Michelle Noorali
4dd21780bb
Resolves #3655
We were seeing that when running helm upgrade with the reuse-values
flag enabled that you could end up in the position where overrides
a.k.a computed values from previous revisions were not being saved on
the updated revision. This left us in a weird position where some
computed values would disappear mysteriously in the abyss. That
happened because computed values from previous revisions weren't merged
with the new computed values every time the reuse-values flag was used.
This PR merges computed values from the previous revisions so you don't
end up in that kind of conundrum.
(cherry picked from commit 9266731dc4)
Kubernetes Helm
Helm is a tool for managing Kubernetes charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources.
Use Helm to:
- Find and use popular software packaged as Kubernetes charts
- Share your own applications as Kubernetes charts
- Create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications
- Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files
- Manage releases of Helm packages
Helm in a Handbasket
Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications. Think of it like apt/yum/homebrew for Kubernetes.
- Helm has two parts: a client (
helm) and a server (tiller) - Tiller runs inside of your Kubernetes cluster, and manages releases (installations) of your charts.
- Helm runs on your laptop, CI/CD, or wherever you want it to run.
- Charts are Helm packages that contain at least two things:
- A description of the package (
Chart.yaml) - One or more templates, which contain Kubernetes manifest files
- A description of the package (
- Charts can be stored on disk, or fetched from remote chart repositories (like Debian or RedHat packages)
Install
Binary downloads of the Helm client can be found at the following links:
Unpack the helm binary and add it to your PATH and you are good to go!
macOS/homebrew users can also use brew install kubernetes-helm.
To rapidly get Helm up and running, start with the Quick Start Guide.
See the installation guide for more options, including installing pre-releases.
Docs
Get started with the Quick Start guide or plunge into the complete documentation
Roadmap
The Helm roadmap uses Github milestones to track the progress of the project.
Community, discussion, contribution, and support
You can reach the Helm community and developers via the following channels:
- Kubernetes Slack:
- #helm-users
- #helm-dev
- #charts
- Mailing Lists:
- Developer Call: Thursdays at 9:30-10:00 Pacific. https://zoom.us/j/4526666954
Code of conduct
Participation in the Kubernetes community is governed by the Kubernetes Code of Conduct.