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Learn Helm

You're reading from  Learn Helm

Product type Book
Published in Jun 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839214295
Pages 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Andrew Block Andrew Block
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Austin Dewey 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 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

Installing the WordPress chart

Installing a Helm chart is a simple process that can begin with the inspection of a chart's values. In the next section, we will inspect the values that are available on the WordPress chart and describe how to create a file that allows customizing the installation. Finally, we will install the chart and access the WordPress application.

Creating a values file for configuration

You can override the values defined in charts by providing a YAML-formatted values file. In order to properly create a values file, you need to inspect the supported values that the chart provides. This can be done by running the helm show values command, as explained earlier.

Run the following command to inspect the WordPress chart's values:

$ helm show values bitnami/wordpress --version 8.1.0

The result of this command should be a long list of possible values that you can set, many of which already have default values set:

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