How to Revisit Helm’s Installation Advice: Viewing Notes Again

Helm offers valuable insights during package installation which can be critical for proper configuration. If you need a refresher on this advice or instructions, follow these steps below using the helm command-line tool (CLI).

Retrieving Release Names and Details with Helm List Command:

To find your release’s name along with its namespace details in Kubernetes, execute:

helm list -A

This will output a comprehensive view of all releases including namespaced identifiers which are key to retrieving specific installation notes. Here is an example structure without real data insertion for brevity’s sake (note the -n default denotes using Kubernetes’ default namespace):

NAME        NAMESPACE   REVISION    UPDATED                       STATUS      CHART                APP VERSION
kubeapps    kubeapps    1           2023-07-31 13:57:09.698 UTC deployed    mycharts/kubeapp-vX  2.4.1      
my-release  default     1           2023-07-31 15:17:46.534 UTC     deployed    nextcloud-chart-stable vYY.Z.W
traefik     kube-system 1           2023-07-30 17:06:33.68 UTC deployed   traefik-vA        VAA        

Accessing Installation Notes for a Specific Release with Helm Get Note Command:

Once you have your release name, use the helm get note command along with -n, specifying (if necessary) to select from within which namespace it resides. Here’s how you can view notes without explicitly stating default namespaced parameters in our example (my-release) for clarity:

helm get notes my-release -n default

This command will directly display the release’s installation advice or any pertinent instructions that were initially outputted during its creation. Remember, you can omit -n default if your Helm environment defaults to a specific namespace for retrieval purposes—this omission should not impact functionality in most cases where namespaced releases are managed uniformly across systems.