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:
- By chart reference: helm install mymaria example/mariadb
- By path to a packaged chart: helm install mynginx ./nginx-1.2.3.tgz
- By path to an unpacked chart directory: helm install mynginx ./nginx
- By absolute URL: helm install mynginx https://example.com/charts/nginx-1.2.3.tgz
- 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.
