Deploy the coralogix-fluentd helm chart on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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To deploy the coralogix-fluentd Helm chart on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), you'll need to follow several steps:

1. First, set up an AKS cluster where you'll deploy the Helm chart.
2. Install and configure `kubectl` to communicate with the AKS cluster.
3. Add the Helm repository containing the coralogix-fluentd chart.
4. Use Pulumi to deploy the Helm chart onto your AKS cluster.

Below is a Pulumi program in TypeScript that accomplishes these steps.

The program performs the following actions:
- Creates an AKS cluster using Azure's native capabilities.
- Adds the necessary Helm chart repository.
- Uses the Kubernetes provider to deploy the coralogix-fluentd Helm chart.

Here's the Pulumi program:

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as azure_native from "@pulumi/azure-native";
import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";

// Create an Azure Resource Group
const resourceGroup = new azure_native.resources.ResourceGroup("myResourceGroup");

// Create an AKS cluster
const cluster = new azure_native.containerservice.ManagedCluster("myAKSCluster", {
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroup.name,
    agentPoolProfiles: [{
        count: 2,
        vmSize: "Standard_DS2_v2",
        name: "agentpool",
    }],
    dnsPrefix: `${pulumi.getStack()}-kube`,
    // Additional required fields go here; this is a simplified example
});

// Export the kubeconfig
export const kubeconfig = cluster.kubeconfigs.apply(kc => kc[0].value);

// Create a Kubernetes Provider instance that uses the kubeconfig from the AKS cluster
const provider = new k8s.Provider("k8sProvider", {
    kubeconfig: kubeconfig,
});

// Add the Helm chart repository that contains coralogix-fluentd
const coralogixRepo = new k8s.helm.v3.Repository("coralogixRepo", {
    name: "coralogix",
    url: "https://coralogix.github.io/coralogix-fluentd/", // Replace with the correct repository URL
}, { provider });

// Deploy the coralogix-fluentd Helm chart
const coralogixChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("coralogix-fluentd", {
    chart: "coralogix-fluentd",
    version: "x.x.x", // Specify the chart version
    repositoryOpts: {
        repo: coralogixRepo.name,
    },
    // Include any specific values you need to customize for the Helm chart
}, { provider });

// Export any required resources or endpoints
```

### Explanation:
- We start by importing the necessary Pulumi libraries for Azure and Kubernetes.
- Create a resource group in Azure to hold the AKS resources.
- Define the AKS cluster with a given name, location, and default node pool configuration.
- The AKS cluster's kubeconfig is exported to allow `kubectl` and Pulumi's Kubernetes provider to interact with the AKS cluster.
- Instantiate the Kubernetes provider with the kubeconfig from the cluster creation step.
- Add the Helm repository for coralogix-fluentd. This is the repository where the chart will be pulled from.
- Create a new Helm chart resource, pointing to the coralogix-fluentd chart. You will need to customize this with the chart version you wish to deploy and any specific values required by the chart.
- Optionally export any outputs from the Helm chart that you may need.

Please replace `"x.x.x"` with the version number you wish to deploy and modify any default values according to your requirements. This program will set up the infrastructure and deploy the fluentd chart on your AKS cluster.

Before running this code, ensure you have the Pulumi CLI installed and configured for use with Azure. You will also need Node.js and npm to run the TypeScript program. Install the Pulumi Azure Native and Kubernetes packages by running `npm install` with the respective package names.