Helm Charts
- Helm is a Package Manager and the Charts are the packages.
- These Charts are the collection of all your pre-configured application resources that can be deployed as one unit.
- The Charts are simply Kubernetes YAML Manifests that have bene combined into a single package.
- Helm consists of two components:
- The Client (CLI), lives on your local system.
- The Server (Tiller), lives on the Kubernetes cluster which executes what's needed.
- To create a Helm chart, use this command: helm create <chart_name>
- Running this command will build you default helm config
- The important aspects of helm charts
- Chart.yaml
- Values.yaml
- Template (directory)
- Charts