Deploy the kube-oidc-proxy helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy the `kube-oidc-proxy` Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi, we'll perform a series of steps. First, ensure that you have Pulumi installed and you are logged in to your Pulumi account. You'll also need `kubectl` configured to communicate with your Kubernetes cluster.

The process involves defining a Pulumi program that uses the Kubernetes provider to deploy a Helm chart. We're going to utilize the `helm.sh/v3.Chart` resource provided by Pulumi's Kubernetes provider, which allows us to deploy Helm charts in a declarative way using infrastructure as code.

The `helm.sh/v3.Chart` resource takes several parameters, such as the chart version, release name, values to override default chart values, and the namespace to which the chart will be deployed. The `values` parameter should be adjusted according to the specific configuration you want to apply to the `kube-oidc-proxy` chart.

If you're not familiar with Helm, it works by packaging up pre-configured Kubernetes resources into a chart, which can be deployed to Kubernetes clusters. Helm charts help manage Kubernetes applications by simplifying the installation, upgrading, and removal process.

Below is a TypeScript Pulumi program that deploys the `kube-oidc-proxy` Helm chart:

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

// Name of the release
const releaseName = 'kube-oidc-proxy';

// Namespace where the release should be deployed. Create it if it doesn't exist
const namespaceName = 'kube-oidc';
const ns = new k8s.core.v1.Namespace(namespaceName, {
    metadata: { name: namespaceName },
});

// Helm chart version
const chartVersion = 'X.Y.Z'; // Specify the version of the chart you wish to deploy

// Values for the helm chart
const chartValues = {
    // Provide your chart values here
    // For example:
    // replicaCount: 2,
    // oidc: {
    //     clientId: 'your-client-id',
    //     issuerUrl: 'https://your-issuer-url',
    //     ...
    // }
};

// Deploy the kube-oidc-proxy Helm chart
const kubeOidcProxyChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart(releaseName, {
    chart: 'kube-oidc-proxy',
    version: chartVersion,
    namespace: namespaceName,
    values: chartValues,
}, { dependsOn: [ns] }); // Depends on ensures the namespace exists before the chart is deployed

// Export the chart status
export const chartStatus = kubeOidcProxyChart.status;
```

In this program, we start by importing the necessary Kubernetes package.

We then specify the release name for the Helm chart and the namespace where it will be deployed. If the namespace doesn't exist, Pulumi will create it for us.

Next, we define the version of the Helm chart we want to deploy. You need to replace `X.Y.Z` with the actual version number of the `kube-oidc-proxy` chart you wish to use.

We then create an object called `chartValues` to specify any configuration options we want to override. The example provided is commented out and should be customized based on your requirements and the configuration options available for the `kube-oidc-proxy` Helm chart.

Following that, we create a Helm chart resource using `new k8s.helm.v3.Chart`. We pass the release name, chart name, version, namespace, and values to this resource. We also ensure it depends on the namespace being created by specifying a `dependsOn` clause.

Lastly, we export the status of the Helm chart deployment, which can be useful for retrieving information about the deployed resources.

Remember to install the Pulumi Kubernetes package by running `npm install @pulumi/kubernetes` in your project directory if you haven't already.

With this Pulumi program, you can deploy the `kube-oidc-proxy` Helm chart to your Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi's declarative infrastructure as code approach.