Helm - The Kubernetes Package Manager - 1 Hr Crash Course

Helm Deep dive by deploying applications to Kubernetes using Custom and Stable Charts

Welcome to Helm – The Kubernetes Package Manager Course. The course focuses on detailing the use of Helm to manage the Kubernetes deployments. You will learn on how to use the custom charts, reuse the available charts and much more. There are 2 main sections on how to use the stable charts and on how to make custom charts.

The ideal student for this course would be DevOps engineers or software developers or sysadmins or anyone who are dealing with Kubernetes projects or have an understanding about Kubernetes and would like to apply the deployment best practices using Helm and to understand more about Helm.

Pre-requisites:
- You already have a Google Account and have access to Google Cloud Console
- Billing account enabled that can be use in this project

• Step 1: Create a Google Cloud Project OR select and existing Project

• Step 2: Create a Kubernetes Cluster (select Kubernetes Engine menu item from the left side navigation -> Create Cluster -> Choose default settings)

Remember to delete the cluster after use. There is a free 300$ credit provided by Google Cloud for new users.