Deploy the debug-toolbox helm chart on Opensshift

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To deploy the `debug-toolbox` Helm chart on OpenShift, you will need to use Pulumi with the Kubernetes provider. Helm charts are a great way to package and deploy applications on Kubernetes, and Pulumi can manage Helm releases as part of your infrastructure, treating your Helm charts as part of your infrastructure code.

In your Pulumi TypeScript program, you will leverage the `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` class to deploy a Helm chart. To do this, you will first need to have access to an OpenShift cluster and have your `kubeconfig` file configured to point to your cluster.

The following steps outline what you need to do in your program:

1. Install the necessary npm packages including `@pulumi/kubernetes`.
2. Import the necessary modules to interact with Kubernetes and Helm through Pulumi.
3. Create a new Helm chart resource pointing to the `debug-toolbox` Helm chart.
4. Optionally, specify any values that you want to override in the Helm chart.
5. Run `pulumi up` to deploy the chart to your OpenShift cluster.

Let's walk through the Pulumi code for deploying a Helm chart:

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

// Step 1: Set up the OpenShift cluster configuration using your kubeconfig file.
// The kubeconfig file gives Pulumi information about how to communicate with your OpenShift cluster.
// Ensure your environment is correctly set up to point to your OpenShift cluster, for example by
// using the `KUBECONFIG` environment variable.

// Step 2: Define the deployment of the debug-toolbox Helm chart.
const debugToolboxChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("debug-toolbox", {
    // Specify the chart repository and chart name here.
    // This assumes that the chart is available in a public or previously configured Helm repository.
    // You might need to include 'repo' property if the chart is not in the local Helm repository.
    chart: "debug-toolbox",
    // Define the namespace where you want to deploy your Helm chart. If it doesn't exist, it will be created.
    // Replace 'tools' with the appropriate namespace if you want it deployed somewhere else.
    namespace: "tools",
    // If required, you can override default values from the Helm chart here.
    // This example assumes there are no override values, but you can customize this object as needed.
    values: {
        // Override chart values here, for example:
        // replicaCount: 2,
    },
});

// Step 3: Export any necessary outputs from the deployment.
// For example, you could export the namespace where the chart is installed.
export const namespace = debugToolboxChart.namespace;

// After defining your Pulumi code, you can run `pulumi up` to deploy your Helm chart to the OpenShift cluster.
```

In this program:
- `@pulumi/kubernetes` is the NPM package that provides bindings for Kubernetes resources, including Helm charts.
- The `k8s.helm.v3.Chart` class is used to create Helm chart resources in your Kubernetes cluster.
- The `chart` parameter specifies the name of the Helm chart you want to deploy.
- The `namespace` parameter specifies the Kubernetes namespace into which you want to deploy your Helm chart. You can change this to the relevant namespace you have in your cluster.
- The `values` is an object where you can specify any overrides for default chart values.

Before running `pulumi up`, ensure you have Pulumi installed, and you're logged in to your Pulumi account. You should also have Helm installed on your local machine or wherever you're running Pulumi from, and ensure that the Helm chart you want to deploy exists in a repository Helm can access.

After running `pulumi up`, Pulumi will provision the necessary resources on your OpenShift cluster as speficied in the Helm chart.