Helm provides multiple commands that allow you to inspect a third-party chart from the command line. In this video, explore the show command and its options.
- [Instructor] It's rare that I will install … a third party Helm chart, … without having to do some customization. … In order to know what to customize, … I want to be able … to look through the different parts of the chart. … And the helm show command is a way to explore these parts … from the command line. … Running Helm show help let's us explore our options. … It looks like there are four available commands. … Helm show all gives us all the information … about the chart in one view, … while Helm show chart displays high level information … about the chart like its version, … a brief description and who maintains the chart. … Helm show readme displays the chart README, … and Helm show values displays the values.yaml file, … which will be important for us to make changes to the chart, … so it better fits our needs. … First, let's run Helm show chart … for the kube state metrics chart. … The command is Helm show chart, … followed by the repository name and chart name. … So bitnami/kube-state-metrics. …
Author
Kim Schlesinger
Released
10/22/2020Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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1. Introduction and Installation
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What is Helm?1m 26s
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Install Helm on a Mac2m 56s
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Install Helm on Linux1m 5s
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2. Install and Configure a Chart from Helm Hub
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Explore the Helm Hub2m 2s
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Try Helm show commands3m 18s
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3. Deploy an Application Using Helm
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Rollback a Helm release1m 58s
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4. Advanced Features
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Conclusion
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