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community.kubernetes.helm_info – Get information from Helm package deployed inside the cluster

Note

This plugin is part of the community.kubernetes collection (version 1.2.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.kubernetes.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.kubernetes.helm_info.

New in version 0.11.0: of community.kubernetes

Synopsis

• Get information (values, states, …) from Helm package deployed inside the cluster.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• helm (https://github.com/helm/helm/releases)

• yaml (https://pypi.org/project/PyYAML/)

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_key string added in 1.2.0 of community.kubernetes	Token used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_API_KEY environment variable.
binary_path path	The path of a helm binary to use.
ca_cert aliases: ssl_ca_cert path added in 1.2.0 of community.kubernetes	Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. The full certificate chain must be provided to avoid certificate validation errors. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT environment variable.
context aliases: kube_context string	Helm option to specify which kubeconfig context to use. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable K8S_AUTH_CONTEXT will be used instead.
host string added in 1.2.0 of community.kubernetes	Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.
kubeconfig aliases: kubeconfig_path path	Helm option to specify kubeconfig path to use. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG will be used instead.
release_name aliases: name string / required	Release name to manage.
release_namespace aliases: namespace string / required	Kubernetes namespace where the chart should be installed.
validate_certs aliases: verify_ssl boolean added in 1.2.0 of community.kubernetes	Whether or not to verify the API server’s SSL certificates. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL environment variable. Choices: no yes ← (default)

Examples

- name: Deploy latest version of Grafana chart inside monitoring namespace
  community.kubernetes.helm_info:
    name: test
    release_namespace: monitoring

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
status complex	A dictionary of status output Returned: only when release exists
appversion string	Version of app deployed Returned: always
chart string	Chart name and chart version Returned: always
name string	Name of the release Returned: always
namespace string	Namespace where the release is deployed Returned: always
revision string	Number of time where the release has been updated Returned: always
status string	Status of release (can be DEPLOYED, FAILED, …) Returned: always
updated string	The Date of last update Returned: always
values string	Dict of Values used to deploy Returned: always

Authors

• Lucas Boisserie (@LucasBoisserie)