Does helm upgrade install?
Depends on a resource type of objects which you updating. Helm itself never make any decision about what should be updated. It just generates objects from templates based on your configuration and apply them to a Kubernetes.
Is helm install Idempotent?
That chart will deploy a service instead of a namespace. Here we use the idempotent form of install with Helm. This command will install the first time and update subsequent time. It is equivalent to a kubectl apply .
How long does helm install take?
Running a single hook manually with docker run is fast (~3 seconds). Running that same hook through Helm and Kubernetes regularly takes 15 seconds or more.
What is the difference between Helm2 and Helm3?
In Helm2, if you deploy a chart in a non-existing namespace, it will create the namespace automatically. In Helm3, you need to create the namespace first in order to deploy a release in that namespace.
Why does helm upgrade not perform install / upgrade?
This happens becuase we are search only for releases with the status DEPLOYED. This change will if the search for DEPLOYED fails, then try to search for a release with the state FAILED, and if found upgrade that. This fixes issue helm#3353
Why does helm not connect to Tiller server?
A: Helm uses the Kubernetes proxy service to connect to the Tiller server. If the command kubectl proxy does not work for you, neither will Helm. Typically, the error is related to a missing socat service. When I run a command on Helm, Tiller crashes with an error like this:
Is there a way to install helm locally?
Helm now has an installer script that will automatically grab the latest version of Helm and install it locally. You can fetch that script, and then execute it locally. It’s well documented so that you can read through it and understand what it is doing before you run it.
Why does helm install fail to install zookeeper?
I wanted to bring up zookeeper using helm install ., but it says Error: release failed: services “zookeeper” already exists. I don’t see anything if I execute helm list too. Before installing the service, I checked using helm list if it already exists, and it doesn’t.