Helm - Create a starter Chart using the helm create command
by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: November 20 2025
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You may want to first check out my article FreeKB - OpenShift - Deploy Hello Openshift.
This also assumes you've already installed the helm CLI on the system that you want to use to create the Helm chart to deploy Hello OpenShift.
The helm create comment to create a directory that contains files and directories that can be used as the basis for a Helm Chart. In this example, a directory named my-chart will be created.
helm create my-chart
The directory should contain the following.
├── my-chart (directory)
│ ├── Chart.yaml
│ ├── values.yaml
│ ├── charts (directory)
│ └── templates (directory)
│ └── deployment.yaml
│ └── _helpers.tpl
│ └── hpa.yaml
│ └── ingress.yaml
│ └── NOTES.txt
│ └── serviceaccount.yaml
│ └── service.yaml
│ └── tests(directory)
│ └── test-connection.yaml
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