Deploy the workflows-softonic-factory helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy a Helm chart on a Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi, you will need to utilize the `@pulumi/kubernetes` package, which provides the necessary resources to interact with Kubernetes from your Pulumi program.

Below is a step-by-step TypeScript program that demonstrates how to deploy the `workflows-softonic-factory` Helm chart on Kubernetes:

1. **Configure the Kubernetes Provider**: Before deploying the Helm chart, Pulumi needs to be configured to communicate with your Kubernetes cluster. The `@pulumi/kubernetes` provider uses your local Kubernetes configuration file (`~/.kube/config`) by default.

2. **Create a `Chart` Resource**: The `Chart` resource is provided by `@pulumi/kubernetes/helm/v3`, and it allows you to deploy Helm charts. You will need to specify the repository where the Helm chart is located, the name of the chart, the version, and any values you want to override in the chart's default configuration.

```typescript
import * as kubernetes from "@pulumi/kubernetes";

// Create a Helm Chart resource using the `workflows-softonic-factory` chart.
const chart = new kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart("workflows-softonic-factory-chart", {
    // Replace these values with the correct repository and chart information.
    // The `repo` field specifies the Helm chart repository's URL.
    // The `chart` field specifies the name of the chart in the repository.
    // The `version` field is optional and specifies a specific chart version.
    repo: "https://charts.yourrepository.com/",
    chart: "workflows-softonic-factory",
    version: "1.2.3", // use the appropriate chart version

// Optionally, you can provide a `values` object to customize the deployment.
    // This is equivalent to using the `--set` flag with the `helm` CLI.
    values: {
        key: "value", // Replace with any values you need to override.
    },

// If you need the chart to be installed in a specific namespace,
    // provide the `namespace` field; otherwise, it defaults to `default`.
    namespace: "default",
});

// To access the deployed services, you might want to export
// relevant information, such as service endpoints or URLs.
export const chartName = chart.name;
```

This program will initialize a new Helm chart based on the `workflows-softonic-factory` Helm chart from the specified repository. The `values` property is used to customize the chart configuration. You can set it to the appropriate values that you wish to override in your Helm chart. If you do not have any custom configurations, you can omit this property or set an empty object.

Make sure to replace the `repo`, `chart`, and `version` fields with the actual values of the Helm chart you are deploying.

After you have written this Pulumi program, you will need to run `pulumi up` in the terminal where your Pulumi program is located. This will prompt Pulumi to execute the program, create a new stack if necessary, and deploy the specified Helm chart to your Kubernetes cluster. Make sure you have Pulumi installed and the appropriate cloud provider CLI configured before running this command.

Remember that in order to successfully deploy to a Kubernetes cluster, you must have `kubectl` configured to point to the intended cluster with the necessary access rights. Pulumi uses the same configuration as `kubectl` to interact with Kubernetes.