Deploy the helm-smtp4dev helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy the `helm-smtp4dev` Helm chart on a Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi, you'll follow these general steps:

1. **Set up a Kubernetes cluster**: For this step, you'll need a Kubernetes cluster. If you don't already have one, you can create a cluster with cloud providers like AWS, GCP, Azure, etc., using Pulumi or have Pulumi connect to an existing cluster.

2. **Install Pulumi Kubernetes Provider**: This allows Pulumi to interact with Kubernetes.

3. **Deploy the Helm Chart**: Using the `Chart` resource from Pulumi's Kubernetes provider, you can deploy the `smtp4dev` chart.

Below is a Pulumi program in TypeScript that demonstrates how to achieve this:

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

// You need to have a Kubernetes cluster running and your `kubeconfig` file properly setup.
// This program assumes that you have configured your Pulumi environment to connect
// to your existing Kubernetes cluster.

// Create a namespace for the smtp4dev deployment if needed.
const namespace = new k8s.core.v1.Namespace("smtp4dev-namespace", {
    metadata: {
        name: "smtp4dev"
    }
});

// Deploy the smtp4dev Helm chart.
const smtp4devChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("smtp4dev", {
    chart: "smtp4dev",
    version: "1.0.0", // Make sure to specify the correct chart version you wish to deploy.
    namespace: namespace.metadata.name,
    fetchOpts: {
        repo: "https://url-to-the-smtp4dev-helm-repo/", // Replace this with the actual Helm repo URL hosting the smtp4dev chart.
    },
    // Set any values for the Helm chart that you would like to override.
    // For example, you can change the service type as shown.
    values: {
        service: {
            type: "LoadBalancer"
        }
    },
});

// Export the public IP of smtp4dev service to access it externally if using LoadBalancer.
export const smtp4devServiceIP = smtp4devChart.getResourceProperty("v1/Service", "smtp4dev", "status")
    .apply(status => status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip);
```

To run this Pulumi program:

1. **Set up Pulumi**: If you haven't already done so, [install Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/get-started/install/) and [set up the Kubernetes provider](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/cloud-providers/kubernetes/setup/).

2. **Write your program**: Save the code above in a file with a `.ts` extension (e.g., `index.ts`).

3. **Install dependencies**: Run `npm install` to install the required dependencies from `package.json`.

4. **Deploy your stack**: Run `pulumi up` to deploy your stack. This will provision the resources defined in your program against your Kubernetes cluster.

5. **Access smtp4dev**: Once the deployment is successful, you can access the smtp4dev instance using the exported service IP address, which will be shown in your Pulumi stack output.

The `smtp4dev` Helm chart is a ready-made package that simplifies the deployment of `smtp4dev` on a Kubernetes cluster. The Pulumi Kubernetes provider allows you to deploy such charts easily. Just make sure to provide the correct version and the repository URL of the Helm chart, and override the default values according to your needs. In the example above, the service is overridden to be of type `LoadBalancer`, which makes it accessible from outside the Kubernetes cluster (this is suitable for cloud environments that support this service type).