HelmCheatsheet.md

Helm Commands Cheatsheet

1. Help, Version

See the general help for Helm

helm --help

See help for a particular command

helm [command] --help

See the installed version of Helm

helm version

2. Repo Add, Remove, Update

Add a repository from the internet

helm repo add [name] [url]

Remove a repository from your system

helm repo remove [name]

Update repositories

helm repo update

3. Repo List, Search

List chart repositories

helm repo list

Search charts for a keyword

helm search [keyword]

Search repositories for a keyword

helm search repo [keyword]

Search Helm Hub

helm search hub [keyword]

4. Install/Uninstall

Install an app

helm install [name] [chart]

Install an app in a specific namespace

helm install [name] [chart] --namespace [namespace]

Override the default values with those specified in a file of your choice

helm install [name] [chart] --values [yaml-file/url]

Run a test install to validate and verify the chart

helm install [name] --dry-run --debug

Uninstall a release

helm uninstall [release name]

5. Chart Management

Create a directory containing the common chart files and directories

helm create [name]

Package a chart into a chart archive

helm package [chart-path]

Run tests to examine a chart and identify possible issues

helm lint [chart]

Inspect a chart and list its contents

helm show all [chart]

Display the chart’s definition

helm show chart [chart]

Download a chart

helm pull [chart]

Download a chart and extract the archive’s contents into a directory

helm pull [chart] --untar --untardir [directory]

Display a list of a chart’s dependencies

helm dependency list [chart]

6. Release Monitoring

List all the available releases in the current namespace

helm list

List all the available releases across all namespaces

helm list --all-namespaces

List all the releases in a specific namespace

helm list --namespace [namespace]

List all the releases in a specific output format

helm list --output [format]

See the status of a release

helm status [release]

See the release history

helm history [release]

See information about the Helm client environment

helm env

7. Upgrade/Rollback

Upgrade an app

helm upgrade [release] [chart]

Tell Helm to roll back changes if the upgrade fails

helm upgrade [release] [chart] --atomic

Upgrade a release. If it does not exist on the system, install it

helm upgrade [release] [chart] --install

Upgrade to a version other than the latest one Upgrade an app

helm upgrade [release] [chart] --version [version-number]

Roll back a release

helm rollback [release] [revision]

8. GET Information

Download all the release information

helm get all [release]

Download all hooks

helm get hooks [release]

Download the manifest

helm get manifest [release]

Download the notes

helm get notes [release]

Download the values file

helm get all [release]

Release history

helm history [release]

9. Plugin

Install plugins

helm plugin install [path/url1] [path/url2]

View a list of all the installed plugins

helm plugin list

Update plugins

helm plugin update [plugin1] [plugin2]

Uninstall a plugin

helm plugin uninstall [plugin]