semantic-release-helm

semantic-release plugin to publish a helm chart to a helm repository and an OCI registry.

It updates Helm chart version and appVersion in Chart.yaml.

It supports the following protocols:
- OCI
- Chart Museum

Install

``
npm install -D @davidspekorg/semantic-release-helm
`

Configuration

| Options | Descriptions | Required | type | Default |
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------|----------|
| chartRepository | URI for chart repository | yes* | string | none |
| ociRegistry | URI for OCI registry | yes* | string | none |
| chartDirectory | Chart directory where Chart.yml is located | no | string | . |
| versionUpdatePolicy | Set update policy for version field of Chart.yaml | no | "fixed" \| "sync" \| "desync" | "sync" |
| appVersionUpdatePolicy | Set update policy for appVersion field of Chart.yaml | no | "fixed" \| "sync" \| "desync" | "sync" |

\* At least one of ociRegistry or chartRepository is required.

Pass credentials through environment variable to login helm repository.

`
export HELM_REPOSITORY_USERNAME=
export HELM_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD=
export HELM_REGISTRY_USERNAME=
export HELM_REGISTRY_PASSWORD=
`

HELM_REPOSITORY_USERNAME and HELM_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD are used for chart repository login.

HELM_REGISTRY_USERNAME and HELM_REGISTRY_PASSWORD are used for OCI registry login.

If you are using oci registry and no credentials are provided, it will use the HELM_REPOSITORY_USERNAME and HELM_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD for login.

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Update policy

- fixed: Use Fixed version. The version will not be updated
- sync: Use nextRelease.version. New version will be set to nextRelease.version
- desync: Version will be increased according to nextRelease.type (one of _major_, _premajor_, _minor_, _preminor_, _patch_, _prepatch_, _prerelease_)

Example

`json
{
"plugins": [
[
"@davidspekorg/semantic-release-helm",
{
"chartRepository": "https://mychart.company.org/chartrepo/myproject",
"ociRegistry": "mychart.company.org/myproject",
"chartDirectory": "./chart",
"versionUpdatePolicy": "sync",
"appVersionUpdatePolicy": "fixed"
}
]
]
}
`

- Your chart repository is https://mychart.company.org/chartrepo/myproject and OCI registry is mychart.company.org/myproject.
- Chart.yaml is in chart sub-directory
- version will follow next release version and appVersion will not modified

Old version

`yaml


semantic-release version: 1.2.3


version: 1.2.3
appVersion: 2.3.1
`

New version - Case #1 patch

`yaml


semantic-release version: 1.2.4


version: 1.2.4
appVersion: 2.3.1
`

New version - Case #2 minor

`yaml


semantic-release version: 1.3.0


version: 1.3.0
appVersion: 2.3.1
`

New version - Case #3 major

`yaml


semantic-release version: 2.0.0


version: 2.0.0
appVersion: 2.3.1
``