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
- A description of the package (
- 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
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.