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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

Questions

Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of this chapter:

  1. What file is used to declare chart dependencies?
  2. What is the difference between the helm dependency update and helm dependency build commands?
  3. What is the difference between the Chart.yaml and Chart.lock files?
  4. Imagine that you want to allow users to enable or disable dependencies within your chart. What dependencies properties can you use?
  5. What dependencies properties should you use if you need to declare multiple invocations of the same dependency?
  6. If you have a dependency with complex values, which dependencies property can you use to simplify the propagated values?
  7. How do you override the values of a dependency?
  8. As a chart developer, what is the value of using a chart dependency?