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Managing Kubernetes Resources Using Helm - Second Edition

By : Andrew Block, Austin Dewey
Book Image

Managing Kubernetes Resources Using Helm - Second Edition

By: Andrew Block, Austin Dewey

Overview of this book

Containerization is one of the best ways to implement DevOps, and learning how to execute it effectively is an essential part of a developer’s skillset. Kubernetes is the current industry standard for container orchestration. This book will help you discover the efficiency of managing applications running on Kubernetes with Helm. Starting with a brief introduction to Helm and its impact on users working with containers and Kubernetes, you’ll delve into the primitives of Helm charts and their architecture and use cases. From there, you’ll understand how to write Helm charts in order to automate application deployment on Kubernetes and work your way toward more advanced strategies. These enterprise-ready patterns are focused on concepts beyond the basics so that you can use Helm optimally, looking at topics related to automation, application development, delivery, lifecycle management, and security. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to leverage Helm to build, deploy, and manage applications on Kubernetes.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction and Setup
5
Part 2: Helm Chart Development
12
Part 3: Advanced Deployment Patterns

Configuring RBAC rules

The ability of an authenticated user in Kubernetes to perform actions is governed by a set of RBAC policies. As introduced in Chapter 2, Preparing a Kubernetes and Helm Environment, policies, known as roles, can be associated with users or service accounts, and Kubernetes includes several roles with any installation. RBAC has been enabled by default in Kubernetes since version 1.6. When thinking about Kubernetes RBAC in the context of Helm usage, you need to consider two factors:

  • The user installing the Helm chart
  • The service account associated with the pod running the workload

In most cases, the individual responsible for installing a Helm chart is associated with a Kubernetes user. However, Helm charts can be installed through other means, such as by a Kubernetes operator with an associated service account.

By default, users and service accounts have minimal permissions in a Kubernetes cluster. Additional permissions are granted through...