ChartServer is an in-cluster Helm Chart repository that maintains and serves an index of Helm charts. ChartServer uses Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to deploy new Charts and Chart Versions.

Quick Start

Install ChartServer

Deploy the ChartServer operator to a cluster:

helm repo add chartserver https://chart.sh/charts
helm install chartserver/chartserver

or

kubectl apply -f https://get.chart.sh

Create a Chart

A chart is not an installable chart. A chart will not be installable until at least 1 chart version has been deployed.

To create a chart, write a YAML descriptor of the chart:

apiVersion: chart.sh/v1beta1
kind: Chart
metadata:
  name: sample-chart
spec:
  name: my-chart-name
  location:
    download:
      uri: https://something

Now, kubectl apply -f this new file. You can verify it worked with:

kubectl get charts.chart.sh

Deploy a Chart Version

Create the first chart version:

apiVersion: chart.sh/v1beta1
kind: ChartVersion
metadata:
  name: sample-chart
spec:
  name: my-chart-name
  apPVersion: 1.0.0
  chartVersion: 0.1.0

Deploy this YAML using kubectl and list chart versions:

kubectl get chartversions.chart.sh

Install

ChartServer is now serving an index.yaml file at https://your-ingress-or-service/index.yaml

This will be updated every time a new chart is published.