fix #8127, allow uninstall to keep resources

cmd/helm/uninstall.go

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func newUninstallCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DisableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "prevent hooks from running during uninstallation")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.IgnoreNotFound, "ignore-not-found", false, `Treat "release not found" as a successful uninstall`)
 	f.BoolVar(&client.KeepHistory, "keep-history", false, "remove all associated resources and mark the release as deleted, but retain the release history")
+	f.BoolVar(&client.KeepResources, "keep-resources", false, "Only mark the release as deleted, but keep all associated resources")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Wait, "wait", false, "if set, will wait until all the resources are deleted before returning. It will wait for as long as --timeout")
 	f.StringVar(&client.DeletionPropagation, "cascade", "background", "Must be \"background\", \"orphan\", or \"foreground\". Selects the deletion cascading strategy for the dependents. Defaults to background.")
 	f.DurationVar(&client.Timeout, "timeout", 300*time.Second, "time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks)")

pkg/action/uninstall.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type Uninstall struct {
 	DryRun              bool
 	IgnoreNotFound      bool
 	KeepHistory         bool
+	KeepResources       bool
 	Wait                bool
 	DeletionPropagation string
 	Timeout             time.Duration
@@ -119,23 +120,31 @@ func (u *Uninstall) Run(name string) (*release.UninstallReleaseResponse, error)
 		u.cfg.Log("uninstall: Failed to store updated release: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	deletedResources, kept, errs := u.deleteRelease(rel)
-	if errs != nil {
-		u.cfg.Log("uninstall: Failed to delete release: %s", errs)
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("failed to delete release: %s", name)
-	}
+	var errs []error
 
-	if kept != "" {
-		kept = "These resources were kept due to the resource policy:\n" + kept
-	}
-	res.Info = kept
+	if !u.KeepResources {
+		var deletedResources kube.ResourceList
+		var kept string
+		deletedResources, kept, errs = u.deleteRelease(rel)
+		if errs != nil {
+			u.cfg.Log("uninstall: Failed to delete release: %s", errs)
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("failed to delete release: %s", name)
+		}
 
-	if u.Wait {
-		if kubeClient, ok := u.cfg.KubeClient.(kube.InterfaceExt); ok {
-			if err := kubeClient.WaitForDelete(deletedResources, u.Timeout); err != nil {
-				errs = append(errs, err)
+		if kept != "" {
+			kept = "These resources were kept due to the resource policy:\n" + kept
+		}
+		res.Info = kept
+
+		if u.Wait {
+			if kubeClient, ok := u.cfg.KubeClient.(kube.InterfaceExt); ok {
+				if err := kubeClient.WaitForDelete(deletedResources, u.Timeout); err != nil {
+					errs = append(errs, err)
+				}
 			}
 		}
+	} else {
+		res.Info = "Associated resources were kept because --keep-resources was set"
 	}
 
 	if !u.DisableHooks {

pkg/action/uninstall_test.go

@@ -76,6 +76,34 @@ func TestUninstallRelease_deleteRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	is.Contains(res.Info, expected)
 }
 
+func TestUninstallRelease_keepResources(t *testing.T) {
+	is := assert.New(t)
+
+	unAction := uninstallAction(t)
+	unAction.DisableHooks = true
+	unAction.DryRun = false
+	unAction.KeepResources = true
+
+	rel := releaseStub()
+	rel.Name = "keep-resources"
+	rel.Manifest = `{
+		"apiVersion": "v1",
+		"kind": "Secret",
+		"metadata": {
+		  "name": "secret",
+		},
+		"type": "Opaque",
+		"data": {
+		  "password": "password"
+		}
+	}`
+	unAction.cfg.Releases.Create(rel)
+	res, err := unAction.Run(rel.Name)
+	is.NoError(err)
+	expected := "Associated resources were kept because --keep-resources was set"
+	is.Contains(res.Info, expected)
+}
+
 func TestUninstallRelease_Wait(t *testing.T) {
 	is := assert.New(t)