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
• Charts can be stored on disk, or fetched from remote chart repositories (like Debian or RedHat packages)

Install

Download a release tarball of helm for your platform. Unpack the helm binary and add it to your PATH and you are good to go! OS X/Cask users can brew cask install helm.

Docs

• Quick Start
• Architecture
• Charts
  • Chart Repository Guide
  • Syncing your Chart Repository
• Developers
• History

Community, discussion, contribution, and support

You can reach the Helm community and developers via the following channels:

• Kubernetes Slack: #helm
• Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-sig-apps
• Developer Call: Thursdays at 9:30-10:00 Pacific. https://engineyard.zoom.us/j/366425549

Code of conduct

Participation in the Kubernetes community is governed by the Kubernetes Code of Conduct.