I'm using Minikube to tinker with Helm.

I understand Helm installs tiller in the kube-system namespace by default:

The easiest way to install tiller into the cluster is simply to run helm init... Once it connects, it will install tiller into the kube-system namespace.

But instead it's trying to install tiller in a namespace named after me:

$ ~/bin/minikube start * minikube v1.4.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 * Tip: Use 'minikube start -p ' to create a new cluster, or 'minikube delete' to delete this one. * Starting existing virtualbox VM for "minikube" ... * Waiting for the host to be provisioned ... * Preparing Kubernetes v1.16.0 on Docker 18.09.9 ... * Relaunching Kubernetes using kubeadm ... * Waiting for: apiserver proxy etcd scheduler controller dns * Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" $ helm init $HELM_HOME has been configured at /home/mcrenshaw/.helm. Error: error installing: namespaces "mcrenshaw" not found $

I can specify the tiller namespace, but then I have to specify it in every subsequent use of helm.

$ helm init --tiller-namespace=kube-system $HELM_HOME has been configured at /home/mcrenshaw/.helm.

Tiller (the Helm server-side component) has been installed into your Kubernetes Cluster.

Please note: by default, Tiller is deployed with an insecure 'allow unauthenticated users' policy. To prevent this, run `helm init` with the --tiller-tls-verify flag. For more information on securing your installation see: https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm/#securing-your-helm-installation $ helm upgrade --install some-thing . Error: could not find tiller $ helm upgrade --install some-thing . --tiller-namespace=kube-system Release "some-thing" does not exist. Installing it now.

I suppose specifying the namespace in each command is fine. But it feels incorrect. Have I done something to corrupt my Helm config?

Update:

Per Eduardo's request, here's my helm version:

$ helm version --tiller-namespace=kube-system
Client: &version.Version{SemVer:"v2.15.0", GitCommit:"c2440264ca6c078a06e088a838b0476d2fc14750", GitTreeState:"clean"}
Server: &version.Version{SemVer:"v2.15.0", GitCommit:"c2440264ca6c078a06e088a838b0476d2fc14750", GitTreeState:"clean"}