The Chart Best Practices Guide

We focus primarily on best practices for charts that may be publicly deployed. We know that many charts are for internal-use only, and authors of such charts may find that their internal interests override our suggestions here.

• General Conventions: Learn about general chart conventions.
• : Learn some of the best techniques for writing templates.
• Requirements: Follow best practices for requirements.yaml files.
• Kubernetes Resources:
  • : See the best practices for working with pod specifications.
  • Custom Resource Definitions: Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) have their own associated best practices.