Work with Helm charts

You can store Helm 3 charts saved asOCI container images in Artifact Registry Docker repositories.

  • To get familiar with Helm charts in Artifact Registry, try thequickstart.
  • To learn about working with other container images, see theDocker overview.

When you are ready to learn more about managing Helm charts, read the followinginformation:

  1. Create a Docker repository for yourimages.

    If you are managing both container images and Helm charts inArtifact Registry, use one of these approaches to keep your chartsorganized:

    • Create separate repositories for your images and Helm charts.
    • Store images and charts under separate namespaces in the same repository.In the following example, the repositorymy-repo has separate namespacesfor images and charts.

      us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/my-project/my-repo/imagesus-west1-docker.pkg.dev/my-project/my-repo/charts
  2. Grant permissions to the account thatwill connect with the repository. Service accounts for common integrationswith Artifact Registry have defaultpermissions forrepositories in the same project.

  3. Configure Helm toauthenticate with Artifact Registry.

  4. Learn aboutmanaging charts.

  5. Set upPub/Sub notificationsfor changes to your repository.

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Last updated 2026-02-19 UTC.