Deploy the snmp-exporter helm chart on Opensshift

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To deploy the SNMP Exporter Helm chart on an OpenShift cluster using Pulumi, we will follow these steps:

1. Set up a new Pulumi project or use an existing one that targets your OpenShift cluster. Ensure you have the `kubeconfig` file for your OpenShift cluster configured correctly; Pulumi uses this to communicate with your cluster.

2. Use the `Chart` resource from the Pulumi Kubernetes provider to deploy the SNMP Exporter helm chart. This resource represents a Helm chart in a Pulumi program.

3. Provide the necessary configurations such as the Helm chart name, version, and any custom values you want to overwrite in the default chart configuration.

4. Initialize the `Chart` resource within a Pulumi stack, which represents an isolated deployment target.

Here's a TypeScript program that deploys the SNMP Exporter Helm chart on OpenShift:

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

// Instantiate a Kubernetes provider instance that will grant access to our OpenShift cluster.
// Pulumi automatically uses the current context in your kubeconfig file.
const k8sProvider = new k8s.Provider("openshift-k8s", {
    // You can specify the kubeconfig or context here if needed, for example, when working with multiple clusters.
});

// Define the configuration for the SNMP Exporter Helm chart.
// Replace `CHART_VERSION` and `VALUES` with the desired chart version and your configuration values.
const snmpExporterChartConfig = {
    chart: "snmp-exporter",
    version: "CHART_VERSION", // specify the chart version
    fetchOpts: {
        repo: "https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts", // the Helm repository URL
    },
    values: {
        // ... specify any values you want to override here
    },
};

// Deploy the SNMP Exporter Helm chart to the OpenShift cluster.
const snmpExporterChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("snmp-exporter", snmpExporterChartConfig, { provider: k8sProvider });

// Export the URL for the SNMP Exporter service.
export const snmpExporterUrl = snmpExporterChart.getResourceProperty("v1/Service", "snmp-exporter-snmp-exporter", "status")
    .apply(status => `http://${status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].hostname}:9116`);

```

Please ensure the following before running this program:

- You have the Pulumi CLI installed and have authenticated with it.
- You've set up the Kubernetes CLI (`kubectl`) with access to your OpenShift cluster and that the context is correctly pointing to your OpenShift cluster.
- You have a Pulumi account and have selected or created the appropriate stack for your deployment.
- Replace `CHART_VERSION` with the actual version of the SNMP Exporter Helm chart you want to deploy, and `VALUES` with the configuration values specific to your deployment needs.

You can then run `pulumi up` to create the resources in your OpenShift cluster. After the deployment, the program will export the URL for the SNMP Exporter service, which you can use to access the SNMP Exporter.

This Pulumi program will create a new Helm release for SNMP Exporter in your OpenShift cluster. It will take care of transforming your desired state (the Helm chart and its values) into the actual state within the cluster by creating the necessary Kubernetes resources. If you change the chart version or values and rerun `pulumi up`, Pulumi will apply the differences to your cluster.