Authentication

Helm

Helmper supports all parameters for defining a Helm Repository. Read more here.

Example chart definition

...
charts:
- name: prometheus
version: 25.8.0
repo:
    name: prometheus-community
    url: https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts/
...

helmper will also use the authentication information in the file pointed to by the Helm environment variable HELM_REGISTRY_CONFIG.

Simply login with Helm:

Example Helm login cmd

helm registry login [host] [flags]

Read mere in the official Helm Documentation.

Registries

For authenticating against registries, helmper utilizes the authentication details present in ~/.docker/config.json.

Simply login with Docker or similar commands from your cloud provider:

Example Docker login cmd

docker login -u USER -p PASS

Read more in the official Docker Documentation.

Cloud provider examples

Azure Container Registry (ACR)

az acr login -n <YOUR_ACR_NAME>

Read more in ACR Documentation.

Elastic Container Registry (ECR)

aws ecr get-login-password | docker login -u AWS --password-stdin "https://$(aws sts get-caller-identity --query 'Account' --output text).dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"

Read more in ECR Documentation.