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Helm

Example bitops.config.yml

helm:
  cli:
    namespace: bitops
    timeout: 60s
    set:
     - "key1=value1"
     - "key2=value2"
    debug: false
    atomic: true
    force: true
    dry-run: true
  options:
    skip-deploy: false
    release-name: bitops-release
    uninstall-charts: "chart1,chart2"
    kubeconfig:
      path: ./path/to/kubeconfig
      fetch:
        enabled: true
        cluster-name: my-cluster
  plugins:

CLI Configuration

namespace

  • BitOps Property: namespace
  • Environment Variable: NAMESPACE
  • default: ""
  • required: yes

namespace scope for this request

timeout

  • BitOps Property: timeout
  • Environment Variable: TIMEOUT
  • default: "500s"

time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks)

set

  • BitOps Property: set
  • Environment Variable: HELM_SET_FLAG
  • default: {}

list of "key=value" strings to pass in to helm via --set

debug

  • BitOps Property: debug
  • Environment Variable: HELM_DEBUG
  • default: ""

enable verbose helm output

atomic

  • BitOps Property: atomic
  • Environment Variable: TODO
  • default: ""

if set, the installation process deletes the installation on failure

force

  • BitOps Property: force
  • Environment Variable: TODO
  • default: ""

sets helm's --force flag

dry-run

  • BitOps Property: dry-run
  • Environment Variable: TODO
  • default: ""

simulate an install

Options Configuration

skip-deploy

  • BitOps Property: skip-deploy
  • Environment Variable: SKIP_DEPLOY
  • default: ""

will skip helm execution

release-name

  • BitOps Property: release-name
  • Environment Variable: HELM_RELEASE_NAME
  • default: ""

sets helm release name

uninstall

  • BitOps Property: uninstall
  • Environment Variable: HELM_UNINSTALL
  • default: ""

If true, this chart will be uninstalled instead of deployed/upgraded. If the environment variable HELM_UNINSTALL is passed in to the container, all BitOps managed charts for a given environment will be uninstalled.

kubeconfig

  • BitOps Property: kubeconfig

configure cluster access. Has the following child-properties. Should provide one of path or fetch. Defaults to fetch

path

  • BitOps Property: kubeconfig.path
  • Environment Variable: KUBE_CONFIG_PATH
  • default: ""

relative file path to .kubeconfig file

fetch

  • BitOps Property: kubeconfig.fetch

fetch kubeconfig using cloud provider auth

enabled
  • BitOps Property: kubeconfig.fetch.enabled
  • Environment Variable: FETCH_KUBECONFIG
  • default: true

enables/disables kubeconfig.fetch

cluster-name
  • BitOps Property: kubeconfig.fetch.cluster-name
  • Environment Variable: CLUSTER_NAME
  • default: ""

cloud kubernetes cluster name for kubeconfig fetching.

Plugin Configuration

This section of bitops.config.yml is unique to helm and allows the customization of helm plugins

S3 Plugin

  • BitOps Property: s3

Configure helm s3 plugin with the following properties

region

  • BitOps Property: s3.region
  • Environment Variable: HELM_PLUGIN_S3_REGION

AWS region containing s3 bucket

bucket

  • BitOps Property: s3.bucket
  • Environment Variable: HELM_CHARTS_S3_BUCKET

AWS s3 bucket name

Additional Environment Variable Configuration

Although not captured in bitops.config.yml, the following environment variables can be set to further customize behaviour

SKIP_DEPLOY_HELM

Will skill all helm executions. This superseeds all other configuration

HELM_UNINSTALL_CHARTS

Comma separated string. If any of the charts to be deployed match one of the chart names listed here, it will be uninstalled with helm uninstall $HELM_RELEASE_NAME instead of deployed/upgraded.