chart-releaser

Chart Releaser turns github repositories into Helm Chart Repositories

Chart Releaser is a tool designed to help github repos self-host their own chart repos by adding Helm Chart artifacts to github releases named for the chart version and then creating an index.yaml find for those releases that can be hosted in github pages (or elsewhere!).

The examples below were used to create the demo chart found at paulczar/helm-demo which has github pages configured to serve the docs directory of the master branch.

Usage

$ go install github.com/helm/chart-releaser
$ chart-releaser
chart-releaser creates helm chart repositories on github pages by uploading Chart packages
and Chart metadata to github releases and creating a suitable index file.

Usage:
  chart-releaser [command]

Available Commands:
  help        Help about any command
  index       creates helm repo index.yaml for given github repo
  upload      Uploads Helm Chart packages to github releases

Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.chart-releaser.yaml)
  -h, --help            help for chart-releaser
  -t, --toggle          Help message for toggle

Use "chart-releaser [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Upload Helm Chart Packages

Scans a path for Helm Chart Package and creates a release in the specified github repo then uploads the package and Chart.yaml

$ chart-releaser upload -o paulczar -r helm-demo -t $TOKEN -p ~/development/scratch/helm/demo/ --recursive
--> Processing package demo-0.1.0.tgz
release "0.1.0"====> Release 0.1.0 already exists
====> Release 0.1.0 already contains package demo-0.1.0.tgz
====> Release 0.1.0 already contains Chart.yaml
--> Processing package demo-0.1.10.tgz
release "0.1.10"====> Release 0.1.10 already exists
====> Release 0.1.10 already contains package demo-0.1.10.tgz
====> Release 0.1.10 already contains Chart.yaml
...

Create Index from Github releases

Once uploaded you can create an index.yaml file that can be hosted in github pages (or elsewhere).

$ chart-releaser index -o paulczar -r helm-demo -t $TOKEN -p ~/development/scratch/helm/demo/docs/index.yaml
====> Using existing index at /home/pczarkowski/development/scratch/helm/demo/docs/index.yaml
--> Checking for releases with helm chart packages
====> Found demo-0.1.0.tgz
====> Found demo-0.1.14.tgz
...
--> Updating index /home/pczarkowski/development/scratch/helm/demo/docs/index.yaml

Using the resultant Helm Chart Repository

$ helm repo add demo https://tech.paulcz.net/helm-demo
"demo" has been added to your repositories
$ helm install --repo http://tech.paulcz.net/helm-demo demo
NAME:   kindred-stoat
...

Installation

Binaries (recommended)

Download your preferred asset from the releases page and install manually.

Go get (for contributing)

$ go get -d github.com/helm/chart-releaser
$ cd $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/helm/chart-releaser
$ dep ensure -vendor-only
$ go install