Aditya Menon
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* build(deps): update Helm v4 from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 Update Helm v4 binary and Go library dependency to version 4.0.1. Changes: - Update helm.sh/helm/v4 Go module from v4.0.0 to v4.0.1 - Update Helm binary version in all Dockerfiles (alpine, ubuntu, debian) - Update SHA256 checksums for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 - Update CI workflow matrix to test against v4.0.1 - Update HelmRecommendedVersion constant in pkg/app/init.go - Update test mocks to return v4.0.1 version string - Update test plugin fixture version Signed-off-by: Aditya Menon <amenon@canarytechnologies.com> * build(deps): update helm-secrets from 4.7.0 to 4.7.4 Update helm-secrets plugin version across all configurations: - Docker images (all 3 variants) - use ARG variable for version - CI test matrix - Integration test defaults - Unit test fixtures and expectations - HelmSecretsRecommendedVersion constant - Dynamic plugin installation in exec.go Also update plugin filename format from helm-secrets-*.tgz to secrets-{version}.tgz to match the new release naming convention. Update suppress-output-line-regex test expected output for Helm 4.0.1 which now suppresses Service diff after ipFamily normalization. Signed-off-by: Aditya Menon <amenon@canarytechnologies.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Aditya Menon <amenon@canarytechnologies.com>
Helmfile
Deploy Kubernetes Helm Charts
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About
Helmfile is a declarative spec for deploying helm charts. It lets you...
- Keep a directory of chart value files and maintain changes in version control.
- Apply CI/CD to configuration changes.
- Periodically sync to avoid skew in environments.
To avoid upgrades for each iteration of helm, the helmfile executable delegates to helm - as a result, the following must be installed
Highlights
Declarative: Write, version-control, apply the desired state file for visibility and reproducibility.
Modules: Modularize common patterns of your infrastructure, distribute it via Git, S3, etc. to be reused across the entire company (See #648)
Versatility: Manage your cluster consisting of charts, kustomizations, and directories of Kubernetes resources, turning everything to Helm releases (See #673)
Patch: JSON/Strategic-Merge Patch Kubernetes resources before helm-installing, without forking upstream charts (See #673)
Status
May 2025 Update
- Helmfile v1.0 and v1.1 has been released. We recommend upgrading directly to v1.1 if you are still using v0.x.
- If you haven't already upgraded, please go over this v1 proposal here to see a small list of breaking changes.
Installation
1: Binary Installation
download one of releases
2: Package Manager
- Archlinux: install via
pacman -S helmfile - openSUSE: install via
zypper in helmfileassuming you are on Tumbleweed; if you are on Leap you must add the kubic repo for your distribution version once before that command, e.g.zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic/openSUSE_Leap_\$releasever kubic - Windows (using scoop):
scoop install helmfile - macOS (using homebrew):
brew install helmfile
3: Container
For more details, see run as a container
Make sure to run
helmfile initonce after installation. Helmfile uses the helm-diff plugin.
Getting Started
Let's start with a simple helmfile and gradually improve it to fit your use-case!
Suppose the helmfile.yaml representing the desired state of your helm releases looks like:
repositories:
- name: prometheus-community
url: https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
releases:
- name: prom-norbac-ubuntu
namespace: prometheus
chart: prometheus-community/prometheus
set:
- name: rbac.create
value: false
Sync your Kubernetes cluster state to the desired one by running:
helmfile apply
Congratulations! You now have your first Prometheus deployment running inside your cluster.
Iterate on the helmfile.yaml by referencing:
More complex examples
See: multi-env-helmfile
Docs
Please read complete documentation
Contributing
Welcome to contribute together to make helmfile better: contributing doc
Attribution
We use:
- semtag for automated semver tagging. I greatly appreciate the author(pnikosis)'s effort on creating it and their kindness to share it!
Users
Helmfile has been used by many users in production:
For more users, please see: Users