Deploy the apache-shardingsphere-proxy-charts helm chart on Rancher

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To deploy the `apache-shardingsphere-proxy-charts` Helm chart on a Kubernetes cluster managed by Rancher using Pulumi, you will need to perform a few steps:

1. Set up your Kubernetes cluster via Rancher and ensure you have access to it.
2. Use the Pulumi Kubernetes provider to deploy the Helm chart.

Below is a detailed Pulumi program written in TypeScript that accomplishes this:

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as kubernetes from "@pulumi/kubernetes";

// Initialize a Kubernetes provider with the context of your Rancher-managed cluster
// Make sure your `kubeconfig` file is set up correctly to access the Rancher cluster.
// This provider will use the context from the kubeconfig by default.
const k8sProvider = new kubernetes.Provider("k8s-provider", {});

// Deploy the apache-shardingsphere-proxy Helm chart
// Here we assume that you want to deploy the chart with its default values,
// If you need to provide a custom values file, you can specify the `values` parameter.
const shardingSphereProxyChart = new kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart("apache-shardingsphere-proxy", {
    chart: "apache-shardingsphere-proxy",
    version: "your-chart-version", // specify the chart version you want to deploy
    fetchOpts: {
        // If your Helm chart is hosted in a repository, you can specify the repo's URL here
        repo: "http://path-to-your-helm-chart-repo/",
    },
}, { provider: k8sProvider });

// Export the status of the deployed Helm chart
export const chartStatus = shardingSphereProxyChart.status;
```

Explanation of the code:

- We import the necessary Pulumi packages to work with Kubernetes.
- We initialize the `Provider` object for Pulumi to interact with our Kubernetes cluster. You will need to configure your `kubeconfig` file to ensure it has access to the Rancher-managed cluster.
- We deploy the `apache-shardingsphere-proxy` Helm chart using Pulumi's Helm `Chart` resource. We specify the chart's name, version, and provide the repository URL where the chart is hosted. Replace `"your-chart-version"` with the correct version number of the chart you want to deploy, and `"http://path-to-your-helm-chart-repo/"` with the repository URL of the Helm chart.
- Finally, we export the status as a stack output, allowing you to see the deployment status after running `pulumi up`.

To use this program, you will need to:

- Ensure you have Pulumi installed and configured for TypeScript.
- Create a new Pulumi project or use an existing one.
- Make sure your Kubeconfig is set up correctly with access to your Rancher cluster.
- Install the necessary NPM packages (`@pulumi/pulumi`, `@pulumi/kubernetes`) used in the program by running `npm install` in your project directory.
- Place the provided code in your `index.ts` file (the main file used by Pulumi) within the Pulumi project.
- Replace `"your-chart-version"` and `"http://path-to-your-helm-chart-repo/"` placeholders with the actual values for the version and repository URL of your Helm chart.

After setting up your Pulumi project with the provided code, deployment will be initiated by running `pulumi up` in your CLI, which prompts Pulumi to create or update resources according to the code.

Please remember that this is a high-level overview. When executing deployments, you might need to consider additional specifications such as namespaces, values configuration, and other Helm chart specifics which might require customize deployment.