Packaging Applications with Helm for Kubernetes
Managing applications in Kubernetes via the command line or Kubernetes API calls can quickly become tedious. In this course you'll learn how to build Helm Charts, customize them, manage dependencies, and install applications in Kubernetes with Helm.
What you'll learn
If you work with Kubernetes, it's definitely worth learning Helm. In this course, Packaging Applications with Helm for Kubernetes, you’ll learn how to install applications in Kubernetes with Helm. First, you’ll learn how to build a Helm Chart. Next, you’ll customize it with Helm templates. Finally, you’ll discover how to manage dependencies between Charts and use a Helm repository. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have a foundational knowledge of Helm that will help you as you move forward to Kubernetes.
Table of contents
- Why Helm Templates? 3m
- What Is Helm Template Engine? 5m
- Playing with Helm Template Data 5m
- Demo: Customizing Frontend Chart Values 10m
- Adding Logic to Helm Template 1m
- Using Functions and Pipelines 4m
- Modifying Scope with "With" 1m
- Controlling Space and Indent 3m
- Logical Operators and Flow Control 3m
- Using Variables 2m
- Calling Helper Function and Sub-templates 4m
- Demo: Adding Template Logic 6m
- Demo: Installing Dev and Test Releases 9m
- Summary 2m
About the author
Philippe has been working for more than 20 years as a freelance DevOps, trainer and startup founder. He is "Certified Kubernetes Application Developer". He has a physicist engineer background and tries to apply the same approach in IT as in engineering: understand the basic concepts, abstract the complexity and propose “keep it simple” solutions. His courses are following the same idea.