Is it possible, within a helm chart to create a single string which is a comma-separated representation (similar to using the ",".join() command in Python) of strings with a common prefix and a variable suffix?
For example, I have a CLI application that requires an argument like so via the extraArgs parameter in a kubernetes pod definition:
extraArgs: >-
-M {{ $.Values.global.hostname }}/100
I now have to modify this value to be over a range (i.e. from {{$.Values.global.minval}} to {{$.Values.global.maxval}}, inclusive). So, for a minval=100 and maxval=105, my chart needs to now become (note the lack of a trailing comma, and no spaces other than the space after -M):
extraArgs: >-
-M {{ $.Values.global.hostname }}/100,{{ $.Values.global.hostname }}/101,{{ $.Values.global.hostname }}/102,{{ $.Values.global.hostname }}/103,{{ $.Values.global.hostname }}/104,{{ $.Values.global.hostname }}/105
Is there some way I can execute this in a range/loop in my chart? I have several instances of this chart that will use different min/max values, and I'd like to automate this tedious task as much as I can (additionally, I do not have access to the app's source, so I can't change the CLI interface to the application).
In Python, I could accomplish this roughly by:
minval = 100
minval = 105
s = "-M "
L = []
for i in range(minval, maxval+1):
L.append("{{{{ $.Values.global.hostname }}}}/{}".format(i))
s = s + ",".join(L)
# print(s)
I'm not sure where to begin doing this in a Helm template beyond starting with the range() function.
Helm includes the sprig library of template functions which contains untilStep and join.
There is no concept of a map or each operator in sprig yet so you can construct the list in a range loop to be joined later (from here)
{{- $minval := int .Values.minval -}}
{{- $maxval := int .Values.maxval | add1 | int -}}
{{- $args := list -}}
{{- range untilStep $minval $maxval 1 -}}
{{- $args = printf "%s/%d" $hostname . | append $args -}}
{{- end }}
extraArgs: '-M {{ $args | join "," }}'