flux create helmrelease

flux create helmrelease

Create or update a HelmRelease resource

Synopsis

The helmrelease create command generates a HelmRelease resource for a given HelmRepository source.

⚠️ Please note that this command is in preview and under development. While we try our best to not introduce breaking changes, they may occur when we adapt to new features and/or find better ways to facilitate what it does.

flux create helmrelease [name] [flags]

Examples

  # Create a HelmRelease with a chart from a HelmRepository source
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --interval=10m \
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=podinfo \
    --chart-version=">4.0.0"

  # Create a HelmRelease with a chart from a GitRepository source
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --interval=10m \
    --source=GitRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=./charts/podinfo

  # Create a HelmRelease with a chart from a Bucket source
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --interval=10m \
    --source=Bucket/podinfo \
    --chart=./charts/podinfo

  # Create a HelmRelease with values from local YAML files
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=podinfo \
    --values=./my-values1.yaml \
    --values=./my-values2.yaml

  # Create a HelmRelease with values from a Kubernetes secret
  kubectl -n app create secret generic my-secret-values \
	--from-file=values.yaml=/path/to/my-secret-values.yaml
  flux -n app create hr podinfo \
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=podinfo \
    --values-from=Secret/my-secret-values

  # Create a HelmRelease with a custom release name
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --release-name=podinfo-dev \
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=podinfo

  # Create a HelmRelease targeting another namespace than the resource
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --target-namespace=test \
    --create-target-namespace=true \
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=podinfo

  # Create a HelmRelease using a source from a different namespace
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --namespace=default \
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo.flux-system \
    --chart=podinfo

  # Create a HelmRelease definition on disk without applying it on the cluster
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=podinfo \
    --values=./values.yaml \
    --export > podinfo-release.yaml

Options

      --chart string                   Helm chart name or path
      --chart-interval duration        the interval of which to check for new chart versions
      --chart-version string           Helm chart version, accepts a semver range (ignored for charts from GitRepository sources)
      --crds crds                      upgrade CRDs policy, available options are: (Skip, Create, CreateReplace)
      --create-target-namespace        create the target namespace if it does not exist
      --depends-on strings             HelmReleases that must be ready before this release can be installed, supported formats '<name>' and '<namespace>/<name>'
  -h, --help                           help for helmrelease
      --kubeconfig-secret-ref string   the name of the Kubernetes Secret that contains a key with the kubeconfig file for connecting to a remote cluster
      --reconcile-strategy string      the reconcile strategy for helm chart created by the helm release(accepted values: Revision and ChartRevision) (default "ChartVersion")
      --release-name string            name used for the Helm release, defaults to a composition of '[<target-namespace>-]<HelmRelease-name>'
      --service-account string         the name of the service account to impersonate when reconciling this HelmRelease
      --source helmChartSource         source that contains the chart in the format '<kind>/<name>.<namespace>', where kind must be one of: (HelmRepository, GitRepository, Bucket)
      --target-namespace string        namespace to install this release, defaults to the HelmRelease namespace
      --values strings                 local path to values.yaml files, also accepts comma-separated values
      --values-from strings            a Kubernetes object reference that contains the values.yaml data key in the format '<kind>/<name>', where kind must be one of: (Secret,ConfigMap)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --as string                      Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.
      --as-group stringArray           Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
      --as-uid string                  UID to impersonate for the operation.
      --cache-dir string               Default cache directory (default "/opt/buildhome/.kube/cache")
      --certificate-authority string   Path to a cert file for the certificate authority to authenticate the Kubernetes API server
      --client-certificate string      Path to a client certificate file for TLS authentication to the Kubernetes API server
      --client-key string              Path to a client key file for TLS authentication to the Kubernetes API server
      --cluster string                 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
      --context string                 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --disable-compression            If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
      --export                         export in YAML format to stdout
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify       If true, the Kubernetes API server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
      --interval duration              source sync interval (default 1m0s)
      --kube-api-burst int             The maximum burst queries-per-second of requests sent to the Kubernetes API. (default 300)
      --kube-api-qps float32           The maximum queries-per-second of requests sent to the Kubernetes API. (default 50)
      --kubeconfig string              Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
      --label strings                  set labels on the resource (can specify multiple labels with commas: label1=value1,label2=value2)
  -n, --namespace string               If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request (default "flux-system")
      --server string                  The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
      --timeout duration               timeout for this operation (default 5m0s)
      --tls-server-name string         Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
      --token string                   Bearer token for authentication to the API server
      --user string                    The name of the kubeconfig user to use
      --verbose                        print generated objects

SEE ALSO

• flux create - Create or update sources and resources