running-the-helm-chart-verification-tool.md

Running the Helm Chart verification tool

In order to run the test, your chart structure should look like this :

.
└── src
    ├── Chart.yaml
    ├── README.md
    ├── templates
    │   ├── deployment.yaml
    │   ├── _helpers.tpl
    │   ├── hpa.yaml
    │   ├── ingress.yaml
    │   ├── NOTES.txt
    │   ├── serviceaccount.yaml
    │   ├── service.yaml
    │   └── tests
    │       └── test-connection.yaml
    ├── values.schema.json
    └── values.yaml

Before running the chart-verifier, you will need to package your Helm chart with the following command:

helm package <helmchart folder>

This will archive the Helm chart into a .tgz file

To run the full set of chart-verifier tests you will have 2 options:

• Run it through the podman/docker command
• Run the binary (Linux only)

I - Using Podman/Docker:

1. Run podman run --rm quay.io/redhat-certification/chart-verifier verify <chart URI>
2. The chart-uri is the location of the chart archive (path to a local directory or http(s) URI). The archive should be in .tgz format

II - Using the binary file:

1. Download and install the chart-verifier on your server
2. Run the following command : $ ./chart-verifier verify <chart-uri>
3. The chart-uri is the location of the chart archive on your server. The archive should be in .tgz format

III - Using Github Action

More information to come soon

The output of chart-verifier includes the tests executed and a PASS/FAIL result for each test. It will also indicate whether each test is mandatory or recommended for certification.

{% hint style="info" %} For more details and updates about the chart-verifier tool, please visit the Github documentation {% endhint %}