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+# helm2bundle
+
+Inspects a helm chart and outputs an apb.yml file and Dockerfile based on
+values in the chart.
+
+## Status
+
+This is pre-release experimental software.
+
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+$ helm2bundle redis-1.1.12.tgz 
+$ ls
+apb.yml  Dockerfile  redis-1.1.12.tgz
+```
+
+On OpenShift you can ``apb push`` to build and push the service bundle into your
+cluster's registry.
+
+On plain Kubernetes, you can ``apb build`` and then tag and push to a registry that
+your broker is configured to access.
diff --git a/helm2bundle.go b/helm2bundle.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+const dockerfileTemplate string = `FROM ansibleplaybookbundle/helm-bundle-base
+
+LABEL "com.redhat.apb.spec"=\
+""
+
+COPY {{.TarfileName}} /opt/chart.tgz
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoint.sh"]
+`
+
+const apbYml string = "apb.yml"
+const dockerfile string = "Dockerfile"
+
+// APB represents an apb.yml file
+type APB struct {
+	Version     string            `yaml:"version"`
+	Name        string            `yaml:"name"`
+	Description string            `yaml:"description"`
+	Bindable    bool              `yaml:"bindable"`
+	Async       string            `yaml:"async"`
+	Metadata    map[string]string `yaml:"metadata"`
+	Plans       []Plan            `yaml:"plans"`
+}
+
+// Plan represents a Plan within an APB
+type Plan struct {
+	Name        string                 `yaml:"name"`
+	Description string                 `yaml:"description"`
+	Free        bool                   `yaml:"free"`
+	Metadata    map[string]interface{} `yaml:"metadata"`
+	Parameters  []Parameter            `yaml:"parameters"`
+}
+
+// Parameter represents a Parameter within a Plan
+type Parameter struct {
+	Name        string `yaml:"name"`
+	Title       string `yaml:"title"`
+	Type        string `yaml:"type"`
+	DisplayType string `yaml:"display_type"`
+	Default     string `yaml:"default"`
+}
+
+// NewAPB returns a pointer to a new APB that has been populated with the
+// passed-in data.
+func NewAPB(v TarValues) *APB {
+	parameter := Parameter{
+		Name:        "values",
+		Title:       "Values",
+		Type:        "string",
+		DisplayType: "textarea",
+		Default:     v.Values,
+	}
+	plan := Plan{
+		Name:        "default",
+		Description: fmt.Sprintf("Deploys helm chart %s", v.Name),
+		Free:        true,
+		Metadata:    make(map[string]interface{}),
+		Parameters:  []Parameter{parameter},
+	}
+	apb := APB{
+		Version:     "1.0",
+		Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-apb", v.Name),
+		Description: v.Description,
+		Bindable:    false,
+		Async:       "optional",
+		Metadata: map[string]string{
+			"displayName": fmt.Sprintf("%s (helm bundle)", v.Name),
+			"imageUrl":    v.Icon,
+		},
+		Plans: []Plan{plan},
+	}
+	return &apb
+}
+
+// TarValues holds data that will be used to create the Dockerfile and apb.yml
+type TarValues struct {
+	Name        string
+	Description string
+	Icon        string
+	TarfileName string
+	Values      string // the entire contents of the chart's values.yaml file
+}
+
+// Chart holds data that is parsed from a helm chart's Chart.yaml file.
+type Chart struct {
+	Description string
+	Name        string
+	Icon        string
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// forceArg is true when the user specifies --force, and it indicates that
+	// it is ok to replace existing files.
+	var forceArg bool
+
+	var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "helm2bundle CHARTFILE",
+		Short: "Packages a helm chart as a Service Bundle",
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			run(forceArg, args[0])
+		},
+	}
+
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&forceArg, "force", "f", false, "force overwrite of existing files")
+
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+		fmt.Println("could not execute command")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+// run does all of the real work. `force` indicates if existing files should be
+// overwritten, and `filename` is the name of the chart file in the working
+// directory.
+func run(force bool, filename string) {
+	if force == false {
+		// fail if one of the files already exists
+		exists, err := fileExists()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err.Error())
+			fmt.Println("could not get values from helm chart")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		if exists {
+			fmt.Printf("use --force to overwrite existing %s and/or %s\n", dockerfile, apbYml)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	values, err := getTarValues(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+		fmt.Println("could not get values from helm chart")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	err = writeApbYaml(values)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+		fmt.Println("could not render template")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	err = writeDockerfile(values)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+		fmt.Println("could not render template")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+// fileExists returns true if either apb.yml or Dockerfile exists in the
+// working directory, else false
+func fileExists() (bool, error) {
+	for _, filename := range []string{apbYml, dockerfile} {
+		_, err := os.Stat(filename)
+		if err == nil {
+			// file exists
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			// error determining if file exists
+			return false, err
+		}
+	}
+	// neither file exists
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// writeApbYaml creates a new file named "apb.yml" in the current working
+// directory that can be used to build a service bundle.
+func writeApbYaml(v TarValues) error {
+	apb := NewAPB(v)
+	data, err := yaml.Marshal(apb)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Create(apbYml)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	_, err = f.Write(data)
+	return err
+}
+
+// writeDockerfile creates a new file named "Dockerfile" in the current working
+// directory that can be used to build a service bundle.
+func writeDockerfile(v TarValues) error {
+	t, err := template.New(dockerfile).Parse(dockerfileTemplate)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Create(dockerfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	return t.Execute(f, v)
+}
+
+// getTarValues opens the helm chart tarball to 1) retrieve Chart.yaml so it can
+// be parsed, and 2) retrieve the entire contents of values.yaml.
+func getTarValues(filename string) (TarValues, error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return TarValues{}, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	uncompressed, err := gzip.NewReader(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return TarValues{}, err
+	}
+
+	tr := tar.NewReader(uncompressed)
+	var chart Chart
+	var values string
+	for {
+		hdr, err := tr.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return TarValues{}, errors.New("Chart.yaml not found in archive")
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return TarValues{}, err
+		}
+
+		chartMatch, err := path.Match("*/Chart.yaml", hdr.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return TarValues{}, err
+		}
+		valuesMatch, err := path.Match("*/values.yaml", hdr.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return TarValues{}, err
+		}
+		if chartMatch {
+			chart, err = parseChart(tr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return TarValues{}, err
+			}
+		}
+		if valuesMatch {
+			data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return TarValues{}, err
+			}
+			values = string(data)
+		}
+		if len(values) > 0 && len(chart.Name) > 0 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if len(values) > 0 && len(chart.Name) > 0 {
+		return TarValues{
+			Name:        chart.Name,
+			Description: chart.Description,
+			Icon:        chart.Icon,
+			TarfileName: filename,
+			Values:      values,
+		}, nil
+	}
+	return TarValues{}, errors.New("Could not find both Chart.yaml and values.yaml")
+}
+
+// parseChart parses the Chart.yaml file for data that is needed when creating
+// a service bundle.
+func parseChart(source io.Reader) (Chart, error) {
+	c := Chart{}
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return c, err
+	}
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return c, err
+	}
+
+	return c, nil
+}