Deploy the ofbiz helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy the OFBiz Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi, you will need to have a Kubernetes cluster configured and accessible to your Pulumi program. Assuming that you already have access to a Kubernetes cluster and `kubectl` is configured to communicate with your cluster, below is a step-by-step guide, accompanied by a Pulumi program written in TypeScript, showing how to perform the deployment.

### Step 1: Set Up Your Pulumi Project
Make sure you have Pulumi installed and set up a new Pulumi project. If needed, you can create a new project by running `pulumi new typescript`.

### Step 2: Install the Pulumi Kubernetes Package
To interact with Kubernetes clusters, you need to install the Pulumi Kubernetes package. In your Pulumi project directory, run:
```sh
npm install @pulumi/kubernetes
```

### Step 3: Adding the Kubernetes Provider
You will use the `@pulumi/kubernetes` provider to connect with your cluster. The provider uses the configuration from your local `kubeconfig` file by default.

### Step 4: Deploying the OFBiz Helm Chart
With Pulumi and the Kubernetes provider set up, you can now write the code to deploy the OFBiz Helm chart. You will use the `Chart` resource from `@pulumi/kubernetes/helm/v3`, providing it with the necessary configuration including the chart name, version, and values to override default settings.

Here is the complete Pulumi program in TypeScript that deploys the OFBiz Helm chart:

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

// Create a Kubernetes chart for OFBiz
const ofbizChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("ofbiz-chart", {
    // Replace with the correct repository that hosts the OFBiz chart
    repo: "my-helm-charts",
    chart: "ofbiz",
    // Specify the chart version you want to deploy
    version: "1.2.3",
    // Override default values from the chart (if necessary)
    values: {
        // For example, you can set the service type to LoadBalancer
        service: {
            type: "LoadBalancer"
        },
        // Add other value overrides here
    },
    // Namespace where you want to deploy your chart
    namespace: "default",
});

// Export the endpoint URL once the service is up and running
export const endpoint = ofbizChart.getResourceProperty("v1/Service", "ofbiz-service", "status").apply(status => {
    return status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].hostname || status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip;
});
```

### Explanation

- The `@pulumi/kubernetes` package provides the resources you need to manage Kubernetes applications.
- The `Chart` class from `@pulumi/kubernetes/helm/v3` allows you to deploy a Helm chart.
- The `repo` field should point to the repository URL where the OFBiz Helm chart is hosted.
- Replace `'my-helm-charts'` with the actual repository that contains the OFBiz chart.
- The `chart` field specifies the name of the chart you want to deploy, in this case, `'ofbiz'`.
- You may specify a `version` to deploy a specific version of the chart.
- The `values` field is used to override the default values specified in the OFBiz chart. Here, it is set to change the service type to `'LoadBalancer'`, which exposes the service externally; adjust these settings according to your requirements.
- `namespace` defines where the chart gets deployed within the Kubernetes cluster. The default namespace is shown here.

Lastly, we are exporting an `endpoint` which will dynamically find the load balancer's IP or hostname once it's provisioned by the cloud provider and the service is up and running. This allows you to access the output in your terminal once the deployment is complete.

### Running the Program

To apply the Pulumi program, execute the following in your command line:

```sh
pulumi up
```

This command will create the necessary resources in your Kubernetes cluster according to the Helm chart you specified.

### Next Steps

After deployment, you may want to check the Kubernetes services to ensure that everything is running correctly:

```sh
kubectl get svc
```

This will display the services in your cluster, including the IP address or DNS name for the OFBiz service if it was set to a `LoadBalancer` as in the program example above.