Helm Releases commands
31 commands in 4 groups: Install Helm, Manage, Upgrade & Rollback, List & Inspect. Click or tap any command to copy it. Part of the full Helm cheat sheet. Official documentation: helm.sh.
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Install Helm
Helm is the Kubernetes package manager. Install the CLI via Homebrew or the official script, then verify with helm version.
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-4 | bash
Install via official script (Linux / macOS)
brew install helm
Install via Homebrew (macOS / Linux with brew)
helm version
Verify installation and show build info
Manage
Deploy, remove, and modify Helm releases using install and uninstall commands with common flags.
helm install <release> <chart>
Install a chart
helm install <release> <chart> --dry-run=client
Simulate install without applying resources
helm install <release> <chart> --rollback-on-failure
Install with automatic rollback on failure (was --atomic)
helm install <release> <chart> --set <key>=<value>
Install with inline value override
helm install <release> <chart> --version <ver>
Install a specific chart version
helm install <release> <chart> -f values.yaml
Install with custom values file
helm install <release> <chart> -n <namespace>
Install into a specific namespace
helm install <release> <chart> --create-namespace -n <namespace>
Install and create namespace if missing
helm install <release> <chart> -f values1.yaml -f values2.yaml
Install with multiple values files (last wins)
helm uninstall <release>
Delete a release and all its resources
helm uninstall <release> --keep-history
Uninstall but keep release history
Upgrade & Rollback
Update a running release to a new chart version and revert on failure.
helm rollback <release> <revision>
Rollback to a specific revision
helm rollback <release> 0
Rollback to previous revision
helm upgrade <release> <chart>
Upgrade a release to a new chart version
helm upgrade --install <release> <chart>
Upgrade or install if not present
helm upgrade <release> <chart> --cleanup-on-fail
Delete new resources if upgrade fails
helm upgrade <release> <chart> --reset-values
Reset values to chart defaults
helm upgrade <release> <chart> --reuse-values
Reuse last release values, merge new ones
helm upgrade <release> <chart> --rollback-on-failure
Upgrade with automatic rollback on failure (was --atomic)
helm upgrade <release> <chart> --wait
Wait for all resources to be ready
helm upgrade <release> <chart> -f values.yaml
Upgrade with custom values
helm upgrade <release> <chart> --version <ver> -f values.yaml
Upgrade to a specific chart version
List & Inspect
List deployed releases and inspect their rendered manifests and values.
helm get manifest <release>
Get rendered Kubernetes manifests
helm get values <release>
Show user-supplied values for release
helm get values <release> --all
Show all computed values (merged)
helm list
List releases in current namespace
helm list -A
List all releases across namespaces
helm list -n <namespace>
List releases in a namespace