Container Service for Kubernetes:ack-helm-manager

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

• Whitelist access. Submit a ticket to apply.

• A cluster running Kubernetes 1.18 or later. To upgrade, see Manually update ACK clusters.

• Helm 3.0 or later. To upgrade from Helm V2, see [Component updates] Update Helm V2 to V3. To upgrade Helm manually, see How do I manually update Helm?.

Install ack-helm-manager

1. Log on to the ACK console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters.

2. On the Clusters page, click the name of the cluster you want to manage, then choose Operations > Add-ons in the left-side navigation pane.

3. On the Add-ons page, search for ack-helm-manager, then click Install.

4. In the confirmation dialog, click OK.

5. On the Add-ons page, monitor the installation progress. The status changes to Installed when the add-on is ready.

Deploy a Helm chart from ACR EE

After installing ack-helm-manager, you can deploy Helm charts stored in ACR EE directly from the ACK console.

1. Log on to the ACK console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Clusters.

2. On the Clusters page, click the name of the cluster you want to manage, then choose Applications > Helm in the left-side navigation pane.

3. On the Helm page, click Deploy.

4. In the Basic Information step, configure the following parameters:

   Parameter	Description
   Application Name	Enter a name for the application.
   Namespace	Select the namespace where the Helm chart will be installed.
   Source	Select ACR EE.
   Instance	Set Region, Instance, and Repository to filter available Helm charts.

5. Click Next.

6. In the Parameters step, keep the default settings and click OK.

Release notes