WA3244 Introduction to Helm Training
This Helm training course teaches teams the basics of Helm for Platform One (P1), including installation and configuration, chart creation and management, and how to use Helm to deploy and manage applications on a Kubernetes cluster. We will also cover advanced topics such as Helm repositories, custom chart templates, and Helm plugins.
Online Virtual Class
Duration: 1 Day
Overview
Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for container orchestration, and Helm is the go-to tool for managing and deploying Kubernetes applications. This Helm course will teach you how to successfully package, distribute, and manage your applications as reusable, versioned charts.
Objectives:
- Understand the Helm ecosystem
- Use templates and repositories
- Work with YAML Files
- Lab: Create a Helm chart and a repository
- Lab: Modify templates and redeploy a chart
Audience
Whether you are a developer, system administrator, or DevOps engineer, this course will provide you with the skills needed to streamline your Kubernetes application deployment workflow with Helm.
Outline for Introduction to Helm Training
- Introduction to Helm
- Introduction to Helm
- Why Helm
- Helm to the Rescue
- The Helm Ecosystem
- Charts
- Templates
- Default Templates
- Chart Repositories
- Hosting Your Own Repository
- Commercial Repositories
- Repository Requirements
- Create an index.yaml File
- Generated index.yaml
- Using Repositories
- Using Helm
- Tools
- Charts and Templates
- A Kubernetes Example
- Extra Considerations
- YAML Files
- Creating a Chart
- Chart Contents
- Chart.yaml
- A Real Chart.yaml
- Templates
- Template Structure
- A Simple Manifest
- Go Templates
- Add Go Template
- Try the Template
- Getting Value from values.yaml
- Values.yaml
- Render the Template
- Override Values
- Template Syntax
- Default Function
- Template Pipelines
- Template Conditionals