kubernetes-helm

Helm: List recent chart upgrades


Given a kubernetes cluster with many helm charts in different namespaces, how can I use helm to query the list of the last recently "touched" charts?

By "touched" I mean either installed (via helm install) or upgraded (via helm upgrade).

Something like: helm ls --all --sort-by updated.

I am also fine with a solution that uses kubectl directly.


Solution

  • The brute force way:

    helm ls --max 99999 -A -o json | jq -r '.[] | "\(.updated)\t\(.name)"' | sort | tail | column -t
    

    Note that a sample json entry looks like the following:

    {
      "name": "hoth-cb7f8a327",
      "namespace": "default",
      "revision": "2",
      "updated": "2024-06-14 15:02:16.775174131 +0000 UTC",
      "status": "deployed",
      "chart": "hoth-0.1.0",
      "app_version": "1.0.0"
    }
    

    Sample output of the aforementioned command:

    2024-09-24  10:56:15.655674586  +0000  UTC  geonosis
    2024-09-24  10:56:15.731630075  +0000  UTC  coruscant
    2024-09-24  11:01:35.156973247  +0000  UTC  endor
    2024-09-24  11:02:30.314014351  +0000  UTC  hoth