helm-pod Run

Description

Executes a Run in an ad-hoc instance of a Kubernetes Pod from a Helm chart and waits for it to complete.

The resource field is used to find the Pod spec in the Kubernetes manifests generated by rendering the Helm chart.

Below is the full schema reference for the action. For an introduction to configuring Garden, please look at our Configuration guide.

helm-pod actions also export values that are available in template strings. See the Outputs section below for details.

Configuration Keys

type

The type of action, e.g. exec, container or kubernetes. Some are built into Garden but mostly these will be defined by your configured providers.

Type	Required
string	Yes

name

A valid name for the action. Must be unique across all actions of the same kind in your project.

Type	Required
string	Yes

description

A description of the action.

Type	Required
string	No

source

By default, the directory where the action is defined is used as the source for the build context.

You can override this by setting either source.path to another (POSIX-style) path relative to the action source directory, or source.repository to get the source from an external repository.

If using source.path, you must make sure the target path is in a git repository.

For source.repository behavior, please refer to the Remote Sources guide.

Type	Required
object	No

source.path

source > path

A relative POSIX-style path to the source directory for this action. You must make sure this path exists and is in a git repository!

Type	Required
posixPath	No

source.repository

source > repository

When set, Garden will import the action source from this repository, but use this action configuration (and not scan for configs in the separate repository).

Type	Required
object	No

source.repository.url

source > repository > url

A remote repository URL. Currently only supports git servers. Must contain a hash suffix pointing to a specific branch or tag, with the format: #<branch|tag>

Type	Required
gitUrl | string	Yes

Example:

source:
  ...
  repository:
    ...
    url: "git+https://github.com/org/repo.git#v2.0"

dependencies[]

A list of other actions that this action depends on, and should be built, deployed or run (depending on the action type) before processing this action.

Each dependency should generally be expressed as a "<kind>.<name>" string, where is one of build, deploy, run or test, and is the name of the action to depend on.

You may also optionally specify a dependency as an object, e.g. { kind: "Build", name: "some-image" }.

Any empty values (i.e. null or empty strings) are ignored, so that you can conditionally add in a dependency via template expressions.

Type	Default	Required
array[actionReference]	[]	No

Example:

dependencies:
  - build.my-image
  - deploy.api

disabled

Set this to true to disable the action. You can use this with conditional template strings to disable actions based on, for example, the current environment or other variables (e.g. disabled: ${environment.name == "prod"}). This can be handy when you only need certain actions for specific environments, e.g. only for development.

For Build actions, this means the build is not performed unless it is declared as a dependency by another enabled action (in which case the Build is assumed to be necessary for the dependant action to be run or built).

For other action kinds, the action is skipped in all scenarios, and dependency declarations to it are ignored. Note however that template strings referencing outputs (i.e. runtime outputs) will fail to resolve when the action is disabled, so you need to make sure to provide alternate values for those if you're using them, using conditional expressions.

Type	Default	Required
boolean	false	No

environments[]

If set, the action is only enabled for the listed environment types. This is effectively a cleaner shorthand for the disabled field with an expression for environments. For example, environments: ["prod"] is equivalent to disabled: ${environment.name != "prod"}.

Type	Required
array[string]	No

include[]

Specify a list of POSIX-style paths or globs that should be regarded as source files for this action, and thus will affect the computed version of the action.

For actions other than Build actions, this is usually not necessary to specify, or is implicitly inferred. An exception would be e.g. an exec action without a build reference, where the relevant files cannot be inferred and you want to define which files should affect the version of the action, e.g. to make sure a Test action is run when certain files are modified.

Build actions have a different behavior, since they generally are based on some files in the source tree, so please reference the docs for more information on those.

Note that you can also exclude files using the exclude field or by placing .gardenignore files in your source tree, which use the same format as .gitignore files. See the Configuration Files guide for details.

Type	Required
array[posixPath]	No

Example:

include:
  - my-app.js
  - some-assets/**/*

exclude[]

Specify a list of POSIX-style paths or glob patterns that should be explicitly excluded from the action's version.

For actions other than Build actions, this is usually not necessary to specify, or is implicitly inferred. For Deploy, Run and Test actions, the exclusions specified here only applied on top of explicitly set include paths, or such paths inferred by providers. See the Configuration Files guide for details.

Unlike the scan.exclude field in the project config, the filters here have no effect on which files and directories are watched for changes when watching is enabled. Use the project scan.exclude field to affect those, if you have large directories that should not be watched for changes.

Type	Required
array[posixPath]	No

Example:

exclude:
  - tmp/**/*
  - '*.log'

variables

A map of variables scoped to this particular action. These are resolved before any other parts of the action configuration and take precedence over group-scoped variables (if applicable) and project-scoped variables, in that order. They may reference group-scoped and project-scoped variables, and generally can use any template strings normally allowed when resolving the action.

Type	Required
object	No

varfiles[]

Specify a list of paths (relative to the directory where the action is defined) to a file containing variables, that we apply on top of the action-level variables field, and take precedence over group-level variables (if applicable) and project-level variables, in that order.

If you specify multiple paths, they are merged in the order specified, i.e. the last one takes precedence over the previous ones.

The format of the files is determined by the configured file's extension:

• .yaml/.yml - YAML. The file must consist of a YAML document, which must be a map (dictionary). Keys may contain any value type. YAML format is used by default.

• .env - Standard "dotenv" format, as defined by dotenv.

• .json - JSON. Must contain a single JSON object (not an array).

NOTE: The default varfile format was changed to YAML in Garden v0.13, since YAML allows for definition of nested objects and arrays.

To use different varfiles in different environments, you can template in the environment name to the varfile name, e.g. varfile: "my-action.${environment.name}.env" (this assumes that the corresponding varfiles exist).

If a listed varfile cannot be found, throwing an error. To add optional varfiles, you can use a list item object with a path and an optional optional boolean field.

varfiles:
  - path: my-action.env
    optional: true

Type	Default	Required
array[alternatives]	[]	No

Example:

varfiles:
  "my-action.env"

varfiles[].path

varfiles > path

Path to a file containing a path.

Type	Required
posixPath	Yes

varfiles[].optional

varfiles > optional

Whether the varfile is optional.

Type	Required
boolean	No

build

Specify a Build action, and resolve this action from the context of that Build.

For example, you might create an exec Build which prepares some manifests, and then reference that in a kubernetes Deploy action, and the resulting manifests from the Build.

This would mean that instead of looking for manifest files relative to this action's location in your project structure, the output directory for the referenced exec Build would be the source.

Type	Required
string	No

kind

Type	Allowed Values	Required
string	"Run"	Yes

timeout

Set a timeout for the run to complete, in seconds.

Type	Default	Required
number	600	No

spec

Type	Required
object	No

spec.cacheResult

spec > cacheResult

Set to false if you don't want the Runs's result to be cached. Use this if the Run needs to be run any time your project (or one or more of the Run's dependants) is deployed. Otherwise the Run is only re-run when its version changes, or when you run garden run.

Type	Default	Required
boolean	true	No

spec.command[]

spec > command

The command/entrypoint used to run inside the container.

Type	Required
array[string]	No

Example:

spec:
  ...
  command:
    - /bin/sh
    - '-c'

spec.args[]

spec > args

The arguments to pass to the command/entrypoint used for execution.

Type	Required
array[string]	No

Example:

spec:
  ...
  args:
    - rake
    - db:migrate

spec.env

spec > env

Key/value map of environment variables. Keys must be valid POSIX environment variable names (must not start with GARDEN) and values must be primitives or references to secrets.

Type	Default	Required
object	{}	No

Example:

spec:
  ...
  env:
      - MY_VAR: some-value
        MY_SECRET_VAR:
          secretRef:
            name: my-secret
            key: some-key
      - {}

spec.artifacts[]

spec > artifacts

Specify artifacts to copy out of the container after the run. The artifacts are stored locally under the .garden/artifacts directory.

Type	Default	Required
array[object]	[]	No

spec.artifacts[].source

spec > artifacts > source

A POSIX-style path or glob to copy. Must be an absolute path. May contain wildcards.

Type	Required
posixPath	Yes

Example:

spec:
  ...
  artifacts:
    - source: "/output/**/*"

spec.artifacts[].target

spec > artifacts > target

A POSIX-style path to copy the artifacts to, relative to the project artifacts directory at .garden/artifacts.

Type	Default	Required
posixPath	"."	No

Example:

spec:
  ...
  artifacts:
    - target: "outputs/foo/"

spec.namespace

spec > namespace

A valid Kubernetes namespace name. Must be a valid RFC1035/RFC1123 (DNS) label (may contain lowercase letters, numbers and dashes, must start with a letter, and cannot end with a dash) and must not be longer than 63 characters.

Type	Required
string	No

spec.releaseName

spec > releaseName

Optionally override the release name used when rendering the templates (defaults to the Run name).

Type	Required
string	No

spec.chart

spec > chart

Specify the Helm chart to use.

If the chart is defined in the same directory as the action, you can skip this, and the chart sources will be detected. If the chart is in the source tree but in a sub-directory, you should set chart.path to the directory path, relative to the action directory.

For remote charts, there are multiple options:

• Helm Chart repository: specify chart.name and chart.version\, and optionally chart.repo` (if the chart is not in the default "stable" repo).

• OCI-Based Registry: specify chart.url with the oci:// URL and optionally chart.version.

• Absolute URL to a packaged chart: specify chart.url.

One of chart.name, chart.path or chart.url must be specified.

Type	Required
object	No

spec.chart.name

spec > chart > name

A valid Helm chart name or URI (same as you'd input to helm install) Required if the action doesn't contain the Helm chart itself.

Type	Required
string	No

Example:

spec:
  ...
  chart:
    ...
    name: "ingress-nginx"

spec.chart.path

spec > chart > path

The path, relative to the action path, to the chart sources (i.e. where the Chart.yaml file is, if any).

Type	Required
posixPath	No

spec.chart.repo

spec > chart > repo

The repository URL to fetch the chart from. Defaults to the "stable" helm repo (https://charts.helm.sh/stable).

Type	Required
string	No

spec.chart.url

spec > chart > url

URL to OCI repository, or a URL to a packaged Helm chart archive.

Type	Required
string	No

spec.chart.version

spec > chart > version

The chart version to deploy.

Type	Required
string	No

spec.values

spec > values

Map of values to pass to Helm when rendering the templates. May include arrays and nested objects. When specified, these take precedence over the values in the values.yaml file (or the files specified in valueFiles).

Type	Default	Required
object	{}	No

spec.valueFiles[]

spec > valueFiles

Specify value files to use when rendering the Helm chart. These will take precedence over the values.yaml file bundled in the Helm chart, and should be specified in ascending order of precedence. Meaning, the last file in this list will have the highest precedence.

If you also specify keys under the values field, those will effectively be added as another file at the end of this list, so they will take precedence over other files listed here.

Note that the paths here should be relative to the config root, and the files should be contained in this action config's directory.

Type	Default	Required
array[posixPath]	[]	No

spec.resource

spec > resource

Specify a Kubernetes resource to derive the Pod spec from for the Run.

This resource will be selected from the manifests provided in this Run's files or manifests config field.

The following fields from the Pod will be used (if present) when executing the Run:

Warning: Garden will retain configMaps and secrets as volumes, but remove persistentVolumeClaim volumes from the Pod spec, as they might already be mounted.

• affinity

• automountServiceAccountToken

• containers

• dnsConfig

• dnsPolicy

• enableServiceLinks

• hostAliases

• hostIPC

• hostNetwork

• hostPID

• hostname

• imagePullSecrets

• nodeName

• nodeSelector

• overhead

• preemptionPolicy

• priority

• priorityClassName

• runtimeClassName

• schedulerName

• securityContext

• serviceAccount

• serviceAccountName

• shareProcessNamespace

• subdomain

• tolerations

• topologySpreadConstraints

• volumes

Type	Required
object	No

spec.resource.kind

spec > resource > kind

The kind of Kubernetes resource to find.

Type	Allowed Values	Required
string	"Deployment", "DaemonSet", "StatefulSet"	Yes

spec.resource.name

spec > resource > name

The name of the resource, of the specified kind. If specified, you must also specify kind.

Type	Required
string	No

spec.resource.podSelector

spec > resource > podSelector

A map of string key/value labels to match on any Pods in the namespace. When specified, a random ready Pod with matching labels will be picked as a target, so make sure the labels will always match a specific Pod type.

Type	Required
object	No

spec.resource.containerName

spec > resource > containerName

The name of a container in the target. Specify this if the target contains more than one container and the main container is not the first container in the spec.

Type	Required
string	No

spec.timeout

spec > timeout

Time in seconds to wait for Helm to render templates.

Type	Default	Required
number	300	No

Outputs

The following keys are available via the ${actions.run.<name>} template string key for helm-pod action.

${actions.run.<name>.name}

The name of the action.

Type
string

${actions.run.<name>.disabled}

Whether the action is disabled.

Type
boolean

Example:

my-variable: ${actions.run.my-run.disabled}

${actions.run.<name>.buildPath}

The local path to the action build directory.

Type
string

Example:

my-variable: ${actions.run.my-run.buildPath}

${actions.run.<name>.sourcePath}

The local path to the action source directory.

Type
string

Example:

my-variable: ${actions.run.my-run.sourcePath}

${actions.run.<name>.mode}

The mode that the action should be executed in (e.g. 'sync' or 'local' for Deploy actions). Set to 'default' if no special mode is being used.

Build actions inherit the mode from Deploy actions that depend on them. E.g. If a Deploy action is in 'sync' mode and depends on a Build action, the Build action will inherit the 'sync' mode setting from the Deploy action. This enables installing different tools that may be necessary for different development modes.

Type	Default
string	"default"

Example:

my-variable: ${actions.run.my-run.mode}

${actions.run.<name>.var.*}

The variables configured on the action.

Type	Default
object	{}

${actions.run.<name>.var.<name>}

Type
string | number | boolean | link | array[link]

${actions.run.<name>.outputs.log}

The full log output from the executed action. (Pro-tip: Make it machine readable so it can be parsed by dependants)

Type	Default
string	""