Helm Setup
Helm Setup
Helm package helps to define, install, and upgrade any Kubernetes application. Helm is a template engine that creates Kubernetes manifests. Helm can upgrade and scale applications well. Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes applications that includes template and lifecycle management functionality. It is essentially a package manager for Kubernetes manifests (such as Deployments, ConfigMaps, Services, and so on) that are grouped into charts.
Helm automates creation, packaging, configuration, and deployment of Portworx Backup by combining the configuration files into a single reusable package. Helm also helps to configure external authorization providers with customization parameters. In addition, with Helm user can also provide custom registry parameters. The parameters provided by the user are added to the Helm set command during Portworx Backup installation.
To install helm, run the following command from the terminal of your local machine:
curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3
chmod 700 get_helm.sh
./get_helm.sh
For more information on Helm, see the following Helm documentation: