Installation for Windows
Installation for Windows
Install the helm CLI binary on your system:
- Download the latest release
- Unzip it
- Find the
helmbinary in the unpacked directory and move it to its desired destination- The desired destination should be listed in your $PATH environment variable (
echo $PATH)
- The desired destination should be listed in your $PATH environment variable (
Note
Windows quick hack: Copy thehelm binary directly into the folder C:\Windows.If the $PATH variable doesn’t contain a suitable directory, it can be changed in the advanced system settings:
Proxy configuration
Note
If you have direct access to the internet from your location, the proxy configuration is not required.
Set your HTTP proxy environment variables so that a chart repository can be added to your Helm repos in a later lab. It is recommended to set the lowercase and uppercase variables, as the helm command takes them all into account.
In Windows cmd:
setx HTTP_PROXY="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
setx HTTPS_PROXY="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
setx NO_PROXY="<noproxy-list>"
setx http_proxy="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
setx https_proxy="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
setx no_proxy="<noproxy-list>"
In Windows Powershell:
$env:HTTP_PROXY="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
$env:HTTPS_PROXY="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
$env:NO_PROXY="<noproxy-list>"
$env:http_proxy="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
$env:https_proxy="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
$env:no_proxy="<noproxy-list>"
In Git Bash:
export HTTP_PROXY="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
export HTTPS_PROXY="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
export NO_PROXY="<noproxy-list>"
export http_proxy="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
export https_proxy="http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>"
export no_proxy="<noproxy-list>"
Replace <username> and <password> with your credentials. If you have special characters in your password, escape them with their corresponding hexadecimal values according to this article
.
Verification
Now, verify your installation .