kubernetes-helm-charts-demo

This repo shows an example of how to install an application on Kubernetes clusters with the Helm Package Manager

What is a helm chart ?

• Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes that allows developers to easily configure and deploy applications on Kubernetes clusters. docs http://bit.ly/2WTp6CQ
• Helm uses a packaging format called charts.
• A chart is a collection of files that describe a related set of Kubernetes resources.
• A single chart might be used to deploy something simple, like a memcached pod, or something complex, like a full web app stack with HTTP servers, databases, caches, and so on.
• Charts are the Helm’s deployable artifacts.
• They define a group of manifest files - kind of state of each deployment you have
• More details http://bit.ly/2WTp6CQ

Structure of a helm-chart repo

helm-kubernates-demo
  -Charts.yaml
  -manifests/ templates
    -deployments.yaml
    -service.yaml
    -ingress.yaml

How to use this repo to set up a simple ngnix server in your kubernetes

• Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/mithunmanohar/kubernetes-helm-charts-demo.git to your kubernates cluster from cmd
• cd kubernetes-helm-charts-demo
• Install helm using command sh add_helm.sh
• Install the helm chart helm install kubernetes-helm-charts-demo.git
• Check the deployed resources using helm list