Deploy the fluentd-cloudwatch helm chart on Kubernetes
TypeScriptTo deploy the Fluentd-CloudWatch Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi, you'll first need to have a Kubernetes cluster up and running. You can use any Kubernetes provider such as Amazon EKS, Google GKE, or a self-hosted one.
The Fluentd-CloudWatch Helm chart deploys Fluentd, a data collector for unified logging layers, to an existing Kubernetes cluster. Fluentd allows you to unify data collection and consumption for better use and understanding of data.
In this program, we will use the
kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart
class to deploy the Helm chart from Pulumi's Kubernetes provider. The chart is a high-level abstraction that enables deployment of complex Kubernetes applications.Chart
supports all the usual Helm operations (likehelm install
andhelm upgrade
) and configures the Helm deployment within the Kubernetes cluster.You will need to have the necessary permissions to the Kubernetes cluster, and
kubeconfig
must be configured correctly on the machine where Pulumi runs.We assume that the
kubeconfig
file is already set up to point to your Kubernetes cluster, and you have access to deploy resources to it.Here is the detailed program written in TypeScript to deploy the Fluentd-CloudWatch Helm chart:
import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes"; // Name of the Helm chart. In this case, it is assumed that the chart name is `fluentd-cloudwatch` // and it exists in the public chart repository hosted by Helm. const CHART_NAME = "fluentd-cloudwatch"; // You can specify the Helm repository where the chart can be found. const CHART_REPO = "https://charts.fluentd.io"; // Define the configuration values to replace within the Helm chart as needed. // These values depend on the actual Helm chart and the parameters that it accepts. // For fluentd-cloudwatch, you might want to configure AWS region, CloudWatch log group name, etc. const VALUES = { awsRegion: "us-west-2", // ...other configuration values specific to fluentd-cloudwatch chart }; // Create a Helm chart resource that installs/updates the fluentd-cloudwatch chart. const fluentdCloudWatchChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("fluentd-cloudwatch-helm", { chart: CHART_NAME, version: "0.1.2", // specify the exact chart version you want to deploy fetchOpts: { repo: CHART_REPO, }, values: VALUES, }); // Export any relevant resources. For instance, you may want to export the Fluentd service endpoint export const fluentdEndpoint = fluentdCloudWatchChart.getResourceProperty("v1/Service", "fluentd-cloudwatch", "status");
To apply this Pulumi program:
- Install Pulumi and configure it to work with your preferred cloud and programming language (Pulumi supported languages are TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, and C#).
- Create a new Pulumi project or navigate to your existing Pulumi project directory.
- Save the above code in a TS file, for example,
index.ts
. - Run
pulumi up
from the command line to preview and deploy the changes.
This program will:
- Import the
@pulumi/kubernetes
package, which allows you to work with Kubernetes resources. - Specify the chart name, repository and any values you need to override.
- Deploy the helm chart to your Kubernetes cluster with specified configurations.
Remember to replace
0.1.2
with the correct chart version you want to deploy, and fill in theVALUES
object with the appropriate values required by the Fluentd-CloudWatch chart.The
getResourceProperty
method is used here to export the endpoint of the Fluentd service. Make sure to check the documentation of the Helm chart to get the accurate resource name and property you wish to export.