How should I learn Helm for a production Kubernetes platform?
I have about five years of experience as a DevOps engineer. Earlier in my career, I worked mainly with service-based companies, which gave me a broad foundation in…
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How Can I Learn Helm Charts and Safely Manage Upgrades in a Live AWS Environment?
I have about five years of experience as a DevOps engineer. Earlier in my career, I worked mainly with service-based companies, where I gained hands-on experience with deployments,…
How do you secure and manage third-party Helm charts and container images?
For cluster infrastructure such as External Secrets Operator, Argo CD, and similar tools, what is a practical way to scan, harden, and manage the Helm charts and container…
How do you secure and scan third-party Helm charts and images?
For cluster infrastructure such as External Secrets Operator and Argo CD, I may need several third-party Helm charts, each pulling multiple container images. Aside from paying for a…
What’s the long-term approach to Gateway API support in Helm charts?
We manage infrastructure applications such as Vault and Argo Workflows with Terraform, Helm, and Argo CD. Terraform creates the Argo CD ApplicationSet, the applications point to charts and…
How Do I Turn Existing Kubernetes YAML Manifests into a Helm Chart?
I'm new to Kubernetes and understand the basics of writing YAML for Deployments, Services, Ingresses, and other resources. I'm now trying to understand how Helm fits into that…
How Do You Manage Infrastructure as Code Validation Across Multiple Repositories?
I'm currently juggling numerous Helm charts and Terraform configurations spread out across various repositories. The inconsistency in validation processes is overwhelming—some repositories have pre-commit hooks while many do…
Best Practices for Bundling Resources in Argo CD Applications
I'm new to Kubernetes and trying to get my head around how to effectively use Argo CD for deploying applications. I've been able to create basic Helm templates…
What’s the Best Way to Manage Helm Charts and Container Image Availability?
Hey everyone! I've been reflecting on the recent Bitnami incident and its impact on managing dependencies in production Kubernetes environments. It really made me aware of how quickly…
Will Changing My Image Repository URL Force a Redeployment in Kubernetes?
I'm working with a StatefulSet setup for Redis and RabbitMQ using Bitnami's Helm charts, and I've set the imagePullPolicy to 'IfNotPresent'. I want to change the repository from…
Understanding the Bitnami Updates and Alternatives
I'm trying to make sense of the recent changes with Bitnami and I have a few questions: 1. I've heard the images will only be available under the…
Best Practices for Setting Up a Highly Available Kubernetes Cluster Across Two Data Centers?
Hey everyone! I'm diving into setting up a production-grade, highly available Kubernetes cluster on-premises that spans across two physical data centers. I've got hands-on experience with Kubernetes in…
What are the best deployment tools for Helm charts without GitOps?
I'm working on a deployment toolchain for our in-house software, which consists of several microservices running on multiple Kubernetes clusters. Each microservice's artifacts, including Docker images and Helm…
How Can I Track Changes in Argocd Deployments with a Script?
I'm diving into a K8S project and learning quickly, but I'm a bit out of my depth with Argocd. We're deploying our Helm charts and manifests using Argocd,…
What’s the Best Way to Get Started with Helm Charts?
I recently completed a course on Helm charts, and I feel I understand the basics pretty well. However, I'm a bit lost on how to actually create a…
Managing Persistent Volumes and Resizing with ArgoCD: What’s the Best Approach?
I'm new to Kubernetes and currently experimenting with ArgoCD on an AWS EKS Cluster. While I think I've got the hang of creating custom storage classes like EBS…
How do I customize and use the Bitnami Helm chart templates?
Hey everyone! I'm diving into building my own Helm chart and want to utilize the predefined templates from Bitnami. I've found the templates in their GitHub repo, but…
How to Manage Helm Repos for an Air-Gapped Kubernetes Cluster?
I'm working on configuring an air-gapped Kubernetes cluster where I already have all my manifests in a Git repository that gets deployed with FluxCD. Currently, I have multiple…