What is Helm Chart?
A package of pre-configured Kubernetes resources that can be deployed with Helm.
A Helm Chart is a collection of files that describe a related set of Kubernetes resources. The chart directory contains Chart.yaml (metadata), values.yaml (default configuration), and templates/ (K8s manifest templates). Charts can depend on other charts (dependencies). A well-written chart is reusable across environments by overriding values. Charts are versioned and distributed through Helm repositories.
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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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