Variable¶

variable name¶

Hyphen in helm chart var/subchart names

• Hyphen - is not allowed in variable and subchart names and index is a workaround

• https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/2192

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63853679/helm-templating-doesnt-let-me-use-dash-in-names

• example

  mysub-chart:
    servicename: mysubchart-service
  # solution
  value: {{ index .Values "mysub-chart" "servicename" }}
  
  # another example
  x.y-def: '{{ index .Values.x "y-def" }}'