Learn Helm: Improve productivity, reduce complexity, and speed up cloud-native adoption with Helm for Kubernetes

by Austin Dewey, Austin Dewey

A comprehensive introduction to automated application deployment on Kubernetes for beginners Containerization is currently known to be one of the best ways to implement DevOps. While Docker introduced containers and changed the DevOps era, Google developed an extensive container orchestration system, Kubernetes, which is now considered the frontrunner in container orchestration. With the help of this book, you'll explore the efficiency of managing applications running on Kubernetes using Helm. Starting with a short introduction to Helm and how it can benefit the entire container environment, you'll then delve into the architectural aspects, in addition to learning about Helm charts and its use cases. You'll understand how to write Helm charts in order to automate application deployment on Kubernetes. Focused on providing enterprise-ready patterns relating to Helm and automation, the book covers best practices for application development, delivery, and lifecycle management with Helm. By the end of this Kubernetes book, you will have learned how to leverage Helm to develop an enterprise pattern for application delivery. This book is for Kubernetes developers or administrators who are interested in learning Helm to provide automation for application development on Kubernetes. Although no prior knowledge of Helm is required, basic knowledge of Kubernetes application development will be useful.

346 pages, Paperback

Published June 10, 2020

Reviews

[Thanonchai · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good introduction to Helm. Unfortunately the examples with Jenkins no longer works, but you can still get around by modifying the upstream chart. The operator-sdk has been superseded with a lot of breaking changes in v.1.x. You can still use the old version to try out though.

[Łukasz Słonina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book about helm. You would get enough theory to understand all concepts, and what is more important there are many practical examples that you can try by yourself. Covers helm basics, testing, ci/cd and finally security.