Deploy the omec-data-plane helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy a Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi, you will need to use the `Chart` resource from the Pulumi Kubernetes provider. The `Chart` resource allows you to deploy Helm charts in a Kubernetes cluster, similar to how you would use `helm install` from the command line.

Below is a Pulumi program written in TypeScript that demonstrates how to deploy the `omec-data-plane` Helm chart on a Kubernetes cluster. The program assumes that you have already set up and configured your Kubernetes cluster, and that your `kubeconfig` file is correctly configured to interact with your cluster.

In this program:
- We use the `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` class from the `@pulumi/kubernetes` package to create a new Helm chart resource.
- The `chart` parameter specifies the name of the Helm chart — in this case, `omec-data-plane`.
- The `namespace` parameter is optional and allows you to specify the Kubernetes namespace where the chart should be installed. If the namespace does not exist, it will be created.
- The `values` parameter allows you to customize the Helm chart by providing a set of values that override default chart values.
- The `repo` parameter specifies the repository URL where the Helm chart is located.

Here's the TypeScript program:

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

// Create an instance of the `omec-data-plane` Helm chart in the `default` namespace.
const omecDataPlaneChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart('omec-data-plane', {
  chart: 'omec-data-plane', // The name of the chart
  // Replace with the actual repository URL that hosts the omec-data-plane chart
  repo: 'https://example-repo.com/charts', 
  version: '1.0.0', // Specify the chart version (optional)
  namespace: 'default', // The target namespace for the Helm chart (optional)
  values: { // Custom values for the Helm chart (optional)
    // Provide any custom values required to configure the omec-data-plane chart
    // Example:
    // replicaCount: 2,
    // image: {
    //   repository: 'my-repo/image',
    //   tag: 'my-tag',
    // },
  },
}, {
  // Set the provider to use the configured Kubernetes cluster
  provider: new k8s.Provider('k8s-provider', {
    kubeconfig: '<kubeconfig content>', // Normally, you do not need to specify kubeconfig explicitly
  }),
});

// Export the name of the chart deployment
export const chartName = omecDataPlaneChart.metadata.apply(metadata => metadata.name);
```

Make sure to replace `https://example-repo.com/charts` with the actual repository URL that contains the `omec-data-plane` Helm chart.

Once you run this program with `pulumi up`, it will deploy the `omec-data-plane` Helm chart with the specified configuration to your Kubernetes cluster. You can interact with the deployed resources using `kubectl` or other Kubernetes tools.