images/helm-chart-collator/README.md
Ian Howell 60bd29cd45 Allow Helm Chart Collator to access private repos
This allows a user of the Helm Chart Collator to specify a private key
to be used when accessing Helm Charts from private git repositories.

Closes: #15

Change-Id: I063ddea72a4e2db0e51fbdcb927e7c019f6f042b
2021-04-30 09:03:03 -05:00

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# Helm Chart Collator
The Helm Chart Collator is used to create a Helm Chart Repository served from a Docker
image via Chartmuseum. It allows a developer to request charts to be pulled from various
locations and packaged into the resulting Docker image, which can then be used as a
portable Helm Repository.
## Setup
Charts can be sourced from various locations. Each entry must be recorded in a
user-defined file before building the image. When the list of charts has been created,
the `build-image.sh` script can be used to create the image via the command:
```shell
./build-image.sh $CHARTSFILE
```
### Charts from Helm Repos
To pull a chart a from pre-existing Helm Repos by listing them under the `helm_repos`
heading. Each listing must include the following:
* `repo`: The name of the Helm Repo to add (e.g. `stable`)
* `url`: The URL where the Helm Repo is hosted (e.g. `https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com`)
* `name`: The name of the desired chart (e.g. `mariadb`)
* `version`: The version of the desired chart (e.g. `7.3.14`)
### Charts from Git Repos
A Chart can be pulled and packaged from a git repo by listing it under the `git_repos`
heading. Listings must include:
* `name`: The name of the repository (e.g. `openstack-helm`). Note that this is simply
used for caching during the cloning process.
* `path`: The path to the desired chart within the repo (e.g. `keystone`)
* `url`: The URL where the git repo is hosted (e.g. `https://github.com/openstack/openstack-helm`)
* `sha`: The SHA-1 of the commit from which the chart should be pulled (e.g.
`30c9f003d227b799c636458dea161e24d5823c33`). (default: `HEAD`).
* `refspec`: The refspec associated with the `sha`. This is only required if the `sha`
can't be reached from the default (e.g. `refs/heads/master`)
* `chart_version`: The version to package the chart with (e.g. `1.2.3`)
* `key`: The contents of the private key needed to access a private repo. This
is only required for private repos (see examples/charts.yaml for example)
If a chart in a git repo specifies dependencies which are not accessible, the
dependencies must also be listed under the `dependencies` heading. Dependencies have the
same fields as git repos.
### Charts from Tarballs
A chart can be downloaded by listing it under the `tarred_charts` header. They
require the following:
* `url`: The URL from which the chart can be downloaded
## Example
The following shows an example file for including various helm charts:
* rook-ceph as a tarball from a git repo
* mariadb from the helm stable repo
* rook-ceph from the rook repo
* prometheus from the helm/charts git repo
* keystone from the openstack-helm git repo
* The helm-toolkit is also pulled, since it is a dependency of keystone
```yaml
tarred_charts:
- url: https://github.com/project-azorian/rook-ceph-aio/raw/master/rook-ceph-aio/charts/rook-ceph-0.0.1.tgz
helm_repos:
- repo: stable
url: https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com
name: mariadb
version: 7.3.14
- repo: rook-release
url: https://charts.rook.io/release
name: rook-ceph
version: v1.3.6
git_repos:
- name: helm-stable
path: stable/prometheus
url: https://github.com/helm/charts
sha: 79066e1f0f5ce735aeb4783f2adf4b85992d15de
# Note: refspec is only needed when if the given sha is not already available
refspec: refs/heads/master
- name: openstack-helm
path: keystone
url: https://github.com/openstack/openstack-helm
sha: 30c9f003d227b799c636458dea161e24d5823c33
chart_version: 1.2.3
dependencies:
- name: openstack-helm-infra
path: helm-toolkit
url: https://github.com/openstack/openstack-helm-infra
sha: b1e66fd308b6bc9df090aebb5b3807a0df2d87dd
```
Once this file has been created, the image can be built with the following:
```yaml
./build-image.sh charts.yaml
```