# Configure Helm with Nexus

Configure your Helm client to connect to and authenticate to a Nexus Helm repository. Note that configuring Helm with Nexus requires creating a Helm repository in Nexus first.

Run the following command to add a Nexus Helm repository to your local Helm client configuration.

```
helm repo add <helm_repository_name> http://<host>:<port>/repository/<nexus_repository_name>/ --username <username> --password <password>
```

Where,

- `<helm_repository_name>`: Your local alias used by the Helm client

- `<host>`: Your Nexus instance, for example `example.nexus.com`

- `<port>`: Your Nexus port, for example `8081`

- `<nexus_repository_name>`: Your Helm Nexus repository, for example _helm-proxy_

- `<username>`: Username to authenticate to Nexus

- `<password>`: Password to authenticate to Nexus

Example:

```
helm repo add nexusrepo http://localhost:8081/repository/helm-proxy/ --username admin --password admin123
```