{"id":1017,"date":"2020-09-02T09:12:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.samarthya.me\/wps\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2020-09-09T06:03:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T06:03:05","slug":"helm-charts-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.samarthya.me\/wps\/2020\/09\/02\/helm-charts-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Helm Charts: Packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every software cycle includes packaging; which essentially describes how the software written is packaged and shared.<\/p>\n<p>For the software built for Containers Helm is a popular choice of packaging the scripts.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>root@master> helm version<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>version.BuildInfo{Version:\"v3.2.4\", GitCommit:\"0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688\", GitTreeState:\"clean\", GoVersion:\"go1.13.12\"}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-background is-style-solid-color\" style=\"background-color:#ff6900\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color has-black-color\"><p>Helm is a tool for managing Kubernetes packages called <em>charts<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Helm enables management of applications built for Kubernetes. It helps you define, install, and upgrade even the most complex Kubernetes application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It allows you to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create new charts from scratch<\/li><li>Package charts into <strong>chart archive<\/strong> (tgz) files<\/li><li>Interact with chart repositories where charts are stored<\/li><li>Install and uninstall charts into an existing Kubernetes cluster<\/li><li>Manage the release cycle of charts that have been installed with Helm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It has two components<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Client executable <ul><li>Command line client for end users.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Helm Library<ul><li>It provides the logic for executing all Helm operations and interfaces with the Kubernetes API server.<\/li><li>The library uses the Kubernetes client library to communicate with Kubernetes.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-background has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color has-black-color\"><p>The Helm client and library is written in the Go programming language.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Three basic concepts for, Helm  (from<a href=\"https:\/\/helm.sh\/docs\/topics\/architecture\/\"> helm.sh<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <em>chart<\/em> is a bundle of information necessary to create an instance of a Kubernetes application.<\/li><li>The <em>config<\/em> contains configuration information that can be merged into a packaged chart to create a releasable object.<\/li><li>A <em>release<\/em> is a running instance of a <em>chart<\/em>, combined with a specific <em>config<\/em>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Charts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-background has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color has-black-color\"><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/helm.sh\/docs\/topics\/charts\/#the-chart-file-structure\">chart<\/a> is a collection of files that describe a related set of Kubernetes resources.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The chart name is derived from the directory name. E.g. A chart describing WordPress would be stored in a <code>wordpress\/<\/code> directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helm.sh\/docs\/topics\/charts\/#the-chartyaml-file\">Chart.yml<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>apiVersion: v1\nname: opendistro-es\n# Chart version\nversion: 1.9.0\ndescription: 'Open Distro for Elasticsearch'\nengine: gotpl\nkubeVersion: ^1.10.0-0\nmaintainers:\n- email: derek.heldt-werle@viasat.com\n  name: Derek Heldt-Werle\n- email: kalvin.chau@viasat.com\n  name: Kalvin Chau\nsources:\n- https:\/\/pages.git.viasat.com\/ATG\/charts\n# Open Distro for Elasticsearch version\nappVersion: 1.9.0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>When the chart above is used the package <code>opendistro-es-1.9.0.tgz<\/code> will be generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>https:\/\/helm.sh\/docs\/topics\/charts\/#the-chart-file-structure<\/li><li>https:\/\/helm.sh\/docs\/topics\/charts\/#the-chartyaml-file<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every software cycle includes packaging; which essentially describes how the software written is packaged and shared. 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