The Helm tutorial I wish I had at the beginning!
This article is a tutorial on how to build the simplest Helm chart to deploy an app to K8s. This tutorial assumes you’ve set up Rancher Desktop (open source & free!) on your laptop to install a Kubernetes cluster and all of the tools including Helm locally on your laptop.
TL;DR: install Rancher Desktop https://rancherdesktop.io/ and pull & deploy the
helmbranch of https://github.com/jwsy/simplest-k8s
What is Helm?
I think of Helm as a package manager like yum or apt-get that lets you install an app to a cluster using K8s. From its official site (https://helm.sh/), “Helm helps you manage Kubernetes applications — Helm Charts help you define, install, and upgrade even the most complex Kubernetes application.”
1/6 Install Rancher Desktop (or your K8s of choice)
Setup your lab with this tutorial to install Rancher Desktop — basically it’s download & double-click to get a K8s cluster (yes, that simple)!!
