helm install --help

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This command installs a chart archive.

The install argument must be a chart reference, a path to a packaged chart,
a path to an unpacked chart directory or a URL.

To override values in a chart, use either the '--values' flag and pass in a file
or use the '--set' flag and pass configuration from the command line, to force
a string value use '--set-string'. In case a value is large and therefore
you want not to use neither '--values' nor '--set', use '--set-file' to read the
single large value from file.

    $ helm install -f myvalues.yaml myredis ./redis

or

    $ helm install --set name=prod myredis ./redis

or

    $ helm install --set-string long_int=1234567890 myredis ./redis

or

    $ helm install --set-file my_script=dothings.sh myredis ./redis

You can specify the '--values'/'-f' flag multiple times. The priority will be given to the
last (right-most) file specified. For example, if both myvalues.yaml and override.yaml
contained a key called 'Test', the value set in override.yaml would take precedence:

    $ helm install -f myvalues.yaml -f override.yaml  myredis ./redis

You can specify the '--set' flag multiple times. The priority will be given to the
last (right-most) set specified. For example, if both 'bar' and 'newbar' values are
set for a key called 'foo', the 'newbar' value would take precedence:

    $ helm install --set foo=bar --set foo=newbar  myredis ./redis


To check the generated manifests of a release without installing the chart,
the '--debug' and '--dry-run' flags can be combined.

If --verify is set, the chart MUST have a provenance file, and the provenance
file MUST pass all verification steps.

There are five different ways you can express the chart you want to install:

1. By chart reference: helm install mymaria example/mariadb
2. By path to a packaged chart: helm install mynginx ./nginx-1.2.3.tgz
3. By path to an unpacked chart directory: helm install mynginx ./nginx
4. By absolute URL: helm install mynginx https://example.com/charts/nginx-1.2.3.tgz
5. By chart reference and repo url: helm install --repo https://example.com/charts/ mynginx nginx

CHART REFERENCES

A chart reference is a convenient way of referencing a chart in a chart repository.

When you use a chart reference with a repo prefix ('example/mariadb'), Helm will look in the local
configuration for a chart repository named 'example', and will then look for a
chart in that repository whose name is 'mariadb'. It will install the latest stable version of that chart
until you specify '--devel' flag to also include development version (alpha, beta, and release candidate releases), or
supply a version number with the '--version' flag.

To see the list of chart repositories, use 'helm repo list'. To search for
charts in a repository, use 'helm search'.

Usage:
  helm install [NAME] [CHART] [flags]

Flags:
      --atomic                       if set, the installation process deletes the installation on failure. The --wait flag will be set automatically if --atomic is used
      --ca-file string               verify certificates of HTTPS-enabled servers using this CA bundle
      --cert-file string             identify HTTPS client using this SSL certificate file
      --create-namespace             create the release namespace if not present
      --dependency-update            update dependencies if they are missing before installing the chart
      --description string           add a custom description
      --devel                        use development versions, too. Equivalent to version '>0.0.0-0'. If --version is set, this is ignored
      --disable-openapi-validation   if set, the installation process will not validate rendered templates against the Kubernetes OpenAPI Schema
      --dry-run                      simulate an install
  -g, --generate-name                generate the name (and omit the NAME parameter)
  -h, --help                         help for install
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify     skip tls certificate checks for the chart download
      --key-file string              identify HTTPS client using this SSL key file
      --keyring string               location of public keys used for verification (default "/Users/k/.gnupg/pubring.gpg")
      --name-template string         specify template used to name the release
      --no-hooks                     prevent hooks from running during install
  -o, --output format                prints the output in the specified format. Allowed values: table, json, yaml (default table)
      --pass-credentials             pass credentials to all domains
      --password string              chart repository password where to locate the requested chart
      --post-renderer postrenderer   the path to an executable to be used for post rendering. If it exists in $PATH, the binary will be used, otherwise it will try to look for the executable at the given path (default exec)
      --render-subchart-notes        if set, render subchart notes along with the parent
      --replace                      re-use the given name, only if that name is a deleted release which remains in the history. This is unsafe in production
      --repo string                  chart repository url where to locate the requested chart
      --set stringArray              set values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
      --set-file stringArray         set values from respective files specified via the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=path1,key2=path2)
      --set-string stringArray       set STRING values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
      --skip-crds                    if set, no CRDs will be installed. By default, CRDs are installed if not already present
      --timeout duration             time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks) (default 5m0s)
      --username string              chart repository username where to locate the requested chart
  -f, --values strings               specify values in a YAML file or a URL (can specify multiple)
      --verify                       verify the package before using it
      --version string               specify a version constraint for the chart version to use. This constraint can be a specific tag (e.g. 1.1.1) or it may reference a valid range (e.g. ^2.0.0). If this is not specified, the latest version is used
      --wait                         if set, will wait until all Pods, PVCs, Services, and minimum number of Pods of a Deployment, StatefulSet, or ReplicaSet are in a ready state before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout
      --wait-for-jobs                if set and --wait enabled, will wait until all Jobs have been completed before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout

Global Flags:
      --debug                       enable verbose output
      --kube-apiserver string       the address and the port for the Kubernetes API server
      --kube-as-group stringArray   group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
      --kube-as-user string         username to impersonate for the operation
      --kube-ca-file string         the certificate authority file for the Kubernetes API server connection
      --kube-context string         name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --kube-token string           bearer token used for authentication
      --kubeconfig string           path to the kubeconfig file
  -n, --namespace string            namespace scope for this request
      --registry-config string      path to the registry config file (default "/Users/k/Library/Preferences/helm/registry.json")
      --repository-cache string     path to the file containing cached repository indexes (default "/Users/k/Library/Caches/helm/repository")
      --repository-config string    path to the file containing repository names and URLs (default "/Users/k/Library/Preferences/helm/repositories.yaml")

See also

• helm install [ --set | --dry-run | --debug | --timeout | --namespace | --create-namespace | --generate-name | --help ] values.yaml, helm upgrade --install
• Helm, helm [ repo | template | list | install | unsintall | create | show | pull | push | status | history | plugin | search | upgrade | delete | lint | test | package | dependency | get | rollback | version | --help], helm@2, Chart file structure, Helm Charts, values.yaml, chart.yaml, Helm functions, Helm versions, helmfileDeprecated: init , variables, Mapkubeapis, .helmignore