Helm

One of the many advantages of Helm is that it gives you a one-command installation method for many popular apps. It would take a while to create all the necessary Pods, Services, and ConfigMaps manually. In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through a three-step process for installing WordPress with Helm. Although this isn’t necessarily something you’d want to do in the real world, it’s good for understanding the basics. I was very excited when I first got this working.

So far in this series, we’ve created some very simple Kubernetes applications. If you built something more complicated, with dozens of manifests, it would be a faff to share it with other people. Those other people might also struggle to understand and tweak your configuration. With a Helm Chart, you can define, install, and upgrade even the most complex Kubernetes application. For instance, I currently work for a CI/CD company which offers a self-hosted Kubernetes-based version of its product.