Helm template: Array to a comma separated string

helm template array comma separated

2 min read | by Jordi Prats

While writing Helm charts we might need to transform some values that are going to be defined as an array as a value into a comma separated string

Let's assume we have the following values defined:

application:
  defaultRegions:
    - name: eu-west-1
    - name: us-west-1

If we need to tranform this array into a string we can use the join function:

  • It's first argument is the separator, in this example we are going to use a comma, but it can be any string
  • The second argument is the array we want to join

This is an example on how to use it:

(...)
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
(...)
  initContainers:
  - command:
    - applicacion
    - config 
    - '--regions'
    - '{{ join "," .Values.application.defaultRegions }}'
    env:
(...)

It's output would looks like this (we can use helm template or the --dry-run option to render the objects)

(...)
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
(...)
  initContainers:
  - command:
    - applicacion
    - config 
    - '--regions'
    - 'eu-west-1,us-west-1'
    env:
(...)

Posted on 12/11/2021

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