Values file: values.yaml

• https://helm.sh/docs/chart_template_guide/values_files/

helm create my-chart
mychart/
 Chart.yaml
 values.yaml
 charts/
 templates/
 ...

Update installed helm

• helm upgrade -f ingress-controller/values.yml nginx-ingress stable/nginx-ingress

• helm upgrade elasticsearch elastic/elasticsearch -f ./elasticsearch values.yaml

Example: helm create

helm create my-first-chart
Creating my-first-chart

find my-first-chart
my-first-chart
my-first-chart/Chart.yaml
my-first-chart/charts
my-first-chart/.helmignore
my-first-chart/templates
my-first-chart/templates/deployment.yaml
my-first-chart/templates/NOTES.txt
my-first-chart/templates/ingress.yaml
my-first-chart/templates/tests
my-first-chart/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
my-first-chart/templates/service.yaml
my-first-chart/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
my-first-chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
my-first-chart/values.yaml

Examples

Grafana example:

• https://github.com/helm/charts/blob/master/stable/grafana/values.yaml

Elasticsearch example, elasticsearch_values.yaml:

• https://github.com/elastic/helm-charts/blob/main/elasticsearch/values.yaml

Prometheus:

• prometheus_values.yml

Related

• elasticsearch_values.yaml
• persistence:
• Consul: https://www.consul.io/docs/k8s/helm
• helm create
• --set, set, set_list
• .Values
• .Release
• .Chart
• global:

Helm

• helm show values: helm show values elastic/elasticsearch
• helm show values --help
• helm get values: helm get values elasticsearch --all
• helm install --values
• helm upgrade --reuse-values

See also

• values.yaml, helm show values, elasticsearch_values.yaml
• helm upgrade [ --reuse-values | --atomic | --debug | --force | --reuse-values | --reset-values | --verify ], helm install, --help
• helm install [ --set | --dry-run | --debug | --timeout | --namespace | --create-namespace | --generate-name | --help ] values.yaml, helm upgrade --install