helm

Helm is the Kubernetes config manager

Concepts

Helm packages applications for consumption within kubernetes. Each package is called a chart (keep the ship analogies going).

Installing helm

$ brew install kubernetes-helm  # OS X
$ curl -s https://get.helm.sh | bash  # linux

Updating charts

The charts index should be updated periodically:

$ helm update

Search

Search for available charts:

$ helm search <keyword>
$ helm search redis  # example

Investigate

$ helm info <chart_name>

Install

$ helm install <chart_name>
$ helm install redis-cluster

Manage repos

$ helm repo add <repo_name> <repo_git_url>
$ helm repo add mycharts https://github.com/dev/mycharts  # example
$ helm repo list

See Also

• http://helm.sh/
• https://github.com/kubernetes/helm
• https://github.com/helm/helm
• https://deis.com/blog/2015/introducing-helm-for-kubernetes/
• https://deis.com/blog/2015/why-kubernetes-needs-helm/
• https://github.com/buildkite/helm-charts