Setting up Helm

Once minikube and kubectl have been installed, the next logical tool to configure is Helm. Note that the version of Helm that was used at the time of writing this book was v3.6.3.

Installing Helm

Packages for Helm exist for both Chocolatey and Homebrew to allow you to easily install it on Windows or macOS. On these systems, the following commands can be run to install Helm with the applicable package manager:

• Install Helm on Windows using the following command:

  > choco install kubernetes-helm     

• Install Helm on macOS using the following command:

  $ brew install helm

Linux users, or users who would rather install Helm from a direct downloadable link, can download an archive from Helm’s GitHub releases page by following these steps:

1. Find the Installation and Upgrading section on Helm’s GitHub releases page at https://github.com/helm/helm/releases:

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