Helm Basics.txt

Helm Basics

Add a remote repo and pull in latest charts
    helm repo add test-charts http://ec2-3-80-179-46.compute-1.amazonaws.com:8080
    helm repo update
    
Push to remote helm repo
    helm push graphql-api/ test-charts

Scafold blank chart project
    helm create graphql-api 

Check syntax before pushing
    helm lint graphql-api 

Display all charts in a remote repo
    helm search repo test-charts 

Show installed charts 
    helm ls # default namespace
    helm ls -n <namespace> # specific namespace

Install a release and pass runtime values
helm install 
  --set namespace=test 
  --set image.tag=e3e3140ad30ac965c5aef04e811fb629651d9fbb 
  graphql-api 
  test-charts/graphql-api

Check the values you passed to a previous deployment
    helm -n <namespace> get values <release-name> 

Upgrade an existing release
helm upgrade 
  --namespace={{env.NAMESPACE}} /
  --set image.tag=e3e3140ad30ac965c5aef04e811fb629651d9fbb /
  graphql-api
  test-charts/graphql-api
  
Uninstall a release
    helm uninstall graphql-api