Scaffolding the Guestbook Helm chart

When developing a new Helm chart from scratch, it is often useful to start by running the helm create command, which has the following syntax:

helm create NAME [flags]

The helm create command provides a new project folder for your Helm chart. Inside, the folder contains a basic Helm chart scaffolding that you can use to begin developing your chart.

Let’s run the helm create command to scaffold our Guestbook Helm chart:

1. In your terminal, within a directory where you would like to store Helm charts, run the helm create command:

   $ helm create guestbook
   Creating guestbook

2. Review the list of files that have been created:

   $ ls –al guestbook
   .
   ..
   charts/
   Chart.yaml
   .helmignore
   templates/
   values.yaml
   $ ls –l guestbook/templates/
   deployment.yaml
   _helpers.tpl
   hpa.yaml
   ingress.yaml
   NOTES.txt
   serviceaccount.yaml
   service.yaml
   tests/

As you can see, the helm create command generated a new folder for you called guestbook...