Deploy the skopeo-sync helm chart on AWS EKS

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To deploy the skopeo-sync Helm chart on AWS EKS using Pulumi, you will need to follow these steps:

Set up an Amazon EKS cluster.
Create an ECR (Elastic Container Registry) repository if required by your application.
Use Helm to deploy the skopeo-sync chart to your Amazon EKS cluster.

Below is a detailed TypeScript program that accomplishes these steps. The program uses the @pulumi/eks module to create an EKS cluster, the @pulumi/aws module to create an ECR repository if needed, and the @pulumi/kubernetes module to deploy the Helm chart.

First, you should install the necessary npm packages:

npm install @pulumi/pulumi @pulumi/aws @pulumi/awsx @pulumi/eks @pulumi/kubernetes

Now let's write the Pulumi program:

import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as aws from "@pulumi/aws";
import * as eks from "@pulumi/eks";
import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";

// Create an EKS cluster.
const cluster = new eks.Cluster("eks-cluster", {
    instanceType: "t2.medium",
    desiredCapacity: 2,
    minSize: 1,
    maxSize: 2,
    storageClasses: "gp2",
    deployDashboard: false,
});

// Export the cluster's kubeconfig.
export const kubeconfig = cluster.kubeconfig;

// Create an ECR repository if the skopeo-sync chart requires an image to be stored in ECR.
const ecrRepository = new aws.ecr.Repository("skopeo-sync-repo");

// Export the repository URL to be used in your container image spec or Helm values.
export const repositoryUrl = ecrRepository.repositoryUrl;

// Deploy skopeo-sync Helm chart into the EKS cluster
const skopeoSyncChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("skopeo-sync", {
    chart: "skopeo-sync",
    version: "<chart version>", // specify the chart version if necessary
    fetchOpts: {
        repo: "http://your-helm-chart-repository/", // replace with the URL of your chart repository
    },
    // Set any values here that your chart requires.
    values: {
        // Assuming your chart uses the following structure, you will need to set the image field.
        image: {
            repository: ecrRepository.repositoryUrl,
            // Set the tag if necessary
            tag: "latest", 
            // Set imagePullPolicy if necessary
            pullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",
        },
        // ... add other values as necessary
    },
}, { provider: cluster.provider });

// Export the status of the Helm deployment
export const syncStatus = skopeoSyncChart.status;

This program performs the following actions:

Creates an EKS cluster with the specified instance type and capacity. The desiredCapacity, minSize, and maxSize can be adjusted based on your workload needs.
Sets a storageClass for dynamic provisioning of storage for your workloads.
Deploys the Kubernetes dashboard to the cluster, which can be omitted or set to true based on your preference.
Exports the kubeconfig of the created cluster so you can interact with it using kubectl.
Additionally, it creates an Elastic Container Registry (ECR) Repository, which you might need if the Helm chart pulls images from a private registry. In this case, replace the <aws_account_id> and <region> with your actual AWS account ID and region. It then exports the URL of the repository.
Deploys the Helm chart for skopeo-sync, pulling from a hypothetical chart repository. You would need to replace "http://your-helm-chart-repository/" with the URL of the actual Helm chart repository hosting the skopeo-sync chart. Also, replace "<chart version>" with the specific version of the chart you wish to deploy. You'll need to fill in the values object with the correct values expected by your Helm chart.
Exports the status of the Helm release. This provides feedback on whether the Helm chart was successfully deployed.

Don't forget to replace placeholder values with actual values that are appropriate for your use case. To run this Pulumi program, you would execute pulumi up in the directory where this code resides. This command initiates the infrastructure provisioning as defined by the program.

Please ensure you have kubectl and helm installed on your local machine along with the Pulumi CLI to enable interaction with your Kubernetes cluster and manage Helm charts.