<p>Is there a way to obtain the manifest file from a helm chart? The manifest file needs to be able to run just like a <code>helm install</code>. This will need to have all values populated and aggregated into one manifest file for <code>kubectl apply -f</code></p>

John Karasev
<p>If I heard you properly, then my answer is: you can. And it is <code>helm template</code> cmd. See</p>
<pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>$ helm template --help

Render chart templates locally and display the output.

Any values that would normally be looked up or retrieved in-cluster will be
faked locally. Additionally, ...
</code></pre>
