Helm Charts maintainer needed

[diemol]

Feature and motivation

We have been unable to handle updates and proper testing for the helm chart. We are looking for someone who wants to maintain them long-term.

Usage example

If we do not find someone by the end of November 2023, we will move the chart to the https://github.com/seleniumhq-community organization.

[amardeep2006]

I see some good PRs raised in recent times. The helm chart is really useful and I see contributions thriving. I wish I were expert in kubernetes and Helm chart.
Only help I can offer is in testing the helm charts.

[diemol]

The problem is that people come to contribute something and never return, which is OK. That is also part of what open source is. However, we do not have the time to test changes correctly and ensure some level of quality in the chart. We need a GitHub workflow that helps us with that.

[VietND96]

I also tried to investigate the testing by comparing output via helm template, and for syntax via helm lint, and basic setup with default values via simplex K8s env deployed by Minikube. Will come up with a workflow if I can automate those steps

[amardeep2006]

@VietND96 There are some interesting github actions on marketplace for using in Github workflows.
https://github.com/marketplace/actions/helm-chart-testing
Repo : https://github.com/helm/chart-testing-action

There is no need to install minikube, it spins up KIND for kubernetes cluster. I am ready for collaboration if required since I have good experience in using Github actions.

[amardeep2006]

I tried the above GitHub action and it threw some valid linting issues. After solving those linting issues I am now facing issues in helm chart dependencies.
Here is the github run details.
https://github.com/amardeep2006/docker-selenium/actions/runs/6782807895/job/18435787690

Next step : I probably I need to build helm chart first so that It download keda helm chart. Will keep updated.

[VietND96]

@amardeep2006 , the action looks good. You can go ahead and initialize the workflow since I have not started yet :)
You can check the steps that action support to do this procedure helm repo add dependencies chart repo -> helm repo update -> helm dependencies build -> helm lint -> helm package -> helm install

[amardeep2006]

@diemol The GitHub action is now passing. Here is the latest run I did against .
https://github.com/amardeep2006/docker-selenium/actions/runs/6783953826/job/18439259939

It needs a Name of maintainer in Helm Chart (GitHub username and email) to pass linting. Do we have a volunteer for this? Or can I put your name for time being ?

[diemol]

Where is this needed?

[amardeep2006]

@diemol It is required by ct tool in Chart.yml. ct tool has this as linting rule that maintainer must be added as Github id.
It expects maintainers attribute to be present.

selenium-grid => (version: "0.23.1", path: "charts/selenium-grid") > chart doesn't have maintainers

I tried passing dummy value, it failed with error :

Error: failed linting charts: failed processing charts
✖︎ selenium-grid => (version: "0.23.1", path: "charts/selenium-grid") > failed validating maintainer "To Be Decided": 404 Not Found

[VietND96]

I saw most Dockerfile are using the label authors="Selenium selenium-developers@googlegroups.com"
So, I think the same could be used in chart metadata. @amardeep2006, you can input the below info and raise the PR for your workflow then.

maintainers:
  - name: Selenium
    email: selenium-developers@googlegroups.com
sources:
  - https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium

[amardeep2006]

I will raise with following in a day or two. I will use SeleniumHQ because Selenium namespace is taken by someone already in GitHub.

maintainers:
  - name: SeleniumHQ
    email: selenium-developers@googlegroups.com
sources:
  - https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium

[amardeep2006]

Raised PR #2002 This can act as foundation for tests.
Long run : We can create multiple test values files that can be applied one by one in KIND kube cluster. Helm chart testing is relatively new concept so let's evolve it.