Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes (like yum) that allows easily package, configure, and deploy applications onto Kubernetes clusters.
Helm charts are packages (like rpms) It contains pre-configured kubernetes resources such as ConfigMaps, Deployments, Services and editable settings for them.
Managing repeating Kubernetes manifest or copying from one to another, editing hardcode values and validating syntax, sharing across env like Dev, QA, Production etc. is hard.
- Simple Sharing
- Rollbacks
export VERIFY_CHECKSUM=false
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
helm version
Helm installs charts into Kubernetes, creating a new release for each installation. And to find new charts, you can search Helm chart repositories.
Repositoryis the place where charts can be collected and shared.Releaseis an instance of a chart running in a Kubernetes cluster.Chartis a Helm package. It contains all of the resource definitions necessary to run an application on Kubernetes Cluster
helm search hub wordpress # searches Artifact Hub
helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
helm show values bitnami/wordpress # shows that service type uses `LoadBalancer`
cat <<EOF > values.yaml
> service:
> type: NodePort
> EOF
helm install -f values.yaml my-wordpress bitnami/wordpress --version 8.0.2
helm list
helm repo list
helm create webapp
- rm webapp/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
- rm webapp/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
- rm webapp/templates/ingress.yaml
- rm webapp/templates/hpa.yaml
Chart.yaml,values.yaml,prod-values.yaml,/template/deployment.yaml,/template/service.yaml- and modify
/template/NOTES.txtas required.
root@node1:~# tree webapp
webapp
|-- Chart.yaml
|-- README.md
|-- prod-values.yaml
|-- templates
| |-- NOTES.txt
| |-- _helpers.tpl
| |-- deployment.yaml
| `-- service.yaml
`-- values.yaml
1 directory, 8 files
helm template --debug webapp -f webapp/values.yaml
helm template --debug webapp -f webapp/prod-values.yaml
helm install webapp-demo webapp/ -f webapp/values.yaml
NAME: webapp-demo
LAST DEPLOYED: Sat Feb 20 17:54:37 2021
NAMESPACE: default
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services app-svc }})
export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
curl http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
helm upgrade webapp-demo webapp/ -f webapp/prod-values.yaml
Release "webapp-demo" has been upgraded. Happy Helming!
NAME: webapp-demo
LAST DEPLOYED: Sat Feb 20 17:56:00 2021
NAMESPACE: default
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 2
TEST SUITE: None
export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services app-svc }})
export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
curl http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
helm ls
NAME NAMESPACE REVISION UPDATED STATUS CHART APP VERSION
webapp-demo default 2 2021-02-20 17:56:00.166067482 +0000 UTC deployed hello-helm-0.1.0 latest
helm rollback webapp-demo 1
Rollback was a success! Happy Helming!
helm delete webapp-demo
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