Helm Charts & Flux Helm Controller
summary
Explains why Helm moves from Helm 2 tiller vs Helm 3 client-only, shows Helm chart layout (Chart.yaml, values.yaml, templates), lists commands used (repo add, install, upgrade, rollback), and demonstrates Helm as a templating engine for repeating deployments (example: three services versus scaling to twenty). Describes Flux as a GitOps toolkit with Flux Helm Controller applies HelmRelease CRDs and SourceController notifying HelmController, using HelmRepository/HelmRelease CRDs (example: bitnami repo, values.yaml in a ConfigMap) to automate releases.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Helm and Flux intro
- 2:52Helm charts and repos
- 5:44Helm 2 vs 3
- 8:59Helm commands workflow
- 10:31Helm templating
- 11:56Helm chart structure
- 13:20GitOps and Flux
- 15:29Flux architecture
- 16:32Flux Helm controller
- 19:06Summary
