Helm conditionally install subchart

Question

Is there a way to conditionally install a helm subchart based on global values.yaml? I\'ve all my internal services and components as subcharts, and one of them is a message

Answer 1

I've found out the answer:

In requirements.yaml, add:

dependencies:
- name: api
  condition: api.enabled
- name: messagequeue
  condition: messagequeue.enabled

and in values.yaml, add

api:
  enabled: true    
messagequeue:
  enabled: false

Now during installation, pass the values to enabled or disable the messagequeue as follows:

helm install --dry-run --debug website\ --set messagequeue.enabled=true

or

helm install --dry-run --debug website\ --set messagequeue.enabled=false