Helm Stop Plugin

This is a Helm plugin which stops a release pods. It works by setting a release replica to zero (via helm upgrade).

Usage

$ helm stop [REPLICA_VALUE_NAME] [RELEASE_NAME] [CHART_PATH]

Example

Note: This example is a local modified version of stable/mysql chart. It is modified to add a value replicasValue which is used to set the replicas (also added) during deployment.

$ kubectl get all
NAME                                                     READY     STATUS             RESTARTS   AGE
calling-owl-mysql-6467975486-2rc86                       1/1       Running            0          48m
calling-owl-mysql-6467975486-6sj4s                       1/1       Running            15         48m
calling-owl-mysql-6467975486-s5vc2                       1/1       Running            15         48m

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NAME                                               DESIRED   CURRENT   READY     AGE
calling-owl-mysql-6467975486                       3         3         3         1d

$ cat /tmp/charts/stable/mysql/values.yaml

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imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent

replicasValue: 2

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$ cat /tmp/charts/stable/mysql/

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spec:
  replicas: {{ .Values.replicasValue }}
  
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$ helm stop replicasValue calling-owl /tmp/charts/stable/mysql/templates/deployment.yaml
Release "calling-owl" has been upgraded. Happy Helming!

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$ kubectl get all

NAME                                                     READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE

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NAME                                               DESIRED   CURRENT   READY     AGE
calling-owl-mysql-6467975486                       0         0         0         2d

Install

$ helm plugin install https://github.com/IBM/helm-stop