How can i rename a helm chart once created? - charts

Question

I have created a helm chart named "abc" with the command
helm create abc
Now when I install this chart, all the kuberenets resources created will have a name containing "abc".
Now I have to rename the chart "abc" to "xyz".
If i use
helm install --name xyz ./abc
only the chart name is changed to xyz. The resources inside it remain with "abc".
I need to rename the entire chart (with its resources) to be renamed.
Do I have any option for it?

Answer 1

I met this problem many times and I found the simplest solution.
Just 2 steps:
find and replace the name in the chart files.
rename chart directory name
Very simple if your chart name is quite unique.
By default chart name is used in the files:
Chart.yaml,
templates_helpers.tpl

Answer 2

You can access xyz with {{ .Release.Name }} and need to update the resource names with {{ .Release.Name }} so that the names are picked up dynamically every time:
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: {{ .Release.Name }}
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.app.dbName }}
app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.app.dbName }}
app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
template:
metadata:
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.app.dbName }}
app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
spec:
containers:
- image: mysql:5.6
name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-mysql" // or just {{ .Release.Name }}