Helm install Kubernetes Federation v2 error

1/25/2019

I tried to use helm to install Kubernetes Federation v2, which is instructed by the official documents. However, when I input the command

$ helm install charts/federation-v2 --name federation-v2 --namespace federation-system

I got an error saying that Error: failed to download "charts/federation-v2" (hint: runninghelm repo updatemay help)

Helm version:

helm version
Client: &version.Version{SemVer:"v2.12.3", GitCommit:"eecf22f77df5f65c823aacd2dbd30ae6c65f186e", GitTreeState:"clean"}
Server: &version.Version{SemVer:"v2.12.3", GitCommit:"eecf22f77df5f65c823aacd2dbd30ae6c65f186e", GitTreeState:"clean"}

Kubernetes cluster version:

gcloud container clusters list
NAME      LOCATION           MASTER_VERSION  MASTER_IP      MACHINE_TYPE   NODE_VERSION  NUM_NODES  STATUS
cluster2  asia-southeast1-a  1.11.6-gke.3    35.247.134.16  n1-standard-1  1.11.6-gke.3  3          RUNNING

Does anybody encounter the same problem before? Or can anybody give me some advice about this problem?

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1 Answer

1/25/2019

Error: failed to download "charts/federation-v2" (hint: runninghelm repo updatemay help)

Usually I see that message if I run helm from wrong directory, that doesn't have charts/federation-v2 inside.

This should work:

$ helm init .... # add necessary security options* like service account or whatever

$ git clone https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/federation-v2.git
$ cd federation-v2/

# check if everything works in dry-run
$ helm install charts/federation-v2 --name federation-v2 --namespace federation-system --debug --dry-run

# install the chart
$ helm install charts/federation-v2 --name federation-v2 --namespace federation-system 
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