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README.md

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
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.

To rapidly get Helm up and running, start with the Quick Start Guide.

See the installation guide for more options, including installing pre-releases.

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.