Installing Helm

Installing Helm Client

The installation process using package managers will vary depending on your operating system.

 

  • From Homebrew (macOS)

Install Homebrew using the command line in Terminal:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Now, install Helm:

brew install helm

  • From Chocolatey (Windows)
Install Chocolatey using the command line, running Command Prompt as administrator:
@"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

Now, use the command line to install Helm:

choco install kubernetes-helm

  • From Apt (Debian/Ubuntu)

Use the command line in Terminal to add the Helm Repository to your system:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash

Update the package:

sudo apt-get update

Now, use apt command line to install Helm:

sudo apt-get install helm

 

  • From Installer Script

Run the command lines bellow, for all Operational Systems: 

curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3
chmod 700 get_helm.sh
./get_helm.sh

 

  • From Helm Binary
Download and extract the binary release according to your OS here
Move your binary to the executable path folder. Now the OS will be allowed to recognize and execute it as a command. 

 mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/

 

Now, you can run the command version to verify installation:

helm version

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Since Helm is installed, you can deploy a Helm Chart to your cluster. Read about it here