or ReplicaSet are in a ready state before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout

Options inherited from parent commands

      --add-dir-header                   If true, adds the file directory to the header
      --alsologtostderr                  log to standard error as well as files
      --debug                            enable verbose output
      --kube-apiserver string            the address and the port for the Kubernetes API server
      --kube-context string              name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --kube-token string                bearer token used for authentication
      --kubeconfig string                path to the kubeconfig file
      --log-backtrace-at traceLocation   when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
      --log-dir string                   If non-empty, write log files in this directory
      --log-file string                  If non-empty, use this log file
      --log-file-max-size uint           Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800)
      --logtostderr                      log to standard error instead of files (default true)
  -n, --namespace string                 namespace scope for this request
      --registry-config string           path to the registry config file (default "~/.config/helm/registry.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")
      --skip-headers                     If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
      --skip-log-headers                 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
      --stderrthreshold severity         logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
  -v, --v Level                          number for the log level verbosity
      --vmodule moduleSpec               comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

SEE ALSO

  • helm - The Helm package manager for Kubernetes.
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