Chapter 13. Handling the Kubernetes Package Manager
In this chapter, we are going to look into Helm, the Kubernetes package manager. Every successful and non-trivial platform must have a good packaging system. Helm was developed by Deis (acquired by Microsoft 04/2017) and later contributed to the Kubernetes project directly. We will start by understanding the motivation for Helm, its architecture, and its components. Then, we'll get hands-on and see how to use Helm and its charts within Kubernetes. That includes finding, installing, customizing, deleting, and managing charts. Last but not least, we'll cover how to create your own charts and handle versioning, dependencies, and templating.
The topics we will cover are as follows:
- Understanding Helm
- Using Helm
- Creating your own charts
