helm-charts

Helm Charts Installer

Install various Kubernetes Helm charts on a Kubernetes cluster, This application is mainly intended for local cluster charts installations.
Important helm_charts supports python3.5+ only!

• Traefik (As Ingress Controller)
• Kubernetes Dashboard
• OpenFaaS
• Airflow
• More to come

Prerequisites

Install Docker Edge version, Follow instructions here (MacOS), Enter Docker preferences, And make sure to activate Kubernetes.

• The application assumes that file ~/.kube/config created/appended is generated by Docker installation, And the config file contains context of docker-desktop

Installation

Run

pip3 install helm-charts

Usage

Execute application
helm_charts [-h] [--config-file CONFIG_FILE] [--use-context USE_CONTEXT] [--helm-init]

Examples

Specify config file, default file is: ~/.kube/config
helm_charts --config-file PATH_TO_CONFIG_FILE

set cluster context, default context is: docker-desktop
helm_charts --use-context CONTEXT_NAME

set custom charts installation file:
helm_charts --supported-charts-file PATH_TO_FILE
for detail see below

also Executes 'helm init' command
helm_charts --helm-init

Custom Charts File

if using the --supported-charts-file flag,
file structure must be as:

- chart_name: ingress-traefik
  helm_repo_name: stable/traefik
  name_space: ingress-traefik
  values_file: ingress-traefik.values.local.yml
  private_image: False
  # extra_executes:
  #   - kubectl add something
  #   - some command with flags
  extra_executes: []

- chart_name: chart_name_to_install
  helm_repo_name: my_private_repo/some-chart
  name_space: kube-system
  values_file: kubernetes-dashboard.values.local.yml
  private_image: False
  # extra_executes:
  #   - kubectl add something
  #   - some command with flags
  extra_executes: []

...

values_file file must be present in the same directory,
all keys must be strings, private_image must be boolean , and extra_executes must be list

Access Kubernetes Dashboard

If kubernetes_dashboard selected during installation process, In order to login, access https://kubernetes.localhost Press Choose kubeconfig file or ... on right side,
Select ~/.kube/config file and press SIGN IN.
Also possible to choose SKIP as local installation allow this