github.com/y-taka-23/helm@v2.8.0+incompatible/docs/chart_template_guide/accessing_files.md (about) 1 # Accessing Files Inside Templates 2 3 In the previous section we looked at several ways to create and access named templates. This makes it easy to import one template from within another template. But sometimes it is desirable to import a _file that is not a template_ and inject its contents without sending the contents through the template renderer. 4 5 Helm provides access to files through the `.Files` object. Before we get going with the template examples, though, there are a few things to note about how this works: 6 7 - It is okay to add extra files to your Helm chart. These files will be bundled and sent to Tiller. Be careful, though. Charts must be smaller than 1M because of the storage limitations of Kubernetes objects. 8 - Some files cannot be accessed through the `.Files` object, usually for security reasons. 9 - Files in `templates/` cannot be accessed. 10 - Files excluded using `.helmignore` cannot be accessed. 11 - Charts do not preserve UNIX mode information, so file-level permissions will have no impact on the availability of a file when it comes to the `.Files` object. 12 13 <!-- (see https://github.com/jonschlinkert/markdown-toc) --> 14 15 <!-- toc --> 16 17 - [Basic example](#basic-example) 18 - [Path helpers](#path-helpers) 19 - [Glob patterns](#glob-patterns) 20 - [ConfigMap and Secrets utility functions](#configmap-and-secrets-utility-functions) 21 - [Secrets](#secrets) 22 - [Lines](#lines) 23 24 <!-- tocstop --> 25 26 ## Basic example 27 28 With those caveats behind, let's write a template that reads three files into our ConfigMap. To get started, we will add three files to the chart, putting all three directly inside of the `mychart/` directory. 29 30 `config1.toml`: 31 32 ```toml 33 message = Hello from config 1 34 ``` 35 36 `config2.toml`: 37 38 ```toml 39 message = This is config 2 40 ``` 41 42 `config3.toml`: 43 44 ```toml 45 message = Goodbye from config 3 46 ``` 47 48 Each of these is a simple TOML file (think old-school Windows INI files). We know the names of these files, so we can use a `range` function to loop through them and inject their contents into our ConfigMap. 49 50 ```yaml 51 apiVersion: v1 52 kind: ConfigMap 53 metadata: 54 name: {{ .Release.Name }}-configmap 55 data: 56 {{- $files := .Files }} 57 {{- range tuple "config1.toml" "config2.toml" "config3.toml" }} 58 {{ . }}: |- 59 {{ $files.Get . }} 60 {{- end }} 61 ``` 62 63 This config map uses several of the techniques discussed in previous sections. For example, we create a `$files` variable to hold a reference to the `.Files` object. We also use the `tuple` function to create a list of files that we loop through. Then we print each file name (`{{.}}: |-`) followed by the contents of the file `{{ $files.Get . }}`. 64 65 Running this template will produce a single ConfigMap with the contents of all three files: 66 67 ```yaml 68 # Source: mychart/templates/configmap.yaml 69 apiVersion: v1 70 kind: ConfigMap 71 metadata: 72 name: quieting-giraf-configmap 73 data: 74 config1.toml: |- 75 message = Hello from config 1 76 77 config2.toml: |- 78 message = This is config 2 79 80 config3.toml: |- 81 message = Goodbye from config 3 82 ``` 83 84 ## Path helpers 85 86 When working with files, it can be very useful to perform some standard 87 operations on the file paths themselves. To help with this, Helm imports many of 88 the functions from Go's [path](https://golang.org/pkg/path/) package for your 89 use. They are all accessible with the same names as in the Go package, but 90 with a lowercase first letter. For example, `Base` becomes `base`, etc. 91 92 The imported functions are: 93 - Base 94 - Dir 95 - Ext 96 - IsAbs 97 - Clean 98 99 ## Glob patterns 100 101 As your chart grows, you may find you have a greater need to organize your 102 files more, and so we provide a `Files.Glob(pattern string)` method to assist 103 in extracting certain files with all the flexibility of [glob patterns](https://godoc.org/github.com/gobwas/glob). 104 105 `.Glob` returns a `Files` type, so you may call any of the `Files` methods on 106 the returned object. 107 108 For example, imagine the directory structure: 109 110 ``` 111 foo/: 112 foo.txt foo.yaml 113 114 bar/: 115 bar.go bar.conf baz.yaml 116 ``` 117 118 You have multiple options with Globs: 119 120 121 ```yaml 122 {{ range $path := .Files.Glob "**.yaml" }} 123 {{ $path }}: | 124 {{ .Files.Get $path }} 125 {{ end }} 126 ``` 127 128 Or 129 130 ```yaml 131 {{ range $path, $bytes := .Files.Glob "foo/*" }} 132 {{ $path }}: '{{ b64enc $bytes }}' 133 {{ end }} 134 ``` 135 136 ## ConfigMap and Secrets utility functions 137 138 (Not present in version 2.0.2 or prior) 139 140 It is very common to want to place file content into both configmaps and 141 secrets, for mounting into your pods at run time. To help with this, we provide a 142 couple utility methods on the `Files` type. 143 144 For further organization, it is especially useful to use these methods in 145 conjunction with the `Glob` method. 146 147 Given the directory structure from the [Glob](#glob-patterns) example above: 148 149 ```yaml 150 apiVersion: v1 151 kind: ConfigMap 152 metadata: 153 name: conf 154 data: 155 {{ (.Files.Glob "foo/*").AsConfig | indent 2 }} 156 --- 157 apiVersion: v1 158 kind: Secret 159 metadata: 160 name: very-secret 161 type: Opaque 162 data: 163 {{ (.Files.Glob "bar/*").AsSecrets | indent 2 }} 164 ``` 165 166 ## Secrets 167 168 When working with a Secret resource, you can import a file and have the template base-64 encode it for you: 169 170 ```yaml 171 apiVersion: v1 172 kind: Secret 173 metadata: 174 name: {{ .Release.Name }}-secret 175 type: Opaque 176 data: 177 token: |- 178 {{ .Files.Get "config1.toml" | b64enc }} 179 ``` 180 181 The above will take the same `config1.toml` file we used before and encode it: 182 183 ```yaml 184 # Source: mychart/templates/secret.yaml 185 apiVersion: v1 186 kind: Secret 187 metadata: 188 name: lucky-turkey-secret 189 type: Opaque 190 data: 191 token: |- 192 bWVzc2FnZSA9IEhlbGxvIGZyb20gY29uZmlnIDEK 193 ``` 194 195 ## Lines 196 197 Sometimes it is desirable to access each line of a file in your template. We 198 provide a convenient `Lines` method for this. 199 200 ```yaml 201 data: 202 some-file.txt: {{ range .Files.Lines "foo/bar.txt" }} 203 {{ . }}{{ end }} 204 ``` 205 206 Currently, there is no way to pass files external to the chart during `helm install`. So if you are asking users to supply data, it must be loaded using `helm install -f` or `helm install --set`. 207 208 This discussion wraps up our dive into the tools and techniques for writing Helm templates. In the next section we will see how you can use one special file, `templates/NOTES.txt`, to send post-installation instructions to the users of your chart. 209