github.com/cloudposse/helm@v2.2.3+incompatible/docs/helm/helm.md (about) 1 ## helm 2 3 The Helm package manager for Kubernetes. 4 5 ### Synopsis 6 7 8 The Kubernetes package manager 9 10 To begin working with Helm, run the 'helm init' command: 11 12 $ helm init 13 14 This will install Tiller to your running Kubernetes cluster. 15 It will also set up any necessary local configuration. 16 17 Common actions from this point include: 18 19 - helm search: search for charts 20 - helm fetch: download a chart to your local directory to view 21 - helm install: upload the chart to Kubernetes 22 - helm list: list releases of charts 23 24 Environment: 25 $HELM_HOME set an alternative location for Helm files. By default, these are stored in ~/.helm 26 $HELM_HOST set an alternative Tiller host. The format is host:port 27 $TILLER_NAMESPACE set an alternative Tiller namespace (default "kube-namespace") 28 $KUBECONFIG set an alternative Kubernetes configuration file (default "~/.kube/config") 29 30 31 ### Options 32 33 ``` 34 --debug enable verbose output 35 --home string location of your Helm config. Overrides $HELM_HOME (default "~/.helm") 36 --host string address of tiller. Overrides $HELM_HOST 37 --kube-context string name of the kubeconfig context to use 38 --tiller-namespace string namespace of tiller (default "kube-system") 39 ``` 40 41 ### SEE ALSO 42 * [helm completion](helm_completion.md) - Generate bash autocompletions script 43 * [helm create](helm_create.md) - create a new chart with the given name 44 * [helm delete](helm_delete.md) - given a release name, delete the release from Kubernetes 45 * [helm dependency](helm_dependency.md) - manage a chart's dependencies 46 * [helm fetch](helm_fetch.md) - download a chart from a repository and (optionally) unpack it in local directory 47 * [helm get](helm_get.md) - download a named release 48 * [helm history](helm_history.md) - fetch release history 49 * [helm home](helm_home.md) - displays the location of HELM_HOME 50 * [helm init](helm_init.md) - initialize Helm on both client and server 51 * [helm inspect](helm_inspect.md) - inspect a chart 52 * [helm install](helm_install.md) - install a chart archive 53 * [helm lint](helm_lint.md) - examines a chart for possible issues 54 * [helm list](helm_list.md) - list releases 55 * [helm package](helm_package.md) - package a chart directory into a chart archive 56 * [helm repo](helm_repo.md) - add, list, remove, update, and index chart repositories 57 * [helm rollback](helm_rollback.md) - roll back a release to a previous revision 58 * [helm search](helm_search.md) - search for a keyword in charts 59 * [helm serve](helm_serve.md) - start a local http web server 60 * [helm status](helm_status.md) - displays the status of the named release 61 * [helm upgrade](helm_upgrade.md) - upgrade a release 62 * [helm verify](helm_verify.md) - verify that a chart at the given path has been signed and is valid 63 * [helm version](helm_version.md) - print the client/server version information 64 65 ###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 15-Jan-2017