README.rst

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Helm formula
============

This formula installs Helm client, installs Tiller on Kubernetes cluster and
manages releases in it.

Available States
===============

The default state applied by this formula (e.g. if just applying `helm`) will
apply the `helm.releases_managed` state.

.. note:: For backward compatibility till release 2.0 was kept the state client.sls,
          which just re-call the helm.release_managed

`kubectl_installed`
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Optionally installs the kubectl binary per the configured pillar values,
such as the version of `kubectl` to install and the path where the binary should
be installed.

`kubectl_configured`
------------------

Manages a kubectl configuration file and gce_token json file per the configured
pillar values. Note that the available configuration values allow the path of
the kube config file to be placed at a different location than the default
installation path; this is recommended to avoid confusion if the kubectl
binary on the minion might be manually used with multiple contexts.

**includes**:
* `kubectl_installed`

`client_installed`
------------------

Installs the helm client binary per the configured pillar values, such as where
helm home should be, which version of the helm binary to install and that path
for the helm binary.

**includes**:
* `kubectl_installed

`tiller_installed`
------------------

Optionally installs a Tiller deployment to the Kubernetes cluster per the
`helm:client:tiller:install` pillar value. If the pillar value is set to
install tiller to the cluster, the version of the tiller installation will
match the version of the Helm client installed per the `helm:client:version`
configuration parameter

**includes**:
* `client_installed`
* `kubectl_configured`

`repos_managed`
------------------

Ensures the repositories configured per the pillar (and only those repositories)
are registered at the configured helm home, and synchronizes the local cache
with the remote repository with each state execution.

**includes**:
* `client_installed`

`releases_managed`
------------------

Ensures the releases configured with the pillar are in the expected state with
the Kubernetes cluster. This state includes change detection to determine
whether the pillar configurations match the release's state in the cluster.

Note that changes to an existing release's namespace will trigger a deletion and
re-installation of the release to the cluster.

**includes**:
* `client_installed`
* `tiller_installed`
* `kubectl_configured`
* `repos_managed`

Availale Modules
===============

To view documentation on the available modules, run:

`salt '{{ tgt }}' sys.doc helm`


Sample pillars
==============

See the [default reclass pillar configuration](metadata/service/client.yml) for
a documented example pillar file.

Example Configurations
======================

_The following examples demonstrate configuring the formula for different
use cases._

The default pillar configuration will install the helm client on the target
node, and Tiller to the Kubernetes cluster (assuming kubectl config or local
cluster endpoint have already been configured.

Change version of helm being downloaded and installed:

.. code-block:: yaml

    helm:
      client:
        version: 2.6.0  # defaults to 2.6.2 currently
        download_hash: sha256=youneedtocalculatehashandputithere

Don't install tiller and use existing one exposed on some well-known address:

.. code-block:: yaml

    helm:
      client:
        tiller:
          install: false
          host: 10.11.12.13:14151

Change namespace where tiller is isntalled and looked for:

.. code-block:: yaml

    helm:
      client:
        tiller:
          namespace: not-kube-system  # kube-system is default

Install Mirantis repository and deploy zookeper chart from it:

.. code-block:: yaml

    helm:
      client:
        repos:
          mirantisworkloads: https://mirantisworkloads.storage.googleapis.com/
        releases:
          zoo1:
            name: my-zookeeper
            chart: mirantisworkloads/zookeeper  # we reference installed repo
            version: 1.2.0  # select any available version
            values:
              logLevel: INFO  # any values used by chart can specified here

Delete that release:

.. code-block:: yaml

    helm:
      client:
        repos:
          mirantisworkloads: https://mirantisworkloads.storage.googleapis.com/
        releases:
          zoo1:
            enabled: false

Install kubectl and manage remote cluster:

.. code-block:: yaml

    helm:
      client:
        kubectl:
          install: true  # installs kubectl 1.6.7 by default
          config:
            # directly translated to cluster definition in kubeconfig
            cluster:
              server: https://kubernetes.example.com
              certificate-authority-data: base64_of_ca_certificate
            cluster_name: kubernetes.example
            # directly translated to user definition in kubeconfig
            user:
              username: admin
              password: uberadminpass
            user_name: admin

Change kubectl download URL and use it with GKE-based cluster:

.. code-block:: yaml

    helm:
      client:
        kubectl:
          install: true
          download_url: https://dl.k8s.io/v1.6.7/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz
          download_hash: sha256=calculate_hash_here
          config:
            # directly translated to cluster definition in kubeconfig
            cluster:
              server: https://3.141.59.265
              certificate-authority-data: base64_of_ca_certificate
            # directly translated to user definition in kubeconfig
            user:
              auth-provider:
                name: gcp
            user_name: gce_user
            gce_service_token: base64_of_json_token_downloaded_from_cloud_console

Known Issues
============

1. Unable to remove all user supplied values

If a release previously has had user supplied value overrides (via the
release's `values` key in the pillar), subsequently removing all `values`
overrides (so that there is no more `values` key for the release in the
pillar) will not actually update the Helm deployment. To get around this,
specify a fake key/value pair in the release's pillar; Tiller will override
all previously user-supplied values with the new fake key and value. For
example:


.. code-block:: yaml
    helm:
      client:
        releases:
          zoo1:
            enabled: true
            ...
            values:
              fake_key: fake_value


More Information
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* https://github.com/kubernetes/charts
* https://fabric8.io/helm/