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Helm how to define .Release.Name value

August 7, 2018

I have created basic helm template using 

helm create
command. While checking the template for Ingress its adding the string RELEASE-NAME and appname like this 
RELEASE-NAME-microapp

How can I change 

.Release.Name
value?

helm template --kube-version 1.11.1  microapp/

# Source: microapp/templates/ingress.yaml
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: RELEASE-NAME-microapp
  labels:
    app: microapp
    chart: microapp-0.1.0
    release: RELEASE-NAME
    heritage: Tiller
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
-- sfgroups
kubernetes
kubernetes-helm

2 Answers

August 7, 2018

This depends on what version of Helm you have; 

helm version
can tell you this.

In Helm version 2, it's the value of the 

helm install --name
parameter, or absent this, a name Helm chooses itself. If you're checking what might be generated via 
helm template
that also takes a 
--name
parameter.

In Helm version 3, it's the first parameter to the 

helm install
command. Helm won't generate a name automatically unless you explicitly ask it to 
helm install --generate-name
. 
helm template
also takes the same options.

Also, in helm 3, if you want to specify a name explicitly, you should use the 

--name-template
flag. e.g. 
helm template --name-template=dummy
in order to use the name 
dummy
instead of 
RELEASE-NAME

-- David Maze
Source: StackOverflow
August 9, 2022

As of helm 3.9 the flag is --release-name, making the command: 

helm template --release-name <release name>

-- Patrick Camargo
Source: StackOverflow