What is Helm in Kubernetes? Helm and Helm Charts explained | Kubernetes Tutorial 23

What is Helm and Helm Charts? When to use Helm and how to use it.
Using Helm in practice 🙅🏼‍♀️ ► • Step by Step Applicati...
Probably you already heard of Helm and Helm Charts when using or learning Kubernetes. But what is Helm and a Helm Chart exactly? When and how to use it? And why it's so popular?
In this Kubernetes Tutorial I explain exactly that - the main concepts and features of Helm, the package manager of Kubernetes.
This Helm Tutorial covers the following topics.
▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Package Manager and Helm Charts
4:45 - Templating Engine
7:13 - Use Cases for Helm
8:14 - Helm Chart Structure
9:57 - Values injection into template files
11:24 - Release Management / Tiller (Helm Version 2!)
13:08 - Downsides of Helm
▬▬▬▬▬▬ Useful Links 🔗 ▬▬▬▬▬▬
- Helm hub: hub.helm.sh/
- Helm charts GitHub Project: github.com/helm/charts
- Installing Helm: helm.sh/docs/intro/install/
- Helm v3 release notes: helm.sh/blog/helm-3-released/
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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Using Helm in practice 🙅🏼‍♀️ ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHjXe52Vo6Z0aNU ▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 0:37 - Package Manager and Helm Charts 4:45 - Templating Engine 7:13 - Use Cases for Helm 8:14 - Helm Chart Structure 9:57 - Values injection into template files 11:24 - Release Management / Tiller (Helm Version 2!) 13:08 - Downsides of Helm 👉🏼 For any questions/issues/feedback, please leave me a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Please don't forget to subscribe and give me a thumbs up if you liked my video 😊

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

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Your explanation is much easier to understand than others.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Happy to hear that, thank you Saddam :)

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you so much Patrycja 😊🙏 Really appreciate your positive words!

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[@andyadam5706]

That explanation is actually better than the official Helm documentation :-) thanks

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you Andreas. 🙂

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Best introduction that I've seen so far about Helm!

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you for your positive comment Jonathan :)

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you so much for this feedback, really appreciaet it 🙏😊

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Congrats, one more time, on your well explained lesson about helm. You have not only the domain about k8s but also the sharp didactic to explain complex stuff.

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I accidentally discovered one of your kubernetes course video on linkedin and then went through your playlist to see all the required devops courses. Its very helpful for starters like me. Your explanation is very simple and easy to understand. Thanks for doing this Nana. Kindly continue helping us this way :)

[@broadcast3ful]

No new videos in a month :S You are really good at explaining, that's a rare talent, seriously consider creating more videos on different topics, or just doing a K8s Advanced series , that would probably be needed for many people and it is probably a good way to give your channel the exposure it needs so more people can benefit from your good flow of explanation. Seriously, amazing job.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate your feedback and I'm glad that my explanation is so helpful for other people! 🙂 Yes I have planned many more topics, also more K8s videos (next actually will be about K8s networking or volumes). In the beginning I actually planned to do a K8s advanced series right after the first one, but at the same time I also wanted to do videos about other topics.. Do you have suggestions for K8s advanced topics - what would you be interested in? Would also be grateful if you can share my videos :)

[@broadcast3ful]

@@TechWorldwithNana Regarding ideas, I saw you mentioned Elastic Stack several times, I think it would be helpful for many people if you do the same kind of series on that, considering that it's being more and more widely used by companies I feel like the demand for it would grow and people would need good tutorials on it. You might do something like a full deployment of ES on k8s, trying to include as many concepts as possible in that to cover a wide area of things that people would see in the real world, that would be useful on both fronts in my opinion, both for ES and k8s, since getting to know a technology like k8s is usually done through using it for something else. When it comes to advanced topics I feel like anything certificate related would be incredibly helpful, having your own CA and signing stuff to different pods in k8s etc. That is severely under documented and not many people have from zero to hero type of tutorials on it. They just mention a couple of things and leave you hanging, one of the reasons why your tutorials are so good is that you only mention things you previously explained. That creates a good flow and minimizes the "Wtf" moments. So yes in terms of it being helpful for you since it is a demanded topic and other people: 1) Elastic Search + EStack on Kubernetes 2) Certificates, Security in k8s ^ Both being not just mentions but I think people would benefit the most from the same thing you showed in this tutorial with having a full project that you showcase. And yes, I already recommended the course to 2 other people that need k8s, we need to make an effort to make good teachers known =)

[@TechWorldwithNana]

broadcast3ful wow, thanks for such a detailed suggestion. I appreciate it a lot! Yes, I will definitely soon make a step-by-step guide to deploying & using EFK stack in k8s. And will now take the certificates and security topic on my list - I find it very interesting too. Also thanks for recommending my videos. Helps a lot 🙂🙏

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This video is better than all dozens of tutorials I've read together before!

[@jonathanfrederic2870]

This was a fantastic video - thank you so much for spending the time to put it together!

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This is a really nice summary of what you can expect from Helm, and you explain quite clearly all of it's key features. It really eases the burden of reading too much technical doc. So thank you :)

[@skullwise]

Awesome. Now I have a better understanding. This is better than the Pluralsight video I just watched.

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I love the clear interface you use, the colors make it easier too. And aaaahhh I love your voice! Thanks for the great tutorial, exactly what I was looking for

[@TechWorldwithNana]

This is much appreciated Maciej. 🙂

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Thank you, Nana! The first good Helm explanation that clarified the idea of Helm

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Well Structured & concise ! Easy to understand with the examples presented. Thanks a lot for your meticulous efforts !!

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you as well. 🙂

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you Amir, appreciate your support!

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Explained very well! I have watched many on this topic, but this one nailed it.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

That's awesome to know Nitin. Thank you for the support. Please don't forget to share. 🙂

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Another great vid about Helm and straight to the point. WHAT is Helm and WHICH problems are solved by it, are answered right on the first few minutes. Congrats and thank you so much!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you as well Charles. Please don't forget to share. 🙂

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Easy to understand what Helm is. 🙂

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The Best, short and simple explanation of helm with helpful animation! This is the first video i have seen which has NO Dislikes even after reaching 6K views and 300 like Keep up the awesomeness

[@TechWorldwithNana]

😀Thanks a lot Milan! That's really amazing, I'm happy that people find the video so helpful :)

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

I'm happy my presentation is easily understandable! Thank you for your feedback 😊

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you Alice, really happy to be or become a role model for women in tech! And I totally can relate to that, I was always one of many male engineers. Hope I can inspire much more women to enter the tech field and DevOps in particular :)

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Amazing stuff Nana!! You do an excellent job of breaking it down.

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OMG, this explanation is very nice, I saw a lot of different videos and I didn't understand the concept, and now everything is clear in my mind, Tks from Brazil!

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Awesome, glad my video was helpful and thanks for subscribing :)

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happy helming with the great teacher NANA! Thank you for a very good job!

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You are great at explaining the complex topics in simple language and with good use of diagrams and visuals. Thanks for creating such great videos. I will watch all your videos in k8s series

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Wonderful explanation; now my concept in Helm char now really good... thank you...

[@TechWorldwithNana]

You're welcome Atanu. Happy to hear that this has helped. Best of luck in your career. 🙂

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Excellent ! Within the first 3 minutes I have a good idea of what problem helm solves and why I might want to use this. The examples are well thought out.

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Thanks Nana, i regularly watch all your videos. you explaining the concepts very clear. Thanks for all your efforts.

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Really appreciate the efforts Nana. I'm newbie to this stuff but the way you explained is really very easy to understand. Thanks Nana!!

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I'm happy that it's so helpful for you 😊

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Well made tutorial. Thank you for helping us out.

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Amazing explanation ! I love how you broke helm down into those 3 concepts and explained them in the simplest way possible. Before coming across your video, I was struggling to understand what helm was... even from looking at their official docs. I hope see more of your videos, you’re clearly talented! Subscribed :-)

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you for this nice feedback, really appreciate it 🙏😊

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Yeah it’s really nicely broken down

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You have explained a best ever possible way, so that anyone can understand Helm. looking forward for your upcoming videos.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks a lot Vinay, really happy to hear :)

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

I have many other videos, please check them out 🙂

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Brilliant ...all things clear in single shot

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You're so awesome at explaining this, thanks so much!!!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you Judy! Appreciate your feedback 😊

[@agarwalshubh07]

Nice explanation.!! I was unnecessarily looking about Helm here & there.! Thanks a lot.!

[@boryslebeda6908]

Це найкраще стисле відео про helm. Я відкрив його щоб оновити знання про helm, і дізнався новину від Нани, що tiller більше не входить в helm. Найдивовижніше, що я на двох останніх співбесідах казав, що helm працює як release management і принаймні в одному випадку пройшов співбесіду.

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The video duration is perfect and the information is explained very simple.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you 🙏 Really glad to hear you liked it :)

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COOL OSM video.Described the helm very beautifully and in a simple way. It was very useful. Great job Nana.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks a lot! :)

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Love your videos, they are so well explained and easy to understand. Keep up the good work!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Will try my best, thank you :)

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Really best Helm charts video that I ever watched. Thanks for great lesson. 👏

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Wow, really glad to hear :) Thanks for your feedback!

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Thank you, Nana, for the detailed explanation.

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Best explanation ever when it comes to Helm...thanks a lot .

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Thanks for explaining with such clarity and conciseness!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

You're welcome Flavio. Best of luck in your field. 🙂

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Thank you so much for the Great Course on K8s and Docker

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As always, Great details in short time. Thank you

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Really happy to read such positive feedback! :)

[@akashkant8635]

what's your usecase for it? is any good alternative you've found for helm? as i'm just starting up.

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Good job, Nana. All your videos are very helpful.

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well explained and the use case scenarios helped a lot as to why we would want to use helm (versus just k8s)

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Elegantly explained by exceptional person

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks Muhammad 😀

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Great explanations, thankyou! I have been using k8s for 2 days, with GKE and Microk8s.. I am in the process of converting my 'monolith' style API into microservices - this has helped me understand a bit more about how i can improve my workflow and testing :) Very appreciated. I had no idea as to the true 'vastness' of k8s.. Down the rabbit hole we go!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks for your feedback! Really happy to hear it was helpful :)

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Only one word Impressive... with these small nuggets I am learning a lot... Thanks a lot for sharing your expertise...

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Clearly explained and covering very important points about Helm. Very helpful thanks :)

[@TechWorldwithNana]

I'm glad that this has helped Farrukh. 🙂

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks, glad it was clear and understandable :)

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As usual, super well explained the topics one's interested in!

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