HELM.md

Common Helm Commands

This document provides a list of common Helm commands along with brief descriptions.

Here you’ll find the list of CLI commands for Helm, with help info on their usage.

Helm cheatsheet featuring all the necessary commands required to manage an application through Helm.

Helm Basics

Command	Description
helm create	Create a new Helm chart.
helm lint	Run linting on a chart to check for errors.
helm package	Package a chart directory into a chart archive.
helm search hub	Search for charts in the Helm Hub.
helm search repo	Search for charts in the Helm repository.
helm show all	Show details of a chart.
helm show chart	Show the chart’s definition.
helm show values	Show the chart’s values.
helm show readme	Show the chart’s README.
helm show hooks	Show the chart’s hooks.

Helm Repositories

Command	Description
helm repo add	Add a Helm repository.
helm repo list	List all Helm repositories.
helm repo update	Update information on available charts from the chart repositories.
helm repo remove	Remove one or more Helm repositories.

Helm Chart Management

Command	Description
helm install	Install a Helm chart.
helm upgrade	Upgrade a release to a new chart or version.
helm rollback	Roll back a release to a previous revision.
helm uninstall	Uninstall a release.
helm list	List all Helm releases.
helm status	Display the status of a named release.
helm history	Fetch release history.

Helm Release Management

Command	Description
helm get	Download information about a release.
helm get all	Download all information for a named release.
helm get hooks	Download all hooks for a named release.
helm get manifest	Download the manifest for a named release.
helm get notes	Download the notes for a named release.
helm get values	Download the values file for a named release.

Helm Environment

Command	Description
helm env	Display Helm environment information.

Helm Template Rendering

Command	Description
helm template	Render templates locally and display the output.

Helm Dependency Management

Command	Description
helm dependency list	List the dependencies for a chart.
helm dependency update	Update the dependencies for a chart.
helm dependency build	Rebuild the dependencies for a chart.

Helm Plugins

Command	Description
helm plugin list	List installed Helm plugins.
helm plugin install	Install a Helm plugin from a URL.
helm plugin update	Update a Helm plugin.
helm plugin remove	Remove a Helm plugin.

Helm Completion

Command	Description
helm completion bash	Generate Bash autocompletions script.
helm completion zsh	Generate Zsh autocompletions script.

Helm Miscellaneous

Command	Description
helm version	Display the Helm client version information.
helm help	Provide help for Helm commands.

These commands form the basic toolkit for managing Kubernetes applications using Helm.