Deploy the uptime-bot helm chart on Kubernetes
TypeScriptTo deploy the
uptime-bot
Helm chart on a Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi, you'll need to write a Pulumi program that describes the desired state of your Kubernetes resources. Here's a step-by-step explanation followed by a complete TypeScript program that accomplishes this task.Firstly, we need to set up a new Pulumi project and install the necessary dependencies. For our Kubernetes deployment, we'll use the
@pulumi/kubernetes
library to interact with the Kubernetes API and manage the resources.To begin, make sure you have Pulumi CLI installed and Kubernetes cluster access configured on your machine.
Next, we'll initialize a new Pulumi project:
pulumi new typescript
Once the new project is created, the required
@pulumi/kubernetes
package needs to be installed via npm:npm install @pulumi/kubernetes
With the setup complete and dependencies installed, you can write the Pulumi program to deploy the
uptime-bot
Helm chart.Below is a TypeScript program that deploys the
uptime-bot
chart. Thekubernetes.helm.v3.Chart
class from the@pulumi/kubernetes
library is used to represent the Helm chart in the Kubernetes cluster. You must replace the<YOUR_HELM_CHART_REPOSITORY_URL>
placeholder with the actual URL of the Helm chart repository that containsuptime-bot
.import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes"; // Create a Kubernetes Helm Chart component representing the uptime-bot Helm chart. const uptimeBotChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("uptime-bot", { // repositoryOpts specifies the repository where the chart is located. repo: "your-uptime-bot-helm-repo", // Replace with your Helm chart's repository name chart: "uptime-bot", // The name of the chart to deploy version: "1.0.0", // Replace with the specific chart version you want to deploy // values: {} // [Optional] Any custom values you want to pass to the chart. }); // Export the public IP to access uptime-bot export const uptimeBotIp = uptimeBotChart.getResourceProperty("v1/Service", "uptime-bot-service", "status") .apply(status => status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip);
Replace
your-uptime-bot-helm-repo
with the repository name that hosts theuptime-bot
chart, and specify the exact version that you want to deploy in place of1.0.0
. Also, customize the.getResourceProperty
part with the appropriate names based on what theuptime-bot
service and selectors are actually called within the chart.In this program:
- We create a new instance of the
Chart
class provided by the Pulumi Kubernetes provider to represent a Helm chart in our code. - Through the
Chart
resource, Pulumi handles the deployment of the chart to our connected Kubernetes cluster. - We specify the repository, chart name, and version. If needed, we can also specify custom values that override the defaults set in the Helm chart.
- An IP address for the uptime-bot service is exported, assuming the
uptime-bot
Helm chart creates a LoadBalancer Service to expose the bot. If it doesn't, or you prefer to access it differently, this will need to be adjusted accordingly.
With the program written, you can deploy it using the Pulumi CLI. Navigate to the directory containing your Pulumi project and run the following command:
pulumi up
The
pulumi up
command will prompt you to confirm the deployment after showing you a preview of the changes. Once confirmed, Pulumi will provision the Helm chart on your Kubernetes cluster.After the deployment is complete, you'll get an output of the
uptimeBotIp
which is the public IP through which you can access theuptime-bot
service.Remember that for the above code to execute successfully, you must have access to a Kubernetes cluster and the cluster's context must be set properly in your kubeconfig file. If the
uptime-bot
Helm chart requires custom configuration values, you can provide those through thevalues
property in the chart specification.For more detailed information about deploying Helm charts with Pulumi, you can refer to the official Pulumi documentation.
- We create a new instance of the