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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839214295

Length 344 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Helm

Concepts

Containerization

Authors (2):

Andrew Block

Austin Dewey

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

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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Authors (2)

Andrew Block

Andrew Block

Andrew Block is a core maintainer on the Helm project and a Distinguished Architect at Red Hat. He specializes in the use of continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies to streamline the delivery process and incorporate security at each stage. He works with organizations to adopt and implement these technologies and concepts within their organization. As an open source enthusiast, Andrew not only has authored several publications, but he is also a contributor to several open source communities and a lead within the sigstore project, which aims at simplifying how software is signed and verified.

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Austin Dewey

Austin Dewey

Austin Dewey is a DevOps engineer focused on delivering a streamlined developer experience on cloud and container technologies. Austin started his career with Red Hat's consulting organization, where he helped drive success at Fortune 500 companies by automating deployments on Red Hat's Kubernetes-based PaaS, OpenShift Container Platform. Currently, Austin works at fintech start-up Prime Trust, where he builds automation to scale financial infrastructure and supports developers on Kubernetes and AWS.

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