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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # Copyright The Helm Authors. | |
| # | |
| # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
| # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
| # You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
| # | |
| # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
| # | |
| # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
| # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
| # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
| # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
| # limitations under the License. | |
| # The install script is based off of the MIT-licensed script from glide, | |
| # the package manager for Go: https://github.com/Masterminds/glide.sh/blob/master/get | |
| # | |
| # MODIFIED: This version fetches Helm directly from GitHub releases instead of get.helm.sh | |
| : ${BINARY_NAME:="helm"} | |
| : ${USE_SUDO:="true"} | |
| : ${DEBUG:="false"} | |
| : ${VERIFY_CHECKSUM:="true"} | |
| : ${VERIFY_SIGNATURES:="false"} | |
| : ${HELM_INSTALL_DIR:="/usr/local/bin"} | |
| : ${GPG_PUBRING:="pubring.kbx"} | |
| HAS_CURL="$(type "curl" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)" | |
| HAS_WGET="$(type "wget" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)" | |
| HAS_OPENSSL="$(type "openssl" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)" | |
| HAS_GPG="$(type "gpg" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)" | |
| HAS_GIT="$(type "git" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)" | |
| HAS_TAR="$(type "tar" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)" | |
| # initArch discovers the architecture for this system. | |
| initArch() { | |
| ARCH=$(uname -m) | |
| case $ARCH in | |
| armv5*) ARCH="armv5";; | |
| armv6*) ARCH="armv6";; | |
| armv7*) ARCH="arm";; | |
| aarch64) ARCH="arm64";; | |
| x86) ARCH="386";; | |
| x86_64) ARCH="amd64";; | |
| i686) ARCH="386";; | |
| i386) ARCH="386";; | |
| esac | |
| } | |
| # initOS discovers the operating system for this system. | |
| initOS() { | |
| OS=$(echo `uname`|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') | |
| case "$OS" in | |
| # Minimalist GNU for Windows | |
| mingw*|cygwin*) OS='windows';; | |
| esac | |
| } | |
| # runs the given command as root (detects if we are root already) | |
| runAsRoot() { | |
| if [ $EUID -ne 0 -a "$USE_SUDO" = "true" ]; then | |
| sudo "${@}" | |
| else | |
| "${@}" | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| # verifySupported checks that the os/arch combination is supported for | |
| # binary builds, as well whether or not necessary tools are present. | |
| verifySupported() { | |
| local supported="darwin-amd64\ndarwin-arm64\nlinux-386\nlinux-amd64\nlinux-arm\nlinux-arm64\nlinux-loong64\nlinux-ppc64le\nlinux-s390x\nlinux-riscv64\nwindows-amd64\nwindows-arm64" | |
| if ! echo "${supported}" | grep -q "${OS}-${ARCH}"; then | |
| echo "No prebuilt binary for ${OS}-${ARCH}." | |
| echo "To build from source, go to https://github.com/helm/helm" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| if [ "${HAS_CURL}" != "true" ] && [ "${HAS_WGET}" != "true" ]; then | |
| echo "Either curl or wget is required" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| if [ "${VERIFY_CHECKSUM}" == "true" ] && [ "${HAS_OPENSSL}" != "true" ]; then | |
| echo "In order to verify checksum, openssl must first be installed." | |
| echo "Please install openssl or set VERIFY_CHECKSUM=false in your environment." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| if [ "${VERIFY_SIGNATURES}" == "true" ]; then | |
| if [ "${HAS_GPG}" != "true" ]; then | |
| echo "In order to verify signatures, gpg must first be installed." | |
| echo "Please install gpg or set VERIFY_SIGNATURES=false in your environment." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| if [ "${OS}" != "linux" ]; then | |
| echo "Signature verification is currently only supported on Linux." | |
| echo "Please set VERIFY_SIGNATURES=false or verify the signatures manually." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| if [ "${HAS_GIT}" != "true" ]; then | |
| echo "[WARNING] Could not find git. It is required for plugin installation." | |
| fi | |
| if [ "${HAS_TAR}" != "true" ]; then | |
| echo "[ERROR] Could not find tar. It is required to extract the helm binary archive." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| # checkDesiredVersion checks if the desired version is available. | |
| checkDesiredVersion() { | |
| if [ "x$DESIRED_VERSION" == "x" ]; then | |
| # Get tag from GitHub releases API | |
| local github_api_url="https://api.github.com/repos/helm/helm/releases/latest" | |
| local latest_release_response="" | |
| if [ "${HAS_CURL}" == "true" ]; then | |
| latest_release_response=$( curl -L --silent --show-error --fail "$github_api_url" 2>&1 || true ) | |
| elif [ "${HAS_WGET}" == "true" ]; then | |
| latest_release_response=$( wget "$github_api_url" -q -O - 2>&1 || true ) | |
| fi | |
| # Extract tag_name from JSON response | |
| TAG=$( echo "$latest_release_response" | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": "([^"]+)".*/\1/' ) | |
| if [ "x$TAG" == "x" ]; then | |
| printf "Could not retrieve the latest release tag information from %s: %s\n" "${github_api_url}" "${latest_release_response}" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| else | |
| TAG=$DESIRED_VERSION | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| # checkHelmInstalledVersion checks which version of helm is installed and | |
| # if it needs to be changed. | |
| checkHelmInstalledVersion() { | |
| if [[ -f "${HELM_INSTALL_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}" ]]; then | |
| local version=$("${HELM_INSTALL_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}" version --template="{{ .Version }}") | |
| if [[ "$version" == "$TAG" ]]; then | |
| echo "Helm ${version} is already ${DESIRED_VERSION:-latest}" | |
| return 0 | |
| else | |
| echo "Helm ${TAG} is available. Changing from version ${version}." | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| else | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| # downloadFile downloads the latest binary package and also the checksum | |
| # for that binary from GitHub releases. | |
| downloadFile() { | |
| HELM_DIST="helm-$TAG-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz" | |
| DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/download/$TAG/$HELM_DIST" | |
| CHECKSUM_URL="$DOWNLOAD_URL.sha256" | |
| HELM_TMP_ROOT="$(mktemp -dt helm-installer-XXXXXX)" | |
| HELM_TMP_FILE="$HELM_TMP_ROOT/$HELM_DIST" | |
| HELM_SUM_FILE="$HELM_TMP_ROOT/$HELM_DIST.sha256" | |
| echo "Downloading $DOWNLOAD_URL" | |
| if [ "${HAS_CURL}" == "true" ]; then | |
| curl -SsL "$CHECKSUM_URL" -o "$HELM_SUM_FILE" | |
| curl -SsL "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$HELM_TMP_FILE" | |
| elif [ "${HAS_WGET}" == "true" ]; then | |
| wget -q -O "$HELM_SUM_FILE" "$CHECKSUM_URL" | |
| wget -q -O "$HELM_TMP_FILE" "$DOWNLOAD_URL" | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| # verifyFile verifies the SHA256 checksum of the binary package | |
| # and the GPG signatures for both the package and checksum file | |
| # (depending on settings in environment). | |
| verifyFile() { | |
| if [ "${VERIFY_CHECKSUM}" == "true" ]; then | |
| verifyChecksum | |
| fi | |
| if [ "${VERIFY_SIGNATURES}" == "true" ]; then | |
| verifySignatures | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| # installFile installs the Helm binary. | |
| installFile() { | |
| HELM_TMP="$HELM_TMP_ROOT/$BINARY_NAME" | |
| mkdir -p "$HELM_TMP" | |
| tar xf "$HELM_TMP_FILE" -C "$HELM_TMP" | |
| HELM_TMP_BIN="$HELM_TMP/$OS-$ARCH/helm" | |
| echo "Preparing to install $BINARY_NAME into ${HELM_INSTALL_DIR}" | |
| runAsRoot cp "$HELM_TMP_BIN" "$HELM_INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME" | |
| echo "$BINARY_NAME installed into $HELM_INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME" | |
| } | |
| # verifyChecksum verifies the SHA256 checksum of the binary package. | |
| verifyChecksum() { | |
| printf "Verifying checksum... " | |
| local sum=$(openssl sha1 -sha256 ${HELM_TMP_FILE} | awk '{print $2}') | |
| local expected_sum=$(cat ${HELM_SUM_FILE}) | |
| if [ "$sum" != "$expected_sum" ]; then | |
| echo "SHA sum of ${HELM_TMP_FILE} does not match. Aborting." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| echo "Done." | |
| } | |
| # verifySignatures obtains the latest KEYS file from GitHub main branch | |
| # as well as the signature .asc files from the specific GitHub release, | |
| # then verifies that the release artifacts were signed by a maintainer's key. | |
| verifySignatures() { | |
| printf "Verifying signatures... " | |
| local keys_filename="KEYS" | |
| local github_keys_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/${keys_filename}" | |
| if [ "${HAS_CURL}" == "true" ]; then | |
| curl -SsL "${github_keys_url}" -o "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/${keys_filename}" | |
| elif [ "${HAS_WGET}" == "true" ]; then | |
| wget -q -O "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/${keys_filename}" "${github_keys_url}" | |
| fi | |
| local gpg_keyring="${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/keyring.gpg" | |
| local gpg_homedir="${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/gnupg" | |
| mkdir -p -m 0700 "${gpg_homedir}" | |
| local gpg_stderr_device="/dev/null" | |
| if [ "${DEBUG}" == "true" ]; then | |
| gpg_stderr_device="/dev/stderr" | |
| fi | |
| gpg --batch --quiet --homedir="${gpg_homedir}" --import "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/${keys_filename}" 2> "${gpg_stderr_device}" | |
| gpg --batch --no-default-keyring --keyring "${gpg_homedir}/${GPG_PUBRING}" --export > "${gpg_keyring}" | |
| local github_release_url="https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/download/${TAG}" | |
| if [ "${HAS_CURL}" == "true" ]; then | |
| curl -SsL "${github_release_url}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc" -o "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc" | |
| curl -SsL "${github_release_url}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc" -o "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc" | |
| elif [ "${HAS_WGET}" == "true" ]; then | |
| wget -q -O "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc" "${github_release_url}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc" | |
| wget -q -O "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc" "${github_release_url}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc" | |
| fi | |
| local error_text="If you think this might be a potential security issue," | |
| error_text="${error_text}\nplease see here: https://github.com/helm/community/blob/master/SECURITY.md" | |
| local num_goodlines_sha=$(gpg --verify --keyring="${gpg_keyring}" --status-fd=1 "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc" 2> "${gpg_stderr_device}" | grep -c -E '^\[GNUPG:\] (GOODSIG|VALIDSIG)') | |
| if [[ ${num_goodlines_sha} -lt 2 ]]; then | |
| echo "Unable to verify the signature of helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256!" | |
| echo -e "${error_text}" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| local num_goodlines_tar=$(gpg --verify --keyring="${gpg_keyring}" --status-fd=1 "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc" 2> "${gpg_stderr_device}" | grep -c -E '^\[GNUPG:\] (GOODSIG|VALIDSIG)') | |
| if [[ ${num_goodlines_tar} -lt 2 ]]; then | |
| echo "Unable to verify the signature of helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz!" | |
| echo -e "${error_text}" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| echo "Done." | |
| } | |
| # fail_trap is executed if an error occurs. | |
| fail_trap() { | |
| result=$? | |
| if [ "$result" != "0" ]; then | |
| if [[ -n "$INPUT_ARGUMENTS" ]]; then | |
| echo "Failed to install $BINARY_NAME with the arguments provided: $INPUT_ARGUMENTS" | |
| help | |
| else | |
| echo "Failed to install $BINARY_NAME" | |
| fi | |
| echo -e "\tFor support, go to https://github.com/helm/helm." | |
| fi | |
| cleanup | |
| exit $result | |
| } | |
| # testVersion tests the installed client to make sure it is working. | |
| testVersion() { | |
| set +e | |
| HELM="$(command -v $BINARY_NAME)" | |
| if [ "$?" = "1" ]; then | |
| echo "$BINARY_NAME not found. Is $HELM_INSTALL_DIR on your "'$PATH?' | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| set -e | |
| } | |
| # help provides possible cli installation arguments | |
| help () { | |
| echo "Accepted cli arguments are:" | |
| echo -e "\t[--help|-h ] ->> prints this help" | |
| echo -e "\t[--version|-v <desired_version>] . When not defined it fetches the latest release tag from GitHub" | |
| echo -e "\te.g. --version v3.0.0 or -v canary" | |
| echo -e "\t[--no-sudo] ->> install without sudo" | |
| } | |
| # cleanup temporary files to avoid https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/2977 | |
| cleanup() { | |
| if [[ -d "${HELM_TMP_ROOT:-}" ]]; then | |
| rm -rf "$HELM_TMP_ROOT" | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| # Execution | |
| #Stop execution on any error | |
| trap "fail_trap" EXIT | |
| set -e | |
| # Set debug if desired | |
| if [ "${DEBUG}" == "true" ]; then | |
| set -x | |
| fi | |
| # Parsing input arguments (if any) | |
| export INPUT_ARGUMENTS="${@}" | |
| set -u | |
| while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do | |
| case $1 in | |
| '--version'|-v) | |
| shift | |
| if [[ $# -ne 0 ]]; then | |
| export DESIRED_VERSION="${1}" | |
| if [[ "$1" != "v"* ]]; then | |
| echo "Expected version arg ('${DESIRED_VERSION}') to begin with 'v', fixing..." | |
| export DESIRED_VERSION="v${1}" | |
| fi | |
| else | |
| echo -e "Please provide the desired version. e.g. --version v3.0.0 or -v canary" | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| ;; | |
| '--no-sudo') | |
| USE_SUDO="false" | |
| ;; | |
| '--help'|-h) | |
| help | |
| exit 0 | |
| ;; | |
| *) exit 1 | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| shift | |
| done | |
| set +u | |
| initArch | |
| initOS | |
| verifySupported | |
| checkDesiredVersion | |
| if ! checkHelmInstalledVersion; then | |
| downloadFile | |
| verifyFile | |
| installFile | |
| fi | |
| testVersion | |
| cleanup |
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