Connect your Helm Client to Artifactory

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This topic provides details on configuring Helm to work with Artifactory. To get up and running quickly to use Helm, see Get Started with Helm.

Pre-requisite: Before connecting your Helm client to Artifactory, you must have an existing Helm repository in Artifactory. For more information, see Create a Helm Repository

Supported Helm Clients

  • Helm version 2.9.0 or above

Logged in vs. Anonymous User: You can work with Artifactory as either a logged in user or as an anonymous user. To work with Artifactory using Anonymous Access. You need to configure that access under Admin | Security | General. For details, refer to Allow Anonymous Access.Allow Anonymous Access

To configure your local machine to install the Helm charts, follow these steps:

Set your default Artifactory Helm repository with the following command:

helm repo add <HELM_REPO_KEY> https://[JFrogPlatformURL]/artifactory/api/helm/<HELM_REPO_KEY> --username <USERNAME> --password <PASSWORD>
helm repo update

Where:

  • [JFrogPlatformURL]: Your JPD URL

  • <YOUR_JFROG_USERNAME>: Your JPD username

  • <USERNAME>: Your JPD Username

  • <PASSWORD>: Your JPD Password

  • <HELM_REPO_KEY>: Name of the repository.

For example:

helm repo add helm-local https://company.jfrog.io/artifactory/api/helm/helm-local --username admin --password password

Use an encrypted password

We recommend using an encrypted password instead of a clear-text. For details, please refer to Centrally Secure Passwords.Centrally Secure Passwords

Note

You can also use JFrog Set me up to copy the snippet populated with your token and environment. For more information, see Use Artifactory Set Me Up for Configuring Package Manager Clients.

Note

To ensure Artifactory properly caches Helm charts, resolve the charts only through a virtual repository.

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