Deploying packaged applications to Kubernetes

Helm

Application packaging for Kubernetes
- https://github.com/kubernetes/helm
- https://github.com/helm

charts

An application packaged for Kubernetes
- https://github.com/kubernetes/charts

tiller

Cluster service for managing deployed charts

helm cli

Local tool to interact with tiller

monocular

UI for listing available charts
- https://kubeapps.com/
Can be hosted on the cluster
- https://github.com/helm/monocular

Example

Setup

Install helm locally
- https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/blob/master/docs/install.md
Install tiller on the cluster
- helm init
Wait for tiller to deploy on the cluster
- kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -w