Deploy the learning-fluentd helm chart on Opensshift

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Deploying a Helm chart on OpenShift with Pulumi involves a few steps. OpenShift is a Kubernetes distribution, so the process will be similar to deploying on Kubernetes, but with some OpenShift specific considerations like security and user management.

First, you must have access to an OpenShift cluster and the `oc` CLI configured to manage it. Pulumi interacts with OpenShift in the same way it does with Kubernetes—by using the kubeconfig file, which contains the necessary connection information for your cluster.

In this case, we will use the `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` resource from Pulumi's Kubernetes provider to deploy the `learning-fluentd` Helm chart. This resource allows us to deploy Helm charts as if we were using the `helm` CLI, providing a way to manage the chart with Pulumi.

Here is a basic Pulumi program written in TypeScript that accomplishes this:

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

// Define the Helm chart, its version, and repository information
const fluentdChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart('learning-fluentd-chart', {
    chart: 'learning-fluentd',
    version: '0.1.0', // Replace with the exact version number of the chart
    fetchOpts: {
        repo: 'https://helm-repository-url.com', // Replace with the chart's repository URL
    },
    namespace: 'default', // Specify the namespace to install the chart, can be modified as needed
});

// Export the base URL to access the Fluentd service, if applicable
export const fluentdBaseUrl = fluentdChart.getResourceProperty(
    'v1/Service',
    'learning-fluentd-service', // Replace with the exact name of the Fluentd service specified in the chart
    'status',
);

```

In the above TypeScript program, we import the Pulumi Kubernetes package. We then create a `Chart` resource, defining the name of the Helm chart, the version number, and the repository where the chart is hosted. Replace the placeholder values with the actual chart name, version, and repository URL as appropriate.

Note that this example assumes:
- The Helm chart `learning-fluentd` is available in the given repository.
- You have already configured Pulumi to access your Kubernetes/OpenShift cluster (via `kubeconfig`).

Additionally, we set `namespace` to deploy this chart to the "default" namespace, but you can customize this to match your OpenShift project name.

The last part of the script attempts to export a property of the Fluentd service that the Helm chart creates. This assumption is that the chart creates a service with the name `learning-fluentd-service` to allow accessing Fluentd's functionality from other services in the cluster. If the service has a different name, or you want to access a different property, adjust the parameters accordingly.

This script doesn't cover OpenShift-specific features like Routes, so if you need to expose Fluentd externally or need more advanced configuration, you'll need to incorporate additional resources or configurations tailored to OpenShift.

Remember, when running this Pulumi program, to have your `kubeconfig` file properly pointing to your OpenShift cluster. You can normally get this configuration via OpenShift's CLI (`oc`) or web console.