Two known methods for writing helm unit tests One is using s

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Two known methods for writing helm unit tests One is using simple bash scripts to do a helm template and a grep like operation to ensure the manifests contains changes example The other is using golang and helm libraries to template the charts and ensure the resulted k8s api resource structs have the required properties This requires more effort but is more robust and can do more complex stuff example Which one do you think is better I think golang unit tests are overkill for most use cases and we don t need to ensure complex functionalities but rather we simply need to ensure every variable is used and is generating expected output So I think a method like `consul helm` is better for us

little-author-61621 · Answer

Looks cool I haven t used either before but will have a look in more detail Have you used the consul helm method before

little-author-61621 · Answer

There s also <https helm sh docs topics chart tests > we should look at but this is more smoke tests

damp-ambulance-61372 · Answer

Yeah I ve used both before Actually started with golang unit tests but switched to bat method like consul helm since golang unit tests was getting unnecessarily complex

damp-ambulance-61372 · Answer

This helm chart tests <https helm sh docs topics chart tests > is good for integration or e2e testing as they require a running k8s cluster I think we can also have them as the next step e g to run only on release tags as they might be expensive

little-author-61621 · Answer

Yeah that makes sense

little-author-61621 · Answer

The bash ones look pretty good actually Have you tried these ones before <https github com anikin aa helm unittest>

damp-ambulance-61372 · Answer

Nice No I haven t The last commit seems to be for 2019 and the main repo which this is forked from is no longer maintained IDK if it supports helm3 or not Maybe that won t be an issue for us and will work for us as is or maybe we can fork it and make it work with a few tweaks Needs a closer investigation

little-author-61621 · Answer

This seems to be the most maintained fork Apache Airflow switched to Python for the tests as well more info here