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Install Helm on the Management Node

GPU Manager requires Helm version 3.14 or newer to install the AI Platform that is delivered as Helm Charts. Follow the steps below to install helm on the management host (mvai-mgmt) and the GPU worker node (mvai-nvgpu01). These steps mirror the Official Helm Installation Guide.

Helm Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS installed on both mvai-mgmt and mvai-nvgpu01
  • A running Kubernetes cluster
  • Cluster admin permissions
  • kubectl installed and configured to access your cluster

1. Install Helm

Option 1: Use the Helm Installer Script

Helm now has an installer script that will automatically grab the latest version of Helm and install it locally.

  • Fetch the script, then execute it locally.
  • It's well documented, so you can read through it and understand what it is doing before running it.

Option 2: Install Helm via Console

$ curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3
$ chmod 700 get_helm.sh
$ ./get_helm.sh

Alternatively, you can run curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash to install helm with one command.

2. Add and update the Helm Stable Chart repository

Add the official Helm stable chart repository using:

helm repo add stable https://charts.helm.sh/stable

Update Helm's chart repository to ensure you have the latest chart information:

helm repo update

To test your Helm installation, you can search for available charts:

helm search repo stable

This command should return a list of available charts from the stable repository.