Helm can't find chart

Question

I've published my chart to chartmuseum. And yes, I've ran "helm repo update".

$ helm search chartmuseum/
NAME                        CHART VERSION   APP VERSION DESCRIPTION            
chartmuseum/whoami          1-master                    A Helm chart for whoami
chartmuseum/whoami-master   0.0.1-SNAPSHOT              A Helm chart for whoami
chartmuseum/whoami-release  0.0.1-SNAPSHOT              A Helm chart for whoami

But when I try to find it...

$ helm install chartmuseum/whoami-release
Error: failed to download "chartmuseum/whoami-release" (hint: running `helm repo update` may help)

Anyone got a clue about what I do wrong?

Have you looked at github.com/helm/chartmuseum/issues/129 ? Could be related to the versions not being semantic. — Ryan Dawson
Not a bad suggestion. But I just found out that chartmuseum/whoami works. So I doubt that's the case. — user672009
@RyanDawson Turned out you where spot on! helm --debug install chartmuseum/whoami-release --version 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT - Works! If you care to post an answer I'll accept it. Thanks. — user672009

Ryan Dawson Ryan Dawson · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-29T14:20:14

Helm expects semantic versions in order to use the latest one by not explicitly specifying a version in the install command - https://github.com/helm/chartmuseum/issues/129

As you point out in the comments, it does retrieve if you specify the specific version

Helm can't find chart

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