helm

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Helm Kubernetes package manager with charts. Use for K8s deployments.

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Helm

Helm helps you manage Kubernetes applications via Charts (packages of pre-configured K8s resources). Helm v4 (2025) improves OCI integration and enables server-side apply.

When to Use

Packaging: Distribute your K8s app to others.
Templating: Manage complexity. One
```
deployment.yaml
```
template for Dev, Staging, and Prod.
Management: Easy upgrades/rollbacks (
```
helm rollback
```
).

Quick Start

bash

# Install a chart
helm install my-release oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/nginx

# Create a chart
helm create my-chart

yaml

# values.yaml
replicaCount: 2
image:
  repository: nginx
  tag: "1.25"

Core Concepts

Charts

A collection of files that describe a related set of Kubernetes resources.

Chart.yaml

,

values.yaml

,

templates/

.

OCI Registries

Helm v4 treats OCI (Docker) registries as first-class citizens. You push Charts to Docker Hub/ECR/GHCR just like container images.

Release

An instance of a chart running in a cluster.

Best Practices (2025)

Do:

Store Charts in OCI: Push charts to your container registry (
```
helm push
```
). Deprecate HTTP chart repositories.
Use
helm upgrade --install
: Idempotent command for CI/CD pipelines.
Use
helm lint
&
kubeval
: Validate templates before deploying.

Don't:

Don't overuse logic in templates: If your Go templates look like spaghetti code, consider using a simpler tool (Kustomize) or an Operator.

References

Helm Documentation