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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