What is Helm?
The package manager for Kubernetes — bundles K8s manifests into reusable charts.
Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes. It bundles related Kubernetes manifests into a Chart — a collection of files describing a related set of K8s resources. Charts use Go templates with a values.yaml file for configuration, making the same chart deployable in different environments with different settings. Helm tracks installed charts as Releases, enabling upgrades, rollbacks, and history. Artifact Hub hosts thousands of community charts.
Deep Dive Guide
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Related Terms
More Kubernetes Terms
Admission Controller
A Kubernetes plugin that intercepts API requests before objects are persisted.
Auto Scaling
Automatically adjusting the number of compute resources based on demand.
ClusterIP
The default Kubernetes Service type that exposes a service on an internal cluster IP.
ConfigMap
A Kubernetes object for storing non-sensitive configuration data as key-value pairs.
Controller Manager
Kubernetes control plane component running control loops to maintain desired state.
CoreDNS
The default DNS server in Kubernetes clusters for service discovery.
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