Technical requirements
For this chapter, you will need the following:
- A Kubernetes cluster deployed. We recommend using a multi-node, cloud-based Kubernetes cluster. It is possible to run Helm on
minikube
, but you may encounter limitations as not all functionalities of real clusters are supported. - The Kubernetes command-line interface (CLI) (
kubectl
) installed on your local machine and configured to manage your Kubernetes cluster.
Basic Kubernetes cluster deployment (local and cloud-based) and kubectl
installation have been covered in Chapter 3, Installing Your First Kubernetes Cluster.
The following previous chapters can give you an overview of how to deploy a fully functional Kubernetes cluster on different cloud platforms:
- Chapter 14, Kubernetes Clusters on Google Kubernetes Engine
- Chapter 15, Launching a Kubernetes Cluster on Amazon Web Services with the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
- Chapter 16, Kubernetes Cluster on Microsoft Azure with...