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Helm is a package manager for kubernetes objects

A good package manager provides

• Automated installation
  • helm install ...
• Version control
  • helm upgrade ...
• Dependency management
  • helm dep list|update
  • helm repo ...
• Automated removal
  • helm delete

• brew install kubernetes-helm
• helm init

• Helm chart: a collection of Kubernetes objects that run together for a full application

• Tiller runs inside kubernetes and manages releases of the charts.

• helm ls
• helm search wordpress
• helm install stable/wordpress
• helm install stable/wordpress --version 5.0.1
• helm upgrade <release-name> stable/wordpress
• helm delete <release-name>

• helm fetch --untar stable/wordpress
• helm dep list
• helm dep update

Official repository: https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com

Needs an index.yaml file

Can use a Cloud Storage Provider. e.g. S3, GCP Container... Any place capable of serving the index YAML file.

You can create your own charts locally

• helm create <chart-name>
• helm fetch