Deploy the alvearie-enrichment helm chart on Kubernetes

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Deploying a Helm chart on a Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi involves several steps:

Setting up the Provider: First, the Kubernetes provider needs to be set up so that Pulumi can communicate with your cluster.
Defining the Helm Release: You use the Chart resource from the Kubernetes provider to specify the details of the Helm chart you want to deploy. This involves configuring properties such as chart, version, values, and namespace.

To get started, ensure you have access to a Kubernetes cluster and that you have configured Pulumi to use the appropriate kubeconfig file for cluster access. This typically involves setting the KUBECONFIG environment variable or ensuring your kubeconfig is in the default location (e.g., ~/.kube/config).

Below is a Pulumi program written in TypeScript that deploys the alvearie-enrichment Helm chart onto a Kubernetes cluster:

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

// Define the settings for the Helm chart.
// Replace "CHART_VERSION" with the specific version you need to deploy.
const chartSettings = {
    chart: "alvearie-enrichment",
    version: "CHART_VERSION", // Specify the chart version
    fetchOpts: {
        // Define the repository options.
        // If the chart is part of a repository that is not stable, you will need to specify the repository URL.
        repo: "https://<helm-chart-repository-url>", // Replace with the Helm chart repository URL
    },
    // Values to provide to the Helm chart. This should match the values.yaml structure of the chart.
    // Add any configuration you need to provide for the alvearie-enrichment chart.
    values: {
        // For example, you could specify the number of replicas or any other chart values.
        // replicas: 3,
    },
    namespace: "default", // Specify the Kubernetes namespace to deploy the chart into.
};

// Create a Helm chart resource using the defined settings.
const alvearieEnrichmentChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("alvearie-enrichment-release", chartSettings);

// Export any required resource properties, for example, the status of the deployed release.
export const status = alvearieEnrichmentChart.status;

Here's what each part of the program does:

We import the Kubernetes package from Pulumi, which will allow us to interact with Kubernetes resources.
The chartSettings constant holds the configuration for deploying the Helm chart. Here you will need to replace CHART_VERSION with the actual version of the alvearie-enrichment Helm chart you want to deploy. Additionally, you should provide the Helm chart repository URL where the alvearie-enrichment chart can be found.
In the values property, provide any necessary configurations required by the Helm chart. This property should reflect the structure of the chart's values.yaml file.
new k8s.helm.v3.Chart creates a new Helm chart resource based on the specified chartSettings. The name "alvearie-enrichment-release" is an identifier for this particular release.
Finally, we export the status of the Helm chart release, which can be useful to query the release status from the Pulumi CLI after deployment.

To run the Pulumi program, you will:

Save the code to a index.ts file in your Pulumi project directory.
Run pulumi up in the command line from the directory holding your Pulumi project.

Make sure to replace the CHART_VERSION with the correct version number and <helm-chart-repository-url> with the actual repository URL before running the command.

Please make sure you have installed Pulumi, set up your Pulumi project, and have your kubeconfig correctly pointing to your Kubernetes cluster. If you need help setting up your Pulumi project or understanding these resources, Pulumi documentation provides extensive guides and resources.