Manualy publishing Helm repo on Github using chart-releaser

blog: https://fabianlee.org/2023/09/17/helm-manually-publishing-helm-repo-on-github-using-chart-releaser/

Installing local chart as release

release_name=nginx1
release_ns=default
revision=1

# install chart as release to cluster
helm install --dry-run $release_name charts/nginx/

# show installed releases in cluster
helm list --filter=$release_name
helm history $release_name -n $release_ns
helm get values $release_name -n $release_ns

# show metadata in secret
kubectl get secret sh.helm.release.v1.$release_name.v$revision -n $release_ns -o json | jq .data.release | tr -d '"' | base64 -d | base64 -d | gzip -d | jq -r '.chart.metadata'

# show pods deployed for nginx chart
kubectl get pods --namespace default -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=nginx,app.kubernetes.io/instance=$release_name"