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