Deploy the logrotate helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy the `logrotate` Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi, you'll follow these steps in your Pulumi TypeScript program:

1. Import necessary Pulumi packages.
2. Define the Helm chart resource using the `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` class.
3. Provide the required parameters such as the chart name, repository, and other optional parameters like version and values to customize the Helm chart configuration.

Below is a detailed Pulumi TypeScript program that demonstrates how to deploy the `logrotate` Helm chart.

First, you would need to set up your Kubernetes cluster and have `kubectl` configured to communicate with it. This Pulumi program assumes that you have already configured your Pulumi environment with the necessary access to the Kubernetes cluster.

The `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` resource is used to deploy a Helm Chart into a Kubernetes cluster. Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes, which allows you to define, install, and upgrade Kubernetes applications. Helm charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources.

Here's the TypeScript program:

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

// Create a Kubernetes namespace for the logrotate Helm chart.
const namespace = new kubernetes.core.v1.Namespace('logrotate-ns', {
  metadata: {
    name: 'logrotate'
  }
});

// Deploy the Helm chart for logrotate.
const logrotateChart = new kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart('logrotate', {
  chart: 'logrotate',
  version: '1.0.0', // Replace with the actual version you wish to deploy
  namespace: namespace.metadata.name,
  fetchOpts: {
    // Specify the repository where the Helm chart is located.
    repo: 'https://charts.example.com/', // Replace with the actual repository URL
  },
  // Values to pass to the Helm chart for customization.
  // Add or modify the values according to the logrotate Helm chart's requirements.
  values: {
    persistence: {
      size: '5Gi'
    },
    schedule: '0 0 * * *', // Run log rotation at midnight every day
  },
}, { dependsOn: namespace });

// Export the namespace and chart name.
export const logrotateNamespace = namespace.metadata.name;
export const logrotateChartName = logrotateChart.metadata.name;
```

This program:

- Imports the Pulumi Kubernetes package which provides the APIs to interact with Kubernetes resources.
- Creates a namespace specifically for `logrotate` using the Kubernetes core API group's Namespace resource. Namespaces help you organize resources within your Kubernetes cluster.
- Deploys the `logrotate` Helm chart into the Kubernetes cluster. In this example, you specify the version of the chart as `1.0.0`, but you should replace this with the actual chart version you require. The repository URL is also placeholder text and should be updated to point to the real repository URL where the `logrotate` chart is hosted.
- Defines a values object, which is used to provide customized configuration values to the Helm chart. For example, it specifies a persistent volume size of `5Gi` and schedules the log rotation to happen daily at midnight. These values will be specific to your `logrotate` Helm chart and can be adjusted as needed.
- Sets up a dependency on the namespace to ensure that the namespace is created before the Helm chart is deployed.
- Exports the namespace and chart name, which can be useful if you want to reference these resources elsewhere in your Pulumi program or retrieve these details after the deployment.

This Pulumi program can be saved in a file (e.g., `index.ts`) and deployed using the Pulumi CLI. To do this, you would run the following command in the same directory as your file:

```sh
pulumi up
```

This command will initialize a new stack if you haven't already created one and apply the changes defined in the program to your Kubernetes cluster. After successful completion, the `logrotate` Helm chart will be deployed in your Kubernetes environment.