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# Installation: Frequently Asked Questions
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This section tracks some of the more frequently encountered issues with installing
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or getting started with Helm.
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**We'd love your help** making this document better. To add, correct, or remove
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information, [file an issue](https://github.com/helm/helm/issues) or
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send us a pull request.
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## Downloading
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I want to know more about my downloading options.
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**Q: I can't get to GitHub releases of the newest Helm. Where are they?**
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A: We no longer use GitHub releases. Binaries are now stored in a
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[GCS public bucket](https://kubernetes-helm.storage.googleapis.com).
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**Q: Why aren't there Debian/Fedora/... native packages of Helm?**
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We'd love to provide these or point you toward a trusted provider. If you're
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interested in helping, we'd love it. This is how the Homebrew formula was
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started.
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**Q: Why do you provide a `curl ...|bash` script?**
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A: There is a script in our repository (`scripts/get`) that can be executed as
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a `curl ..|bash` script. The transfers are all protected by HTTPS, and the script
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does some auditing of the packages it fetches. However, the script has all the
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usual dangers of any shell script.
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We provide it because it is useful, but we suggest that users carefully read the
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script first. What we'd really like, though, are better packaged releases of
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Helm.
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## Installing
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I'm trying to install Helm, but something is not right.
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**Q: How do I put the Helm client files somewhere other than ~/.helm?**
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Set the `$HELM_HOME` environment variable, and then run `helm init`:
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```console
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export HELM_HOME=/some/path
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helm init --client-only
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```
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Note that if you have existing repositories, you will need to re-add them
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with `helm repo add...`.
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**Q: How do I configure Helm?**
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A: By default, `helm init` will ensure that the local `$HELM_HOME` is configured.
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## Getting Started
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I successfully installed Helm but I can't use it.
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**Q: Trying to use Helm, I get the error "lookup XXXXX on 8.8.8.8:53: no such host"**
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```
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Error: Error forwarding ports: error upgrading connection: dial tcp: lookup kube-4gb-lon1-02 on 8.8.8.8:53: no such host
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```
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A: We have seen this issue with Ubuntu and Kubeadm in multi-node clusters. The
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issue is that the nodes expect certain DNS records to be obtainable via global
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DNS. Until this is resolved upstream, you can work around the issue as
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follows. On each of the control plane nodes:
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1) Add entries to `/etc/hosts`, mapping your hostnames to their public IPs
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2) Install `dnsmasq` (e.g. `apt install -y dnsmasq`)
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3) Remove the k8s api server container (kubelet will recreate it)
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4) Then `systemctl restart docker` (or reboot the node) for it to pick up the /etc/resolv.conf changes
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See this issue for more information: https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/1455
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**Q: On GKE (Google Container Engine) I get "No SSH tunnels currently open"**
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Error: Error forwarding ports: error upgrading connection: No SSH tunnels currently open. Were the targets able to accept an ssh-key for user "gke-[redacted]"?
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Another variation of the error message is:
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```
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Unable to connect to the server: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority
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```
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A: The issue is that your local Kubernetes config file must have the correct credentials.
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When you create a cluster on GKE, it will give you credentials, including SSL
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certificates and certificate authorities. These need to be stored in a Kubernetes
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config file (Default: `~/.kube/config` so that `kubectl` and `helm` can access
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them.
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## Uninstalling
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I am trying to remove stuff.
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**Q: I want to delete my local Helm. Where are all its files?**
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Along with the `helm` binary, Helm stores some files in `$HELM_HOME`, which is
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located by default in `~/.helm`.
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