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## Chart Dependencies
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In Helm, one chart may depend on any number of other charts.
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In Helm, one chart may depend on any number of other charts.
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These dependencies can be dynamically linked through the `requirements.yaml`
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file or brought in to the `charts/` directory and managed manually.
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file or brought in to the `charts/` directory and managed manually.
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Although manually managing your dependencies has a few advantages some teams need,
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the preferred method of declaring dependencies is by using a
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In the above example all charts with the tag `front-end` would be disabled but since the
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`subchart1.enabled` path evaluates to 'true' in the parent's values, the condition will override the
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`front-end` tag and `subchart1` will be enabled.
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`front-end` tag and `subchart1` will be enabled.
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Since `subchart2` is tagged with `back-end` and that tag evaluates to `true`, `subchart2` will be
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enabled. Also notes that although `subchart2` has a condition specified in `requirements.yaml`, there
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is no corresponding path and value in the parent's values so that condition has no effect.
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is no corresponding path and value in the parent's values so that condition has no effect.
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##### Using the CLI with Tags and Conditions
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#### Importing Child Values via requirements.yaml
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In some cases it is desirable to allow a child chart's values to propagate to the parent chart and be
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shared as common defaults. An additional benefit of using the `exports` format is that it will enable future
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In some cases it is desirable to allow a child chart's values to propagate to the parent chart and be
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shared as common defaults. An additional benefit of using the `exports` format is that it will enable future
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tooling to introspect user-settable values.
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The keys containing the values to be imported can be specified in the parent chart's `requirements.yaml` file
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using a YAML list. Each item in the list is a key which is imported from the child chart's `exports` field.
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The keys containing the values to be imported can be specified in the parent chart's `requirements.yaml` file
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using a YAML list. Each item in the list is a key which is imported from the child chart's `exports` field.
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To import values not contained in the `exports` key, use the [child-parent](#using-the-child-parent-format) format.
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Examples of both formats are described below.
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##### Using the exports format
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If a child chart's `values.yaml` file contains an `exports` field at the root, its contents may be imported
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If a child chart's `values.yaml` file contains an `exports` field at the root, its contents may be imported
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directly into the parent's values by specifying the keys to import as in the example below:
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```yaml
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myint: 99
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```
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Since we are specifying the key `data` in our import list, Helm looks in the `exports` field of the child
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chart for `data` key and imports its contents.
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Since we are specifying the key `data` in our import list, Helm looks in the `exports` field of the child
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chart for `data` key and imports its contents.
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The final parent values would contain our exported field:
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```
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Please note the parent key `data` is not contained in the parent's final values. If you need to specify the
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parent key, use the 'child-parent' format.
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Please note the parent key `data` is not contained in the parent's final values. If you need to specify the
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parent key, use the 'child-parent' format.
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##### Using the child-parent format
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To access values that are not contained in the `exports` key of the child chart's values, you will need to
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specify the source key of the values to be imported (`child`) and the destination path in the parent chart's
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To access values that are not contained in the `exports` key of the child chart's values, you will need to
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specify the source key of the values to be imported (`child`) and the destination path in the parent chart's
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values (`parent`).
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The `import-values` in the example below instructs Helm to take any values found at `child:` path and copy them
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The `import-values` in the example below instructs Helm to take any values found at `child:` path and copy them
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to the parent's values at the path specified in `parent:`
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```yaml
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parent: myimports
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```
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In the above example, values found at `default.data` in the subchart1's values will be imported
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to the `myimports` key in the parent chart's values as detailed below:
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to the `myimports` key in the parent chart's values as detailed below:
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```yaml
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# parent's values.yaml file
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myint: 0
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mybool: false
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mystring: "helm rocks!"
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```
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```yaml
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# subchart1's values.yaml file
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data:
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myint: 999
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mybool: true
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```
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The parent chart's resulting values would be:
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- replicaset "B-ReplicaSet"
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- service "B-Service"
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After installation/upgrade of chart A a single Helm release is created/modified. The release will
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After installation/upgrade of chart A a single Helm release is created/modified. The release will
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create/update all of the above Kubernetes objects in the following order:
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- A-Namespace
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- A-Service
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- B-Service
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This is because when Helm installs/upgrades charts,
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the Kubernetes objects from the charts and all its dependencies are
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This is because when Helm installs/upgrades charts,
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the Kubernetes objects from the charts and all its dependencies are
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- aggregrated into a single set; then
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- sorted by type followed by name; and then
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- created/updated in that order.
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- aggregrated into a single set; then
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- sorted by type followed by name; and then
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- created/updated in that order.
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Hence a single release is created with all the objects for the chart and its dependencies.
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The install order of Kubernetes types is given by the enumeration InstallOrder in kind_sorter.go
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The install order of Kubernetes types is given by the enumeration InstallOrder in kind_sorter.go
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(see [the Helm source file](https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/blob/master/pkg/tiller/kind_sorter.go#L26)).
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## Templates and Values
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sensitive_.
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- `Release.Name`: The name of the release (not the chart)
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- `Release.Time`: The time the chart release was last updated. This will
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match the `Last Released` time on a Release object.
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- `Release.Namespace`: The namespace the chart was released to.
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- `Release.Service`: The service that conducted the release. Usually
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this is `Tiller`.
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- `Release.IsUpgrade`: This is set to true if the current operation is an upgrade or rollback.
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- `Release.IsInstall`: This is set to true if the current operation is an
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install.
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- `Release.Revision`: The revision number. It begins at 1, and increments with
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each `helm upgrade`.
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- `Chart`: The contents of the `Chart.yaml`. Thus, the chart version is
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obtainable as `Chart.Version` and the maintainers are in
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`Chart.Maintainers`.
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Adam Reese
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