{"id":36230,"date":"2023-06-27T04:57:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T04:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=36230"},"modified":"2023-08-30T10:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T10:05:18","slug":"helm-lab-2-helm-installation-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/helm-lab-2-helm-installation-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Helm Lab \u2013 2: HELM Installation &#038; Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to install Helm?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-devopsschool-com wp-block-embed-devopsschool-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mjkVY1OuaW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/helm-tutorials-how-to-install-helm\/\">Helm Tutorials: How to install Helm?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Helm Tutorials: How to install Helm?&#8221; &#8212; DevOpsSchool.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/helm-tutorials-how-to-install-helm\/embed\/#?secret=vdliWQUK4P#?secret=mjkVY1OuaW\" data-secret=\"mjkVY1OuaW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to check helm Configuration?<\/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-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">root@ip<span class=\"hljs-number\">-172<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-31<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-54<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-213<\/span>:~\/.config\/helm<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># helm env<\/span>\nHELM_BIN=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"helm\"<\/span>\nHELM_BURST_LIMIT=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"100\"<\/span>\nHELM_CACHE_HOME=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/root\/.cache\/helm\"<\/span>\nHELM_CONFIG_HOME=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/root\/.config\/helm\"<\/span>\nHELM_DATA_HOME=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/root\/.local\/share\/helm\"<\/span>\nHELM_DEBUG=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"false\"<\/span>\nHELM_KUBEAPISERVER=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\nHELM_KUBEASGROUPS=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\nHELM_KUBEASUSER=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\nHELM_KUBECAFILE=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\nHELM_KUBECONTEXT=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\nHELM_KUBEINSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"false\"<\/span>\nHELM_KUBETLS_SERVER_NAME=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\nHELM_KUBETOKEN=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span>\nHELM_MAX_HISTORY=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"10\"<\/span>\nHELM_NAMESPACE=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"default\"<\/span>\nHELM_PLUGINS=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/root\/.local\/share\/helm\/plugins\"<\/span>\nHELM_REGISTRY_CONFIG=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/root\/.config\/helm\/registry\/config.json\"<\/span>\nHELM_REPOSITORY_CACHE=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/root\/.cache\/helm\/repository\"<\/span>\nHELM_REPOSITORY_CONFIG=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\/root\/.config\/helm\/repositories.yaml\"<\/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\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Default directories depend on the Operating System in Helm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-789-1024x157.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-789-1024x157.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-789-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-789-768x118.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-789.png 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\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-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">| Operating System | Cache Path                | Configuration Path             | Data Path               |\r\n|------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|\r\n| Linux            | $HOME\/.cache\/helm         | $HOME\/.config\/helm             | $HOME\/.local\/share\/helm |\r\n| macOS            | $HOME\/Library\/Caches\/helm | $HOME\/Library\/Preferences\/helm | $HOME\/Library\/helm      |\r\n| Windows          | %TEMP%\\helm               | %APPDATA%\\helm                 | %APPDATA%\\helm          |\r\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environment variables:<\/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\">| $HELM_CACHE_HOME                   | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> an alternative location for storing cached files.                                                       |\r\n| $HELM_CONFIG_HOME                  | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> an alternative location for storing Helm configuration.                                                 |\r\n| $HELM_DATA_HOME                    | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> an alternative location for storing Helm data.                                                          |\r\n| $HELM_DEBUG                        | indicate whether or not Helm is running in Debug mode                                                       |\r\n| $HELM_DRIVER                       | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the backend storage driver. Values are: configmap, secret, memory, sql.                                 |\r\n| $HELM_DRIVER_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the connection string the SQL storage driver should use.                                                |\r\n| $HELM_MAX_HISTORY                  | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the maximum number of helm release history.                                                             |\r\n| $HELM_NAMESPACE                    | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the namespace used for the helm operations.                                                             |\r\n| $HELM_NO_PLUGINS                   | disable plugins. Set HELM_NO_PLUGINS=1 to disable plugins.                                                  |\r\n| $HELM_PLUGINS                      | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the path to the plugins directory                                                                       |\r\n| $HELM_REGISTRY_CONFIG              | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the path to the registry config file.                                                                   |\r\n| $HELM_REPOSITORY_CACHE             | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the path to the repository cache directory                                                              |\r\n| $HELM_REPOSITORY_CONFIG            | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the path to the repositories file.                                                                      |\r\n| $KUBECONFIG                        | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> an alternative Kubernetes configuration file (default \"~\/.kube\/config\")                                 |\r\n| $HELM_KUBEAPISERVER                | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the Kubernetes API Server Endpoint for authentication                                                   |\r\n| $HELM_KUBECAFILE                   | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the Kubernetes certificate authority file.                                                              |\r\n| $HELM_KUBEASGROUPS                 | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the Groups to use for impersonation using a comma-separated list.                                       |\r\n| $HELM_KUBEASUSER                   | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the Username to impersonate for the operation.                                                          |\r\n| $HELM_KUBECONTEXT                  | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the name of the kubeconfig context.                                                                     |\r\n| $HELM_KUBETOKEN                    | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the Bearer KubeToken used for authentication.                                                           |\r\n| $HELM_KUBEINSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY | indicate if the Kubernetes API server's certificate validation should be skipped (insecure)                 |\r\n| $HELM_KUBETLS_SERVER_NAME          | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the server name used to validate the Kubernetes API server certificate                                  |\r\n| $HELM_BURST_LIMIT                  | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> the default burst limit in the case the server contains many CRDs (default 100, -1 to disabl          e)|\r\n<\/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<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2.installing-and-configuring-helm.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:1557px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 2.installing-and-configuring-helm.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ad8afb25-52ec-4986-995e-2cca3e7e1f40\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2.installing-and-configuring-helm.pdf\">2.installing-and-configuring-helm<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2.installing-and-configuring-helm.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ad8afb25-52ec-4986-995e-2cca3e7e1f40\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to install Helm? 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