Summary

There are a variety of different components you need to have available to start using Helm. In this chapter, you learned how to install minikube to provide a local Kubernetes cluster that can be used throughout this book. You also learned how to install kubectl, which is the official tool for interacting with the Kubernetes API. Finally, you learned how to install the Helm client and explored the various ways that Helm can be configured, including adding repositories and plugins, modifying environment variables, enabling tab completion, and configuring authentication and authorization against a Kubernetes cluster.

Now that you have the prerequisite tooling installed, you can begin learning how to deploy your first application with Helm. In the next chapter, you will install a Helm chart from an upstream chart repository, as well as learn about life cycle management and application configuration. After finishing that chapter, you will have an understanding of how Helm acts...