HelmSharp.Storage 1.0.1

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<PackageVersion Include="HelmSharp.Storage" Version="1.0.1" />
                    
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paket add HelmSharp.Storage --version 1.0.1
                    
#r "nuget: HelmSharp.Storage, 1.0.1"
                    
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#:package HelmSharp.Storage@1.0.1
                    
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#addin nuget:?package=HelmSharp.Storage&version=1.0.1
                    
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#tool nuget:?package=HelmSharp.Storage&version=1.0.1
                    
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HelmSharp

简体中文

HelmSharp is a managed .NET library for rendering Helm-style charts and driving Kubernetes release workflows without invoking the helm executable. It is intended for applications that need Helm-like behavior inside a .NET process: template rendering, values merging, chart packaging, repository operations, and release lifecycle operations against Kubernetes.

The project is under active development. The API currently implements a practical Helm-compatible subset rather than a byte-for-byte replacement for Helm CLI.

Packages

This repository is organized as several NuGet packages:

Package Purpose
HelmSharp.Action High-level Helm client API and release operations.
HelmSharp.Chart Chart loading, values merging, YAML helpers, chart metadata.
HelmSharp.Engine Helm-style template rendering.
HelmSharp.Kube Kubernetes manifest apply/delete/wait helpers.
HelmSharp.Release Helm release storage records backed by Kubernetes Secrets.
HelmSharp.Repo Chart repository, index, pull, and search helpers.
HelmSharp.Registry Registry-related extension point package.
HelmSharp.Storage Storage extension point package.
HelmSharp.PostRenderer Post-renderer extension point package.

For most applications, start with HelmSharp.Action.

Requirements

  • .NET 8, .NET 9, and .NET 10 SDKs for building all target frameworks locally.
  • A Kubernetes cluster and kubeconfig for release install, upgrade, rollback, uninstall, and status operations.
  • No helm binary is required.
  • Supported package target frameworks: net8.0, net9.0, and net10.0.
  • .NET Framework is not supported unless a future release adds a netstandard target.

Installation

After packages are published to NuGet.org:

dotnet add package HelmSharp.Action

For lower-level use cases:

dotnet add package HelmSharp.Chart
dotnet add package HelmSharp.Engine

Quick Start

Render a local chart:

using HelmSharp.Action;

var client = new HelmClient(new StaticHelmOptionsProvider());

var result = await client.TemplateAsync(new HelmTemplateRequest
{
    ReleaseName = "demo",
    Namespace = "default",
    Chart = @"C:\charts\my-chart",
    SetValues = new Dictionary<string, string>
    {
        ["image.tag"] = "1.2.3",
        ["replicaCount"] = "2"
    }
});

Console.WriteLine(result.StandardOutput);

sealed class StaticHelmOptionsProvider : IHelmOptionsProvider
{
    public ValueTask<HelmExecutionOptions> GetHelmAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
        => ValueTask.FromResult(new HelmExecutionOptions
        {
            DefaultNamespace = "default",
            FieldManager = "helmsharp"
        });
}

Install or upgrade a release:

var result = await client.UpgradeInstallAsync(new HelmUpgradeInstallRequest
{
    ReleaseName = "demo",
    Namespace = "default",
    Chart = @"C:\charts\my-chart",
    CreateNamespace = true,
    Wait = true,
    TimeoutSeconds = 300
});

if (result.ExitCode != 0)
{
    Console.Error.WriteLine(result.StandardError);
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine(result.StandardOutput);
}

Run a dry run without mutating the cluster:

await foreach (var line in client.UpgradeInstallStreamAsync(new HelmUpgradeInstallRequest
{
    ReleaseName = "demo",
    Namespace = "default",
    Chart = @"C:\charts\my-chart",
    DryRun = true
}))
{
    Console.WriteLine(line);
}

Supported Capabilities

  • Chart loading from directories and .tgz archives.
  • values.yaml, inline values, --set, --set-string, --set-json, and --set-file-style value overrides.
  • Helm-style template rendering for common control flow and functions.
  • Chart package creation.
  • Repository index generation and repository search/pull helpers.
  • Managed Kubernetes apply/delete/wait operations for common Kubernetes resources.
  • Release history stored in Kubernetes Secrets.
  • Install, upgrade, uninstall, rollback, status, history, manifest, values, hooks, notes, and test-oriented APIs.

Known Scope

HelmSharp is not a full Helm CLI clone. Some advanced Helm behaviors, edge-case template functions, plugins, provenance verification flows, OCI authentication flows, and uncommon Kubernetes resource types may need additional implementation. Contributions that add compatibility with focused tests are welcome.

Build

dotnet restore HelmSharp.sln
dotnet build HelmSharp.sln --configuration Release --no-restore
dotnet test HelmSharp.sln --configuration Release --no-build --no-restore

Pack

dotnet pack HelmSharp.sln --configuration Release --no-build --output artifacts/packages

The NuGet package metadata is defined in src/Directory.Build.props. The package README is packed from this file.

Continuous Integration and Release

This repository includes GitHub Actions workflows:

  • .github/workflows/ci.yml restores, builds, tests, packs, and uploads package artifacts on pushes and pull requests.
  • .github/workflows/release-nuget.yml packs release packages and can publish them to NuGet.org.

NuGet.org publishing is handled by maintainers through the release workflow.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Security

Please report security issues privately. See SECURITY.md.

License

HelmSharp is licensed under the MIT License.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 is compatible.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
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