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Learn Helm

You're reading from   Learn Helm Improve productivity, reduce complexity, and speed up cloud-native adoption with Helm for Kubernetes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839214295
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Andrew Block Andrew Block
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction and Setup
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Kubernetes and Helm FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Preparing a Kubernetes and Helm Environment 4. Chapter 3: Installing your First Helm Chart 5. Section 2: Helm Chart Development
6. Chapter 4: Understanding Helm Charts 7. Chapter 5: Building Your First Helm Chart 8. Chapter 6: Testing Helm Charts 9. Section 3: Adanced Deployment Patterns
10. Chapter 7: Automating Helm Processes Using CI/CD and GitOps 11. Chapter 8: Using Helm with the Operator Framework 12. Chapter 9: Helm Security Considerations 13. ASSESSMENTS 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Accessing secure chart repositories

Chart repositories provide the ability to discover Helm charts and install them on your Kubernetes cluster. Repositories were introduced in "Chapter 1: Understanding Kubernetes and Helm" on page 305, Understanding Kubernetes and Helm, as an HTTP server that includes an index.yaml file containing metadata related to charts present in the repository. In previous chapters, we made use of charts that were sourced from various upstream repositories and also implemented our own repository using GitHub Pages. Each of these repositories is freely available for use for whoever may be interested. However, Helm does support incorporating additional security measures to protect the content stored within the repository, including the following:

  • Authentication
  • Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) encryption

While the majority of public Helm repositories do not require any form of authentication, Helm does allow users...

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