> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lerian.studio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Check a chart before you deploy

> Read the chart version and the application version from the published chart, then render the release with your own values before you deploy.

Use the chart metadata as the compatibility source for a deployment. The chart version identifies the Helm package. The `appVersion` field identifies the application version that the chart deploys by default.

## Read the published metadata

***

Read the version from the registry, not from a document:

```bash theme={null}
helm show chart oci://registry-1.docker.io/lerianstudio/midaz-helm
```

The command prints the current `version` and `appVersion`. Replace `midaz-helm` with any other chart name.

## Render the release before you deploy

***

Pin the version you tested, then render the release with the values you intend to use:

```bash theme={null}
CHART_VERSION=replace-with-chart-version
helm template midaz oci://registry-1.docker.io/lerianstudio/midaz-helm \
  --version "$CHART_VERSION" -n midaz -f values.yaml
```

To read the full default values of that chart version:

```bash theme={null}
helm show values oci://registry-1.docker.io/lerianstudio/midaz-helm --version "$CHART_VERSION"
```

<Warning>
  Do not combine an arbitrary application image with an unrelated chart version. Test the rendered release and its dependency configuration in a non-production environment before you upgrade production.
</Warning>

## Historical upgrades

***

Use the migration guide that matches the version boundary you cross. The Helm repository keeps upgrade guides and release history alongside each chart:

* [Midaz chart source and release history](https://github.com/LerianStudio/helm/tree/main/charts/midaz)
* [Upgrading Helm](/en/platform/deploy/midaz/midaz-upgrade-guide)
* [Midaz migration guides](/en/platform/deploy/midaz/midaz-migrate-v4-to-v5)

## OCI registry

***

The Midaz chart is published at:

```text theme={null}
oci://registry-1.docker.io/lerianstudio/midaz-helm
```