How to test your helm chart values yaml files locally

local-deploy.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Usage `./local-deploy.sh <command> <service-name> 
# Requirements: helm must be installed and match the version on our cluster
# commands:
#   deploy   Deploys the code to the cluster (requires cluster access)
#   dry-run  Prints the k8s deployment and service yaml files generates by helm

CMD="$1"
SVC="$2"

# 1. Point helm at our buffer-helm charts repo
# 2. Determine what chart name to use
# 3. Run helm command to deploy (or dry-run) using the selected base helm chart and the path to the values.yaml file
helm upgrade --install <chart> <path-to-values-yaml-file>