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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

Life cycle management

One of the primary benefits of Helm charts and their associated releases is the ability to manage complex applications on Kubernetes. A release undergoes multiple phases during its life span. To provide additional management capabilities around the life cycle of a release, Helm features a hooks mechanism so that actions can be undertaken at different points in time within a release cycle. In this section, we will explore the different phases of a release's life span and introduce how hooks can be used to provide capabilities for interacting not only with the release but also the entire Kubernetes environment.

In Chapter 3, Installing Your First Helm Chart, we encountered several phases that encompass the overall life span of a Helm release, including its installation, upgrade, removal, and rollback. Given that Helm charts can be complex, as they manage one or more applications that will be deployed to Kubernetes, there is often the need to perform additional...

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