How to use helmfile

Question

helmfile was released recently and we would like to adopt it. https://github.com/roboll/helmfile

my simple helmfile:

vim charts.yaml

...
releases:
  # Published chart example
  - name: prometheus_no_rbac                            # name of this release
    namespace: prometheus                       # target namespace
    chart: stable/prometheus     # the chart being installed to create this release, referenced by `repository/chart` syntax
    #values: [ vault.yaml ]                 # value files (--values)
    set:                                   # values (--set)
      - name: rbac.create
        value: false
...
wq!

When I run:

./helmfile -f charts.yaml
NAME:
   helmfile -

USAGE:
   helmfile [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   v0.8

COMMANDS:
     repos   sync repositories from state file (helm repo add && helm repo update)
     charts  sync charts from state file (helm repo upgrade --install)
     diff    diff charts from state file against env (helm diff)
     sync    sync all resources from state file (repos && charts)
     delete  delete charts from state file (helm delete)

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --file FILE, -f FILE  load config from FILE (default: "charts.yaml")
   --quiet, -q           silence output
   --kube-context value  Set kubectl context. Uses current context by default
   --help, -h            show help
   --version, -v         print the version

I just wanted to rewrite this piece of working code:

helm install stable/prometheus --name prom --set rbac.create=false --namespace=prometheus

We have a comprehensive write up on using `helmfile` here (with examples): https://docs.cloudposse.com/tools/helmfile/ Also, I recommend checking out their newest addition: `helmfile.d` which allows you to decompose a helmfile into smaller, ordered files. — Erik Osterman, Jul 04 '18 at 21:34
We have published our library of helmfiles here: https://github.com/cloudposse/helmfiles Examples include: kube2iam, kiam, external-dns, kube-lego, cert-manager, chartmuseum, nginx-ingress, prometheus-operator, kube-prometheus, grafana, datalog, fluentd-datadog-logs, fluentd-elasticsearch-logs, heapster, kubernetes dashboard, portal, kibana — Erik Osterman, Aug 10 '18 at 17:32

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 17 '18 at 11:58

Working example hemlfile of usage.

cat helmfile.yaml

context: <my_context> # not mandatory I guess

releases:
  # Published chart example
  - name: promnorbacxubuntu         # name of this release
    namespace: prometheus              # target namespace
    chart: stable/prometheus             # the chart being installed to create this release, referenced by `repository/chart` syntax
    set:                                   # values (--set)
      - name: rbac.create
        value: false

Usage:

./helmfile -f hemlfile.yaml sync

The problem was that they have released a new version v0.10 https://github.com/roboll/helmfile/releases/tag/v0.10

Github Issue: https://github.com/roboll/helmfile/issues/55#issuecomment-373714894

I have tested it in following envs.:

Ubuntu 16.04
Centos 7.3
windows 10 via cygwin with minikube + Virtualbox

Enjoy!

How to use helmfile

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