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Matteo Danelon 775959c3f9 Add plain_http parameter to helm, helm_pull and helm_template (#934)
SUMMARY

This change introduces the plain_http parameter to modules that can interact with OCI registries. This in needed in cases where the OCI registry does not use SSL encryption, forcing Helm to send HTTP requests instead of HTTPS

ISSUE TYPE


Feature Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

helm, helm_pull and helm_template
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


This is the output when trying to use an OCI registry that is not configured to use SSL certs.

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "command": "/usr/local/bin/helm show chart 'oci://<http-registry>/charts/foo'", "msg": "Failure when executing Helm command. Exited 1.\nstdout: \nstderr: Error: Get \"https://<http-registry>/v2/charts/foo/tags/list\": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client\n", "stderr": "Error: Get \"https://<http-registry>/v2/charts/foo/tags/list\": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client\n", "stderr_lines": ["Error: Get \"https://<http-registry>/v2/charts/foo/tags/list\": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

Reviewed-by: Bikouo Aubin
Reviewed-by: Matteo Danelon
2025-06-12 10:39:40 +00:00

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.. _kubernetes.core.helm_pull_module:
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kubernetes.core.helm_pull
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**download a chart from a repository and (optionally) unpack it in local directory.**
Version added: 2.4.0
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:local:
:depth: 1
Synopsis
--------
- Retrieve a package from a package repository, and download it locally.
- It can also be used to perform cryptographic verification of a chart without installing the chart.
- There are options for unpacking the chart after download.
Requirements
------------
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- helm >= 3.0 (https://github.com/helm/helm/releases)
Parameters
----------
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<tr>
<th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
<th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
<th width="100%">Comments</th>
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<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>binary_path</b>
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<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">path</span>
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</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>The path of a helm binary to use.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>chart_ca_cert</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">path</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Verify certificates of HTTPS-enabled servers using this CA bundle.</div>
<div>Requires helm &gt;= 3.1.0.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>chart_devel</b>
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<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li>no</li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>Use development versions, too. Equivalent to version &#x27;&gt;0.0.0-0&#x27;.</div>
<div>Mutually exclusive with <code>chart_version</code>.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>chart_ref</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
/ <span style="color: red">required</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>chart name on chart repository.</div>
<div>absolute URL.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>chart_ssl_cert_file</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">path</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Identify HTTPS client using this SSL certificate file.</div>
<div>Requires helm &gt;= 3.1.0.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>chart_ssl_key_file</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">path</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Identify HTTPS client using this SSL key file</div>
<div>Requires helm &gt;= 3.1.0.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>chart_version</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Specify a version constraint for the chart version to use.</div>
<div>This constraint can be a specific tag (e.g. 1.1.1) or it may reference a valid range (e.g. ^2.0.0).</div>
<div>Mutually exclusive with <code>chart_devel</code>.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>destination</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">path</span>
/ <span style="color: red">required</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>location to write the chart.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>pass_credentials</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>Pass credentials to all domains.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>provenance</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>Fetch the provenance file, but don&#x27;t perform verification.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>repo_password</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Chart repository password where to locate the requested chart.</div>
<div>Required if <code>repo_username</code> is specified.</div>
<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: password, chart_repo_password</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>repo_url</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>chart repository url where to locate the requested chart.</div>
<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: url, chart_repo_url</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>repo_username</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>Chart repository username where to locate the requested chart.</div>
<div>Required if <code>repo_password</code> is specified.</div>
<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: username, chart_repo_username</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>skip_tls_certs_check</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>Whether or not to check tls certificate for the chart download.</div>
<div>Requires helm &gt;= 3.3.0. Alias <code>insecure_skip_tls_verify</code> added in 5.3.0.</div>
<div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: insecure_skip_tls_verify</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>untar_chart</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>if set to true, will untar the chart after downloading it.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>verify_chart</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>Verify the package before using it.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>verify_chart_keyring</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">path</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<div>location of public keys used for verification.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
<b>plain_http</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
</div>
<div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 5.1.0</div>
</td>
<td>
<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
<li>yes</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<div>Use HTTP instead of HTTPS when working with OCI registries</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br/>
Examples
--------
.. code-block:: yaml
- name: Download chart using chart url
kubernetes.core.helm_pull:
chart_ref: https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/releases/download/grafana-5.6.0/grafana-5.6.0.tgz
destination: /path/to/chart
- name: Download Chart using chart_name and repo_url
kubernetes.core.helm_pull:
chart_ref: redis
repo_url: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
untar_chart: yes
destination: /path/to/chart
- name: Download Chart (skip tls certificate check)
kubernetes.core.helm_pull:
chart_ref: redis
repo_url: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
untar_chart: yes
destination: /path/to/chart
skip_tls_certs_check: yes
- name: Download Chart using chart registry credentials
kubernetes.core.helm_pull:
chart_ref: redis
repo_url: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
untar_chart: yes
destination: /path/to/chart
username: myuser
password: mypassword123
Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:
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<tr>
<th colspan="1">Key</th>
<th>Returned</th>
<th width="100%">Description</th>
</tr>
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<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>command</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Full `helm pull` command built by this module, in case you want to re-run the command outside the module or debug a problem.</div>
<br/>
<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">helm pull --repo test ...</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>rc</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">integer</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Helm pull command return code</div>
<br/>
<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">1</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>stderr</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Full `helm pull` command stderr, in case you want to display it or examine the event log</div>
<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
<b>stdout</b>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
<div style="font-size: small">
<span style="color: purple">string</span>
</div>
</td>
<td>always</td>
<td>
<div>Full `helm pull` command stdout, in case you want to display it or examine the event log</div>
<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br/><br/>
Status
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Authors
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- Aubin Bikouo (@abikouo)