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Configuring the Helm Client
Download Helm client version 2.9.0 or above for authenticated access
To use all features of Artifactory Helm chart repositories, including resolution of Helm charts, you must use version 2.9.0 or above of the Helm client that supports basic authenticated access to Artifactory.
Before you can use your Helm client to resolve Helm charts from Artifactory, you need to configure it for authenticated access with your Artifactory user and password by adding the virtual Helm chart repository to be used for resolution as shown below:
helm repo add <REPO_KEY> http://<ARTIFACTORY_HOST>:<ARTIFACTORY_PORT>/artifactory/<REPO_KEY> --username <USERNAME> --password <PASSWORD> helm repo update
For example:
helm repo add helm-virtual http://10.1.16.114:32775/artifactory/helm-virtual --username admin --password password helm repo update
Use an encrypted password
We recommend using an encrypted password instead of clear-text. For details, please refer to Centrally Secure Passwords.
Using The JFrog Helm Client
JFrog Helm Client
The JFrog Helm Client was necessary for authenticated access to Artifactory before the Helm client supported basic authentication (before version 2.9.0).
If you are using the JFrog Helm Client, you need to configure it for authenticated access with your Artifactory user and password by adding the virtual Helm chart repository to be used for resolution as shown below:
helm repo add <REPO_KEY> http://<ARTIFACTORY_HOST>:<ARTIFACTORY_PORT>/artifactory/<REPO_KEY> <USERNAME> <PASSWORD> helm repo update
For example:
helm repo add helm-virtual http://10.1.16.114:32775/artifactory/helm-virtual admin password helm repo update
Configuration
Local Repositories
To enable calculation of Helm chart metadata, set Helm to be the Package Type when you create your local repository.
Resolving Helm charts
Artifactory only supports resolution of Helm charts from virtual repositories.
Remote Repositories
You can create Helm remote repository to proxy and cache remote repositories or other Artifactory instances.
In order for Artifactory to properly cache Helm charts, resolve the charts only through a virtual repository.
Virtual Repositories
A Virtual Repository defined in Artifactory aggregates packages from both local and remote repositories.
This allows you to access both locally hosted Helm charts and remote proxied Helm charts repositories from a single URL defined for the virtual repository.
To define a virtual Helm chart repository, create a virtual repository, set the Package Type to be Helm, and select the underlying local and remote Helm repositories to include in the Basic settings tab.
This repository will be configured in the Helm client.
Resolving Helm Charts
Virtual Repositories Only
Artifactory only supports resolution of Helm charts from virtual Helm chart repositories. To resolve Helm charts from other local or remote Helm chart repositories, you need to aggregate them in a virtual Helm chart repository.
To resolve a Helm chart through Artifactory, use the following command:
helm install <REPO_KEY>/<CHART_NAME>
For example:
helm install helm-virtual/artifactory
Deploying Helm Charts
Deploying Helm charts is done using cURL, Wget, JFrog CLI or any of the ways described in Deploying Artifacts.
Setting the Default Deployment Repository
To deploy Helm charts to a virtual Helm repository, make sure you have set the Default Deployment Repository.
Reindexing a Helm Chart repository
You can trigger an asynchronous reindexing of a local Helm chart repository either through the UI or using the REST API.
Through the UI, select your Helm chart repository in the Tree Browser and select Recalculate Index from the right-click menu as shown below (requires Admin privileges)
To reindex a Helm chart repository through the REST API, please refer to Calculate Helm Chart Index.
Viewing Individual Helm Chart Information
Artifactory displays selected metadata of a Helm chart in its UI.
Artifactory lets you view selected metadata of a Helm chart directly from the UI.
In the Tree Browser, select your virtual Helm chart repository and drill down to find and select the package you want to inspect. The metadata is displayed in the Chart Info tab.
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