Getting started with Helm on Kubernetes
Deploying applications to Kubernetes – the powerful and popular container-orchestration system – can be complex. Setting up a single application can involve creating multiple interdependent Kubernetes resources – such as pods, services, deployments, and replicasets – each requiring you to write a detailed YAML manifest file. Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes that allows developers and operators to more easily package, configure, and deploy applications and services onto Kubernetes clusters. Helm is the first application package manager running atop Kubernetes. It allows describing the application structure through convenient helm-charts and managing it with simple commands. Why is Helm important? Because it’s a huge shift in the way the server-side applications are defined, stored and managed. Adoption of Helm might well be the key to mass adoption of microservices, as using this package manager simplifies their management greatly. Helm charts are built atop K