Kubernetes Helm

This package contains a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. Use Helm to find and use popular software packaged as Helm Charts to run in Kubernetes, share your own applications as Helm Charts, create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications, and intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files.

Common actions include searching for charts, pulling charts to view locally, installing charts to Kubernetes, and listing releases. Helm supports various environment variables for customizing cache, configuration, data storage, debug mode, storage drivers, and Kubernetes authentication settings.

Helm stores cache, configuration, and data based on environment variables, XDG base directory specification, or OS-specific defaults like $HOME/.cache/helm on Linux.

Helm operates as a client-side tool that interacts with Kubernetes API servers to manage chart packages containing pre-configured resources like deployments and services. It uses storage drivers (configmap, secret, memory, sql) for release history, supports impersonation and token-based authentication via environment variables or flags, and handles throttling with burst limits and QPS settings. Cached content is stored in configurable paths, and operations like install and list manipulate Kubernetes manifests reproducibly.