Docker and Kubernetes for Java Developers

Helm and charts

Kubernetes Helm (available on GitHub at https://github.com/kubernetes/helm) introduces the concept of charts, which are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources, curated application definitions for Kubernetes. Helm is a tool for managing charts; it streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications. Think of it as an apt/yum/homebrew package manager for Kubernetes. You can use it to find and use popular software packaged as Kubernetes charts, share your own applications as Kubernetes charts, and create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications. There's a separate repository for charts, of course, on GitHub: https://github.com/kubernetes/charts. Currently, the chart binary repository is available on ...