Create a Helm Repository

To proxy or publish Helm charts and provenance files, create a Helm repository in Nexus. Check out Nexus Repository Management and Repository Types to learn more.

Helm Proxy Repository

Use Nexus proxy repository when you want to download packages and centralize package caching of external dependencies. To learn more, check Proxy Repositories.

To create a new Helm proxy repository, take the following steps:

1. Navigate to Settings → Repository→ Repositories.
2. Select the Create repository button.
3. From the list of Recipes, select helm (proxy).
4. In the form that appears, complete the required fields.
   • Repository Name, for example helm-proxy
   • Remote storage URL, for example https://charts.helm.sh/stable
   • Blob store
5. Complete the additional fields for configurations you wish to add for creating your repository. Available configurations differ by repository format and type. See Configurable Repository Fields for more details.
6. Select Create repository.

Proxy NVIDIA NIM Helm Repositories

Use this section to create a Helm Proxy for NVIDIA NIM.

Prerequisites:

• A valid and active NVIDIA NIM account
• A generated API key for the NGC Catalog

To create a Helm proxy for NVIDIA NIM, take the following steps:

1. Create a Helm proxy repository using the name nvidia-helm for path-based routing.

2. Set the remote storage URL to https://helm.ngc.nvidia.com/nvidia

3. Set the HTTP authentication token from the generated NGC API key:

   Username: $oauthtoken
   Password: API TOKEN
   

4. Save the proxy repository.

Helm Hosted Repository

Use Nexus hosted repository when you want to publish and store your own internal artifacts and third-party components, so they can be consumed via Nexus. To learn more, check Hosted Repositories.

To create a new Helm hosted repository, take the following steps:

1. Navigate to Settings → Repository → Repositories.
2. Select the Create repository button.
3. From the list of Recipes, select helm (hosted).
4. In the form that appears, complete the required fields.
   • Repository Name, for example helm-hosted
   • Blob store
5. Complete the additional fields for configurations you wish to add for creating your repository. Available configurations differ by repository format and type. See Configurable Repository Fields for more details.
6. Select Create repository.

Tip

To upload packages using the UI, see Uploading Components.

Helm Group Repository

Use Nexus group repository when you want to combine multiple other repositories (proxy, hosted, and other groups) and expose them through a single URL. To learn more, check Group Repositories.

To create a new Helm group repository, take the following steps:

1. Navigate to Settings → Repository→ Repositories.
2. Select the Create repository button.
3. From the list of Recipes, select helm (group)
4. In the form that appears, complete the required fields.
   • Repository Name, for example helm-group
   • Blob store
   • Member repositories in the desired order
5. Complete the additional fields for configurations you wish to add for creating your repository. Available configurations differ by repository format and type. See Configurable Repository Fields for more details.
6. Select Create repository.