Summary

There are a variety of different components you will need to have available in order to start using Helm. In this chapter, you learned how to install Minikube to provide a local Kubernetes cluster that can be used throughout this book. You also learned how to install Kubectl, which is the official tool for interacting with the Kubernetes API. Finally, you learned how to install the Helm client and explored the various ways that Helm can be configured, which includes adding repositories and plugins, modifying environment variables, enabling tab completion, and configuring authentication and authorization against a Kubernetes cluster.

Now that you have the prerequisite tooling installed, you can begin to learn how to deploy your first application with Helm. In the next chapter, you will install a Helm chart from an upstream chart repository, as well as learn about life cycle management and application configuration. After finishing the chapter, you will have an understanding of how Helm acts as the package manager for Kubernetes.