<p>So when I run helm init, sometimes it works and a tiller pod gets created and sometimes the connection times out. I reasoned to extend the tiller-connection-time out with:</p>

<p><code>helm init --tiller-connection-timeout 500 --service-account tiller --tiller-image my-image --tiller-namespace my-namespace</code></p>

<p>..but I got this error:
<strong>Error: unknown flag: --tiller-connection-timeout</strong></p>

<p>However, the docs list this as a valid flag, copy-pasted from the docs:
<a href="https://docs.helm.sh/helm/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.helm.sh/helm/</a></p>

<p>Anybody else have issues with <code>helm init</code> in Kubernetes? How to get a consistent tiller pod created? I'm happy to provide more info, if that helps</p>

Aliisa Roe
<p><code>--tiller-connection-timeout</code> is available from helm 2.9.0, take a look at your helm version, it maybe need some upgrade.</p>
