Kubernetes Distribution Guide

Kubernetes Distribution Guide

This document captures information about using Helm in specific Kubernetesenvironments. Distros are sorted alphabetically so as to not imply any sort ofpreference.

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AKS

Helm works with Azure KubernetesService.

DC/OS

Helm has been tested and is working on Mesospheres DC/OS 1.11 Kubernetesplatform, and requires no additional configuration.

GKE

Google’s GKE hosted Kubernetes platform is known to work with Helm, and requiresno additional configuration.

scripts/local-cluster and Hyperkube

Hyperkube configured via scripts/local-cluster.sh is known to work. For rawHyperkube you may need to do some manual configuration.

IKS

Helm works with IBM Cloud KubernetesService.

KIND (Kubernetes IN Docker)

Helm is regularly tested on KIND.

KubeOne

Helm works in clusters that are set up by KubeOne without caveats.

Kubermatic

Helm works in user clusters that are created by Kubermatic without caveats.Since seed cluster can be setup up in different ways Helm support depends ontheir configuration.

MicroK8s

Helm can be enabled in MicroK8s using the command:microk8s.enable helm

Minikube

Helm is tested and known to work withMinikube. It requires no additionalconfiguration.

Openshift

Helm works straightforward on OpenShift Online, OpenShift Dedicated, OpenShiftContainer Platform (version >= 3.6) or OpenShift Origin (version >= 3.6). Tolearn more read thisblog post.

Platform9

Helm is pre-installed with Platform9 ManagedKubernetes.Platform9 provides access to all official Helm charts through the App Catalog UIand native Kubernetes CLI. Additional repositories can be manually added.Further details are available in this Platform9 App Catalogarticle.

Ubuntu with kubeadm

Kubernetes bootstrapped with kubeadm is known to work on the following Linuxdistributions:

Ubuntu 16.04
Fedora release 25Some versions of Helm (v2.0.0-beta2) require you to exportKUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf or create a ~/.kube/config.