ansible-role-helm

Installs helm onto a variety of platforms
https://helm.sh
https://github.com/helm/helm

Dependencies

Roles

None

Collections

• kubernetes.core

Platforms

Supported platforms

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8¹
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9¹
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10¹
• RockyLinux 8
• RockyLinux 9
• RockyLinux 10
• OracleLinux 8
• OracleLinux 9
• OracleLinux 10
• AlmaLinux 8
• AlmaLinux 9
• AlmaLinux 10
• Debian 11 (Bullseye)
• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Debian 13 (Trixie)
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Fedora 42
• Fedora 43

Note: ¹ : no automated testing is performed on these platforms

Role Variables

defaults/main.yml

# Github CLI - API
helm_api: https://api.github.com/repos/helm/helm

# Github CLI - repo
helm_repo: https://github.com/helm/helm

# Helm archive
helm_archive_url: https://get.helm.sh/{{ helm_file }}

# Lookup table for architecture
helm:
  architecture:
    x86_64: amd64
    i386: i386
    armv6l: arm
    armv7l: arm
    aarch64: arm64
  system:
    Linux: linux
    Darwin: darwin

# Version of the CLI to install
helm_version: latest

# Location/ownership/permissions of the binary
helm_path: /usr/local/bin/helm
helm_owner: root
helm_group: root
helm_mode: '0755'

helm_plugins:
  - name: diff
    path: https://github.com/databus23/helm-diff
    state: present
#   - name: diff
#     state: absent

# Helm vlidate certs
# helm_validate_certs: true
helm_validate_certs: false

Example Playbook

molecule/default/converge.yml

- name: sample playbook for role 'helm'
  hosts: all
  become: 'yes'
  vars:
    molecule_driver: '{{ lookup(''env'', ''MOLECULE_DRIVER_NAME'') }}'
    helm_user: root
    helm_plugins:
      - name: diff
        path: https://github.com/databus23/helm-diff
        version: 3.15.2
      - name: unittest
        path: https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest
        version: latest
  tasks:
    - name: Include role 'helm'
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: helm