{"id":36203,"date":"2023-06-27T01:32:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T01:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=36203"},"modified":"2023-08-30T09:57:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:57:25","slug":"helm-tutorials-helm-pull-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/helm-tutorials-helm-pull-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Helm Tutorials: helm pull command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <code>helm pull<\/code> command is used to download a chart from a Helm repository and save it to your local machine. Here is the basic syntax of the <code>helm pull<\/code> command:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"CSS\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"css\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-css\"><span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">helm<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">pull<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">&#91;flags]<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-selector-attr\">&#91;chart]<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">CSS<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">css<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of how to use the <code>helm pull<\/code> command:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ helm repo add stable https:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/charts.helm.sh\/stable<\/span>\n$ helm pull stable\/mysql --version <span class=\"hljs-number\">1.6<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.1<\/span>\n$ helm env\n$ ls \/root\/.cache\/helm\n$ ls \/root\/.cache\/helm\/repository\/<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In the above example, the command pulls the latest version of the <code>mysql<\/code> chart from the default repository (assuming it&#8217;s configured) and saves it to the current directory. The chart will be downloaded as a compressed archive file (e.g., <code>mysql-&lt;version&gt;.tgz<\/code>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also provide additional flags to customize the behavior of the <code>helm pull<\/code> command. Here are some common flags:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>--version<\/code>: Specify a specific version of the chart to download.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>--untar<\/code>: Extract the chart archive after downloading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>--untardir<\/code>: Specify a directory to extract the chart into.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>--repo<\/code>: Specify the URL of a repository to download the chart from.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>--username<\/code> and <code>--password<\/code>: Provide credentials for accessing a private repository.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helm Pull Commands Example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">Pull a specific chart version <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> a remote repository:\n$ helm repo add stable https:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/charts.helm.sh\/stable<\/span>\n$ helm pull stable\/mysql --version <span class=\"hljs-number\">1.6<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.1<\/span>\n$ helm env\n$ ls \/root\/.cache\/helm\n$ ls \/root\/.cache\/helm\/repository\/\n\nPull a chart and save it <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> a specific name and version:\n$ helm pull stable\/nginx-ingress --version <span class=\"hljs-number\">1.2<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.3<\/span> --untar --untardir .\/nginx-ingress\n\nPull a chart and save it without extracting the archive:\n$ helm pull stable\/redis --version <span class=\"hljs-number\">7.2<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.1<\/span> --untar=<span class=\"hljs-literal\">false<\/span>\n\nPull a chart <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> a specific repository using a custom configuration file:\n$ helm --kubeconfig=<span class=\"hljs-regexp\">\/path\/<\/span>to\/kubeconfig.yaml --repository-config=<span class=\"hljs-regexp\">\/path\/<\/span>to\/repo.yaml pull stable\/mariadb\n\nPull a private chart <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> a repository using credentials:\n$ helm pull private-chart --repo https:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/example.com\/charts --username myuser --password mypassword<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-788-1024x269.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-788-1024x269.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-788-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-788-768x201.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-788.png 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The helm pull command is used to download a chart from a Helm repository and save it to your local machine. 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