Deploy the postfix helm chart on Opensshift

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To deploy a Postfix Helm chart on an OpenShift cluster, you can use Pulumi's Kubernetes provider. Specifically, you would use the `helm.sh/v3.Chart` resource, which allows you to deploy Helm charts in a Kubernetes cluster.

The following program demonstrates how to deploy a Postfix Helm chart on an OpenShift cluster with Pulumi and TypeScript. This program assumes:

1. You have access to an OpenShift cluster.
2. You have configured `kubectl` to connect to your OpenShift cluster.
3. You have installed and set up the Pulumi CLI and chosen a stack.
4. The Postfix Helm chart is available either in a public repository or a repository you have access to.

Before you proceed with the code, make sure to install the necessary Pulumi packages by running:

```bash
npm install @pulumi/kubernetes
```

Now, let's create a Pulumi program to deploy the Postfix Helm chart:

```typescript
import * as k8s from '@pulumi/kubernetes';

// Creating a new Helm Chart resource (Postfix) that is deployed to the OpenShift cluster:
const postfixChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart('postfix', {
    // Specifies the Helm chart repository URL and chart name
    chart: 'postfix',
    // If your chart is in a custom repository (other than the default Helm repo), specify here:
    // repo: 'http://my-custom-helm-repo/',
    // Version can be set to deploy a specific chart version. If not set, the latest version is deployed.
    // version: '1.2.3',
    // Replace '<namespace>' with the OpenShift namespace where you want to deploy the Postfix chart
    namespace: 'postfix-namespace',
    // `values` specifies the configuration (values.yaml) for the chart deployment.
    // Update the values to match the configuration needed for your Postfix chart.
    values: {
        // Example of configuration values that you might set; these are placeholder values.
        // You'll need to replace these with actual values required by the Postfix helm chart.
        replicaCount: 1,
        image: {
            repository: 'postfix',
            tag: 'latest',
            pullPolicy: 'IfNotPresent',
        },
        service: {
            type: 'ClusterIP',
            port: 25,
        },
        // Add other configuration values here as defined in the chart's values.yaml
    },
}, { provider: myOpenshiftProvider });

// Export the base URL for the Postfix service once the chart is deployed
export const postfixServiceUrl = postfixChart.getResourceProperty('v1/Service', 'postfix', 'status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].hostname');

// Use the `getResourceProperty` function to get additional properties of the deployed resources.

// Note: If you haven't created a custom provider, you can omit the `provider` option.
// Pulumi will use the default provider based on the kubectl context.

```

This sample program sets up the `helm.sh/v3.Chart` resource to deploy the Postfix Helm chart into the specified namespace of your OpenShift cluster. It passes configuration values that you set to the chart to override the default values specified in `values.yaml` within the chart. This is where you customize the deployment according to the Postfix chart configuration options.

After writing the Pulumi program, you can deploy it by running these commands in your terminal:

```bash
pulumi up
```

The `pulumi up` command will review the infrastructure changes and prompt you to confirm them before proceeding with the deployment.

Please make sure you have the Helm chart's `values.yaml` file or the necessary configuration to customize your Postfix deployment. You will need to update the `values` field in the above code with the actual configuration from your specific chart.