build-helm-charts

Build the development Helm charts for the License Service family (License Service, License Service Reporter, License Service Scanner) used for the "License Service without an IBM Cloud Pak" / no-operator deployment path. Use to package and test Helm-based deployments after changing the chart sources under deploy/argo-cd, helm-migration, or helm-no-operator.

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name	build-helm-charts
description	Build the development Helm charts for the License Service family (License Service, License Service Reporter, License Service Scanner) used for the "License Service without an IBM Cloud Pak" / no-operator deployment path. Use to package and test Helm-based deployments after changing the chart sources under deploy/argo-cd, helm-migration, or helm-no-operator.

build-helm-charts

Builds the development Helm charts for the three License Service components. These charts back the "License Service without an IBM Cloud Pak" (no-operator) and GitOps/ArgoCD deployment scenarios. Chart sources live under deploy/argo-cd/components/*, helm-migration/, and helm-no-operator/; this skill packages them with dev image tags (branch-based) for testing.

When to use

After editing chart sources (deploy/argo-cd/components/…, helm-migration/, helm-no-operator/).
To validate Helm packaging before releasing new chart versions.
To produce dev .tgz charts wired to development image tags.

Commands

Build all component charts:

make build/helm-develop-all

Or a single component:

make build/helm-develop-ls     # License Service (cluster-scoped) + migration chart
make build/helm-develop-lsr    # License Service Reporter (namespace + cluster scoped)
make build/helm-develop-lss    # License Service Scanner (namespace + cluster scoped)

Each delegates to common/scripts/build-helm-develop.sh, rewriting image tags from :$(CSV_VERSION) to :$(GIT_BRANCH) and packaging via helm. Charts are optionally pushed to Artifactory when ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN is set.

What each target produces

ls - ibm-licensing-cluster-scoped + ibm-licensing-migration
lsr - ibm-license-service-reporter (+ postgresql, UI, oauth2-proxy, operator images) + ibm-license-service-reporter-cluster-scoped
lss - ibm-license-service-scanner (scanner + scanner-operator) + ibm-license-service-scanner-cluster-scoped

Prerequisites

helm and yq installed (see [[setup-tools]]).
ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN exported if pushing charts to the scratch Helm repo.

Key environment variables

Var	Purpose
`CSV_VERSION`	Base chart/image version (default `4.2.24`)
`GIT_BRANCH`	Branch used for dev image tags
`CHART_DESTINATION_*`	Artifactory destinations per component

Notes

Migration charts use MIGRATION_CHART_VERSION rather than CSV_VERSION.
Production chart publishing is done by the Tekton pipeline; this skill is for local dev iteration and validation.

Related skills

[[generate-manifests]] - make generate-yaml-argo-cd regenerates the ArgoCD component YAMLs these charts are built from.
[[build-and-deploy]] - the operator/OLM deployment path (alternative to Helm).