Helm Environment Variables

Helm uses some environment variables to configure its behavior and settings. Using the following command, you can see the list of what is currently set in your environment:

helm env

You should see an output similar to this:

# Binary name
HELM_BIN="helm"

# The path to Helm configuration files
HELM_CONFIG_HOME="/root/.config/helm"
# Registry-related environment variables
HELM_REGISTRY_CONFIG="/root/.config/helm/registry/config.json"
# Repository-related environment variables
HELM_REPOSITORY_CONFIG="/root/.config/helm/repositories.yaml"
# Cache-related environment variables
HELM_CACHE_HOME="/root/.cache/helm"
# Repository cache path
HELM_REPOSITORY_CACHE="/root/.cache/helm/repository"
# Data-related environment variables
HELM_DATA_HOME="/root/.local/share/helm"
# Plugins path
HELM_PLUGINS="/root/.local/share/helm/plugins"

# Debugging and output
HELM_DEBUG="false"

# Kubernetes API server URL

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