Kubernetes requesting credentials when installing package with Helm

6/6/2019

I have a Kubernetes cluster in GCP names foo. I created in that cluster a service account for tiller and gave it admin rights as follows:

kubectl -n kube-system create serviceaccount tiller
kubectl create clusterrolebinding tiller \
>   --clusterrole=cluster-admin \
>   --serviceaccount=kube-system:tiller

Then I init Helm as follows:

helm init --service-account tiller

Now finally when I try to install my own chart:

someserver:helm joe$ helm install onerepo/onechart --name foobar
Error: the server has asked for the client to provide credentials

I am already authenticated for cluster foo and I can describe all its other resources and service accounts. Why I cannot deploy using Helm?

-- Navarro
google-kubernetes-engine
kubernetes
kubernetes-helm

1 Answer

6/6/2019

The correct way to install helm and use it:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get | bash

kubectl create serviceaccount --namespace kube-system tiller

kubectl create clusterrolebinding tiller-cluster-rule --clusterrole=cluster-admin --serviceaccount=kube-system:tiller

kubectl patch deploy --namespace kube-system tiller-deploy -p '{"spec":{"template":{"spec":{"serviceAccount":"tiller"}}}}' 

helm init --service-account tiller

helm install onerepo/onechart --name foobar
-- VKR
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