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Learn Helm

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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

Understanding chart definitions

The Chart.yaml file, also known as the chart definition, is a resource that declares different metadata about a Helm chart. This file is required and if it is not included in a chart's file structure, you'll receive the following error:

Error: validation: chart.metadata is required

In Chapter 3, Installing Your First Helm Chart, we explored the chart definition of Bitnami's WordPress chart by running the helm show chart command. Recall this chart definition by running this command again. We will assume that the Bitnami chart repository has already been added since this task was performed in Chapter 3, Installing Your First Helm Chart:

$ helm show chart bitnami/wordpress --version 8.1.0

Below lists the chart definition of the wordpress chart.

Figure 4.1 – The chart definition of the wordpress chart.

The chart definition, or the Chart.yaml file, can contain many different fields. Some of the fields...

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