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Rancher Deep Dive
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Rancher Deep Dive

by Matthew Mattox
July 2022
Intermediate to advanced
408 pages
8h 58m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 17: Creating and Using Helm Charts

This chapter covers Helm, how Helm is used as a package manager for a Kubernetes cluster, and how it works. We then will be diving into creating a Helm chart from scratch, after which we'll be covering how to publish our new chart to a Kubernetes cluster. Finally, we'll cover taking a publicly available chart and customizing it to fit your needs.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • What is a Helm chart?
  • How does Helm work?
  • How do I create a Helm chart?
  • Deploying a Helm chart
  • Customizing a public Helm chart

What is a Helm chart?

Helm is a package management tool for Kubernetes deployments. Helm is similar to packagers such as RPM Package Manager (RPM) for Red Hat/CentOS-based ...

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ISBN: 9781803246093