Helm Template Function Default

External

• https://helm.sh/docs/chart_template_guide/#using-the-default-function

Internal

• Helm Templates

Overview

{{ default <default-value> <actual-value> }}

{{ default "blue" .Values.color }}

metadata:
  name: {{ .Values.myApp.clusterRole | default "my-app:cluster-role" | quote }}

In an actual chart, all static default values should live in the values.yaml, and should not be repeated using the default command - if that happens, we will have redundantly specified values. However, the default is useful for computed values, which cannot be declared inside values.yaml.