Deploy the mininet helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy the Mininet Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi, you'll first need to have Helm installed and configured. Mininet Helm chart should be available in a Helm repository, and you should have a Kubernetes cluster where you want to deploy the chart.

Pulumi's Kubernetes provider includes a `Chart` resource that lets you deploy Helm charts. Using the `Chart` resource, you can specify the name of the chart, the version, the repository where it's hosted, and any custom values you want to apply to the chart.

Here’s how you can deploy the Mininet Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi with TypeScript:

1. Set up a new Pulumi project if you haven’t done so already.
2. Add the necessary imports for working with the Kubernetes provider.
3. Instantiate the `Chart` resource within your Pulumi program.
4. Specify the chart name, repository, and any configuration parameters required by the chart, along with the namespace where you want to install the chart.

Below is the Pulumi program written in TypeScript:

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

// Create an instance of the Helm Chart for Mininet.
// Here, we assume that the Mininet chart is available in a Helm repository.
// Make sure to replace `chartRepoUrl` with the actual URL of the Helm repository.
const chartRepoUrl = "https://charts.example.com/"; // Replace with the Mininet Helm chart repository URL.
const mininetChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("mininet", {
    repo: "mininetRepo",          // Replace with the Mininet Helm repository name.
    chart: "mininet",             // The name of the chart.
    version: "1.0.0",             // Replace with the version of the chart you wish to deploy.
    namespace: "default",         // The namespace where the chart will be installed.
    fetchOpts: {
        repo: chartRepoUrl,
    },
    values: {
        // Custom values to override chart defaults go here.
        // For example: serviceType: "ClusterIP"
    },
});

// Export the resources created by the Helm chart.
export const mininetResources = mininetChart.resources;
```

In the above program:

- We import Pulumi's Kubernetes package which allows us to define Kubernetes resources within our Pulumi program.
- We create an instance of the `Chart` resource, specify the repository where the Mininet chart can be found, and provide the version of the chart we want to deploy.
- We define the `namespace` where the Mininet chart should be deployed in the Kubernetes cluster.
- We add an export to allow us to inspect the resources that the Mininet Helm chart created.

Make sure to update the `chartRepoUrl` with the URL of the repository hosting the Mininet Helm chart, `mininetRepo` with the repository name, and the `version` with the desired chart version.

After writing this program, save it to a file (e.g., `index.ts`), and use the Pulumi CLI to create and apply the Kubernetes resources. You can do so by running `pulumi up` in the same directory as your program.

Please note that specific configuration parameters that need to be overridden within the Mininet chart can be specified within the `values` object in the `Chart` resource. You would need to refer to Mininet's Helm chart documentation for the available configuration options.