Deploy the dotnet helm chart on Opensshift

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To deploy a Helm chart on an OpenShift cluster using Pulumi, you can leverage the `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` resource from Pulumi's Kubernetes provider. This resource allows you to deploy a Helm chart into your Kubernetes cluster, which is the underlying platform for OpenShift.

Before you begin, make sure you have:

1. The `pulumi` CLI [installed](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/get-started/install/).
2. Access to an OpenShift cluster with `kubectl` configured to communicate with your cluster.
3. The Helm CLI [installed](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/) locally.
4. .NET Core installed if you're managing Pulumi with .NET.

Below is a Pulumi program in TypeScript that deploys a .NET-based Helm chart on an OpenShift cluster:

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

// Define the Helm chart repository and chart details here.
const chartRepo = "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami"; // This is an example. Replace with your repository URL.
const chartName = "dotnet"; // This is an example. Replace with your chart name.
const chartVersion = "x.y.z"; // Specify the version of the Helm chart you want to deploy.

// Create an instance of the Helm chart to be deployed.
const dotnetChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("dotnet-chart", {
  chart: chartName,
  version: chartVersion,
  fetchOpts: {
    repo: chartRepo,
  },
  // Set values for the Helm chart as needed. Replace this with your configuration.
  values: {
    service: {
      type: "ClusterIP",
    },
    // ... other values
  }
});

export const chartNameExport = dotnetChart.metadata.name;
```

Let me walk you through what this Pulumi program does:

1. It imports the Kubernetes package from Pulumi's library.

2. It defines several constants: `chartRepo` for the Helm chart repository URL, `chartName` for the name of the Helm chart, and `chartVersion` for the specific version of the chart to deploy.

3. It creates a new Helm chart resource using `new k8s.helm.v3.Chart()`. This includes the name of the chart, the version, the repository it belongs to, and any custom values you wish to override.

4. Finally, it exports the name of the deployed Helm chart as an output of the Pulumi program.

Here is what each part of the program is responsible for:

- The `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` resource is responsible for deploying Helm charts. It uses the `name`, `chart`, `version`, and `fetchOpts` properties to identify and download the chart from the specified Helm chart repository. You can find more details in the [official Pulumi documentation for the Helm chart](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/kubernetes/api-docs/helm/v3/chart/).

- The `.values` property holds the configuration values you want to set for your Helm chart deployment. It's analogous to using a `values.yaml` file when deploying a Helm chart manually.

Before running the above Pulumi program, ensure that you have set up the Pulumi stack using `pulumi stack init` and selected it using `pulumi stack select`. Then you simply run `pulumi up` to deploy your Helm chart to your OpenShift cluster.

This Pulumi program is specific to deploying Helm charts and assumes that you have your OpenShift cluster configured with `kubectl`. If your Helm chart or the OpenShift environment needs specific RBAC settings, service accounts, or namespaces, please modify the Pulumi program accordingly to accommodate those requirements.

Remember to update the variables `chartRepo`, `chartName`, and `chartVersion` to match the Helm chart you want to deploy on OpenShift.