flux2/docs/cmd/flux_create_source_helm.md

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title: "flux create source helm command"
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## flux create source helm

Create or update a HelmRepository source

### Synopsis

The create source helm command generates a HelmRepository resource and waits for it to fetch the index.
For private Helm repositories, the basic authentication credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.

```
flux create source helm [name] [flags]
```

### Examples

```
  # Create a source for a public Helm repository
  flux create source helm podinfo \
    --url=https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo \
    --interval=10m

  # Create a source for a Helm repository using basic authentication
  flux create source helm podinfo \
    --url=https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo \
    --username=username \
    --password=password

  # Create a source for a Helm repository using TLS authentication
  flux create source helm podinfo \
    --url=https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo \
    --cert-file=./cert.crt \
    --key-file=./key.crt \
    --ca-file=./ca.crt
```

### Options

```
      --ca-file string      TLS authentication CA file path
      --cert-file string    TLS authentication cert file path
  -h, --help                help for helm
      --key-file string     TLS authentication key file path
  -p, --password string     basic authentication password
      --secret-ref string   the name of an existing secret containing TLS or basic auth credentials
      --url string          Helm repository address
  -u, --username string     basic authentication username
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --context string      kubernetes context to use
      --export              export in YAML format to stdout
      --interval duration   source sync interval (default 1m0s)
      --kubeconfig string   absolute path to the kubeconfig file
      --label strings       set labels on the resource (can specify multiple labels with commas: label1=value1,label2=value2)
  -n, --namespace string    the namespace scope for this operation (default "flux-system")
      --timeout duration    timeout for this operation (default 5m0s)
      --verbose             print generated objects
```

### SEE ALSO

* [flux create source](../flux_create_source/)	 - Create or update sources