github.com/y-taka-23/helm@v2.8.0+incompatible/docs/chart_template_guide/values_files.md (about) 1 # Values Files 2 3 In the previous section we looked at the built-in objects that Helm templates offer. One of the four built-in objects is `Values`. This object provides access to values passed into the chart. Its contents come from four sources: 4 5 - The `values.yaml` file in the chart 6 - If this is a subchart, the `values.yaml` file of a parent chart 7 - A values file if passed into `helm install` or `helm update` with the `-f` flag (`helm install -f myvals.yaml ./mychart`) 8 - Individual parameters passed with `--set` (such as `helm install --set foo=bar ./mychart`) 9 10 The list above is in order of specificity: `values.yaml` is the default, which can be overridden by a parent chart's `values.yaml`, which can in turn be overridden by a user-supplied values file, which can in turn be overridden by `--set` parameters. 11 12 Values files are plain YAML files. Let's edit `mychart/values.yaml` and then edit our ConfigMap template. 13 14 Removing the defaults in `values.yaml`, we'll set just one parameter: 15 16 ```yaml 17 favoriteDrink: coffee 18 ``` 19 20 Now we can use this inside of a template: 21 22 ```yaml 23 apiVersion: v1 24 kind: ConfigMap 25 metadata: 26 name: {{ .Release.Name }}-configmap 27 data: 28 myvalue: "Hello World" 29 drink: {{ .Values.favoriteDrink }} 30 ``` 31 32 Notice on the last line we access `favoriteDrink` as an attribute of `Values`: `{{ .Values.favoriteDrink}}`. 33 34 Let's see how this renders. 35 36 ```console 37 $ helm install --dry-run --debug ./mychart 38 SERVER: "localhost:44134" 39 CHART PATH: /Users/mattbutcher/Code/Go/src/k8s.io/helm/_scratch/mychart 40 NAME: geared-marsupi 41 TARGET NAMESPACE: default 42 CHART: mychart 0.1.0 43 MANIFEST: 44 --- 45 # Source: mychart/templates/configmap.yaml 46 apiVersion: v1 47 kind: ConfigMap 48 metadata: 49 name: geared-marsupi-configmap 50 data: 51 myvalue: "Hello World" 52 drink: coffee 53 ``` 54 55 Because `favoriteDrink` is set in the default `values.yaml` file to `coffee`, that's the value displayed in the template. We can easily override that by adding a `--set` flag in our call to `helm install`: 56 57 ``` 58 helm install --dry-run --debug --set favoriteDrink=slurm ./mychart 59 SERVER: "localhost:44134" 60 CHART PATH: /Users/mattbutcher/Code/Go/src/k8s.io/helm/_scratch/mychart 61 NAME: solid-vulture 62 TARGET NAMESPACE: default 63 CHART: mychart 0.1.0 64 MANIFEST: 65 --- 66 # Source: mychart/templates/configmap.yaml 67 apiVersion: v1 68 kind: ConfigMap 69 metadata: 70 name: solid-vulture-configmap 71 data: 72 myvalue: "Hello World" 73 drink: slurm 74 ``` 75 76 Since `--set` has a higher precedence than the default `values.yaml` file, our template generates `drink: slurm`. 77 78 Values files can contain more structured content, too. For example, we could create a `favorite` section in our `values.yaml` file, and then add several keys there: 79 80 ```yaml 81 favorite: 82 drink: coffee 83 food: pizza 84 ``` 85 86 Now we would have to modify the template slightly: 87 88 ``` 89 apiVersion: v1 90 kind: ConfigMap 91 metadata: 92 name: {{ .Release.Name }}-configmap 93 data: 94 myvalue: "Hello World" 95 drink: {{ .Values.favorite.drink }} 96 food: {{ .Values.favorite.food }} 97 ``` 98 99 While structuring data this way is possible, the recommendation is that you keep your values trees shallow, favoring flatness. When we look at assigning values to subcharts, we'll see how values are named using a tree structure. 100 101 ## Deleting a default key 102 103 If you need to delete a key from the default values, you may override the value of the key to be `null`, in which case Helm will remove the key from the overridden values merge. 104 105 For example, the stable Drupal chart allows configuring the liveness probe, in case you configure a custom image. Here are the default values: 106 ```yaml 107 livenessProbe: 108 httpGet: 109 path: /user/login 110 port: http 111 initialDelaySeconds: 120 112 ``` 113 114 If you try to override the livenessProbe handler to `exec` instead of `httpGet` using `--set livenessProbe.exec.command=[cat,docroot/CHANGELOG.txt]`, Helm will coalesce the default and overridden keys together, resulting in the following YAML: 115 ```yaml 116 livenessProbe: 117 httpGet: 118 path: /user/login 119 port: http 120 exec: 121 command: 122 - cat 123 - docroot/CHANGELOG.txt 124 initialDelaySeconds: 120 125 ``` 126 127 However, Kubernetes would then fail because you can not declare more than one livenessProbe handler. To overcome this, you may instruct Helm to delete the `livenessProbe.httpGet` by setting it to null: 128 ```sh 129 helm install stable/drupal --set image=my-registry/drupal:0.1.0 --set livenessProbe.exec.command=[cat,docroot/CHANGELOG.txt] --set livenessProbe.httpGet=null 130 ``` 131 132 At this point, we've seen several built-in objects, and used them to inject information into a template. Now we will take a look at another aspect of the template engine: functions and pipelines.