Installing Helm 3

This section describes how to install Helm 3.

For details, see https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/ .

Prerequisites

Ensure that the master node in the Kubernetes cluster can access the Internet.

Procedure

1. Run the following command to download the Helm 3 installation script.

   curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3
   

2. Run the following command to modify the permission on the Helm 3 installation script.

   chmod 700 get_helm.sh
   

3. Determine the Helm version to be installed based on the version mapping between Helm and Kubernetes. For details about the version mapping, see Helm Version Support Policy . Then run the following command to change the DESIRED_VERSION environment variable to the Helm version to be installed and run the installation command.

   DESIRED_VERSION=v3.9.0 ./get_helm.sh
   

4. Run the following command to check whether Helm 3 of the specified version is successfully installed.

   helm version
   

   If the following information is displayed, the installation is successful.

   version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.9.0", GitCommit:"7ceeda6c585217a19a1131663d8cd1f7d641b2a7", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.17.5"}