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Creating a Helm Chart Package

Before you can include a Helm chart in a release, you must first package the Helm chart, including any of its dependencies, as a .tgz file. Then, you add the .tgz Helm chart package to your release.

There are different steps for creating the Helm chart package depending on if the Helm chart source is in a remote chart repository such as Artifact Hub, or in a local directory.

For more information about the Helm CLI commands in this procedure, see the Helm Commands section in the Helm documentation.

To create a Helm chart package:

  1. If the Helm chart source is in a chart repository, do the following:

    1. Run the following command to update your local directory with the latest available Helm chart information from your chart repositories:

      helm repo update
      note

      You can also pass the names of a specific repository or repositories that you want to update in the helm repo update command. For more information, see Helm Repo Update in the Helm documentation.

    2. Download the latest copy of the desired Helm chart from a repository. Run:

      helm fetch REPO_NAME/CHART_NAME

      Replace:

      • REPO_NAME with the name of the repository where the Helm chart is located.
      • CHART_NAME with the name of the Helm chart as it appears in the repository.

      The Helm chart, including any dependencies, is packaged and copied to your current directory in a .tgz file. The file uses the naming convention: CHART_NAME-VERSION.tgz. For example, postgresql-8.1.2.tgz.

  2. If the Helm chart source is in your local directory, do the following:

    1. In your local directory, cd to the location of the Chart.yaml file for the Helm chart.

    2. If the Chart.yaml file includes any dependencies, update the charts/ directory. Run:

      helm dependency update

    3. Package the Helm chart. Run:

      helm package .

      The Helm chart, including any dependencies, is packaged and copied to your current directory in a .tgz file. The file uses the naming convention: CHART_NAME-VERSION.tgz. For example, postgresql-8.1.2.tgz.

Next Step​

Use the Helm chart package to create a Helm release. See Creating Releases with the Vendor Portal.