`helm repo update #{repo_name}` failed with exit status #{ex

Error message

`helm repo update #{repo_name}` failed with exit status #{exit_status}

What it means

Error "`helm repo update #{repo_name}` failed with exit status #{exit_status}" thrown in CanineHQ/canine.

Source

Thrown at app/services/k8/helm/client.rb:63

  def ls
    return StandardError.new("Can't list helm charts if not connected") unless connected?
    K8::Kubeconfig.with_kube_config(connection.kubeconfig, skip_tls_verify: connection.cluster.skip_tls_verify) do |kubeconfig_file|
      command = %w[helm ls --all-namespaces -o yaml] + [ "--kubeconfig=#{kubeconfig_file.path}" ]
      command_output = runner.(command, envs: { "KUBECONFIG" => kubeconfig_file.path })
      output = YAML.safe_load(command_output)
    end
  end

  def repo_update_all
    exit_status = runner.(%w[helm repo update])
    raise "`helm repo update` failed with exit status #{exit_status}" unless exit_status.success?
    exit_status
  end

  def repo_update(repo_name:)
    exit_status = runner.(%w[helm repo update] + [ repo_name ])
    raise "`helm repo update #{repo_name}` failed with exit status #{exit_status}" unless exit_status.success?
    exit_status
  end

  def run_command(command)
    runner.(command)
  end

  def self.add_repo(repository_name, repository_url, runner)
    command = %w[helm repo add] + [ repository_name, repository_url, "--force-update" ]
    runner.(command)
  end

  def add_repo(repository_name, repository_url)
    self.class.add_repo(repository_name, repository_url, runner)
  end

  def build_install_command(name, chart_url, version, values_file_path:, namespace:, timeout:, dry_run:, atomic:, wait:, history_max:, create_namespace:, skip_tls_verify:, skip_schema_validation: false)
    command_parts = %w[helm upgrade --install] + [ name, chart_url, "-f", values_file_path, "--namespace", namespace, "--timeout=#{timeout}" ]

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at app/services/k8/helm/client.rb:63 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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