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DrEdWilliams: /* Installing Helm */

2021-10-19T11:11:25Z

Installing Helm

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	# Download your [https://github.com/helm/helm/releases desired version]		# Download your [https://github.com/helm/helm/releases desired version]
	# Unpack it (tar -zxvf helm-v2.0.0-linux-amd64.tgz)		# Unpack it (tar -zxvf helm-v2.0.0-linux-amd64.tgz)
	# Find the helm binary in the unpacked directory, and move it to its desired destination (mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm)		# Find the helm binary in the unpacked directory, and move it to its desired destination:
			mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm

	From there, you should be able to run the client: helm help.		From there, you should be able to run the client: helm help.

DrEdWilliams: included where the repo data is stored

2021-10-14T10:22:58Z

included where the repo data is stored

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	helm repo add stable https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com/		helm repo add stable https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com/

	Validate that the installation was successful by listing the available packages:		Note that the repo is stored locally on the system where the command was issued, not in the cluster itself. Validate that the installation was successful by listing the available packages:

	helm search repo stable		helm search repo stable

	These instructions were condensed from the [https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/ helm quickstart guide].		These instructions were condensed from the [https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/ helm quickstart guide].

DrEdWilliams: completely rewritten to accommodate helm v3

2020-08-27T00:19:03Z

completely rewritten to accommodate helm v3

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 == Installing Helm ==
-There are two parts to Helm: The Helm client (helm) and the Helm server (Tiller).
+The redesigned helm v3 only requires a client executable to be installed on whichever system where package installations will be initiated.
 Every [https://github.com/helm/helm/releases release] of Helm provides binary releases for a variety of OSes. These binary versions can be manually downloaded and installed.
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 From there, you should be able to run the client: helm help.
-== Installing Tiller ==
+The only other action required is to install a repo for it to pull packages from:
-First -- define the service account using this in the file rbac-config.yaml:
+ helm repo add stable https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com/
-create the service account:
+Validate that the installation was successful by listing the available packages:
-  $ kubectl create -f rbac-config.yaml
+  helm search repo stable
-This file and instructions are contained in the [https://gitlab.williams-net.org/k8s/k8s-admin GitLab k8s-admin repository].  These instructions were condensed from the [https://helm.sh/docs/using_helm/#installing-helm helm online documentation].
+These instructions were condensed from the [https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/ helm quickstart guide].

DrEdWilliams: Created page with "== Installing Helm == There are two parts to Helm: The Helm client (helm) and the Helm server (Tiller). Every [https://github.com/helm/helm/releases release] of Helm provide..."

2019-08-03T01:27:22Z

Created page with "== Installing Helm == There are two parts to Helm: The Helm client (helm) and the Helm server (Tiller). Every [https://github.com/helm/helm/releases release] of Helm provide..."

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== Installing Helm ==
There are two parts to Helm: The Helm client (helm) and the Helm server (Tiller).

Every [https://github.com/helm/helm/releases release] of Helm provides binary releases for a variety of OSes. These binary versions can be manually downloaded and installed.

# Download your [https://github.com/helm/helm/releases desired version]
# Unpack it (tar -zxvf helm-v2.0.0-linux-amd64.tgz)
# Find the helm binary in the unpacked directory, and move it to its desired destination (mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm)

From there, you should be able to run the client: helm help.

== Installing Tiller ==
Tiller, the server portion of Helm, typically runs inside of your Kubernetes cluster.

We will install tiller so that it has explicit RBAC access -- using a service account that we create that has cluster-admin privileges. It is just as easy to use a service account with more restricted permissions (say, just for a given namespace) to reduce the security exposure.

First -- define the service account using this in the file rbac-config.yaml:
<pre>apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: tiller
namespace: kube-system
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: tiller
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: tiller
namespace: kube-system</pre>

create the service account:

$ kubectl create -f rbac-config.yaml
serviceaccount "tiller" created
clusterrolebinding "tiller" created
$ helm init --service-account tiller --history-max 200

This file and instructions are contained in the [https://gitlab.williams-net.org/k8s/k8s-admin GitLab k8s-admin repository]. These instructions were condensed from the [https://helm.sh/docs/using_helm/#installing-helm helm online documentation].