Deploy the redis-sed helm chart on Opensshift

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To deploy the `redis-hed` Helm chart on an OpenShift cluster using Pulumi, we will first need to set up a Kubernetes provider that targets your OpenShift cluster. Once we have the provider configured, we can deploy the Helm chart using `@pulumi/kubernetes` library.

Here's what we are going to do in the Pulumi program:
- Configure the Kubernetes provider to connect to your OpenShift cluster.
- Use the `Chart` resource from the `@pulumi/kubernetes/helm/v3` module to deploy a Helm chart.
- Set the necessary parameters for the `Chart` resource, such as the chart name, version, and any value overrides needed.

Here is a detailed Pulumi program in TypeScript that you can use to deploy the `redis-hed` Helm chart:

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

// Define the Kubernetes provider.
// You'll need to ensure that your environment is configured to connect to the OpenShift cluster,
// either via a kubeconfig file or other Kubernetes context.
const provider = new k8s.Provider("openshift", {
    // Assuming you have a KUBECONFIG environment variable configured
    kubeconfig: process.env.KUBECONFIG,
});

// Deploy the `redis-hed` Helm chart using the Pulumi Kubernetes provider.
// You can customize the chart version, release name, and any values here.
const redisChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("redis-hed-chart", {
    chart: "redis-hed",
    version: "CHART_VERSION", // Replace with the desired chart version.
    // The repository where your Helm chart is located, if it's not a stable chart,
    // you need to specify your Helm repo URL here.
    fetchOpts: {
        repo: "YOUR_HELM_REPO_URL", // Replace with your Helm repository URL.
    },
    // Add any necessary values overrides here.
    // values: {
    //     ...
    // },
}, { provider });

// Export the Redis service endpoint for easy access.
// Replace 'redis-hed-service' with the actual name of the Redis service within your chart.
export const redisEndpoint = redisChart.getResourceProperty("v1/Service", "redis-hed-service", "status").apply(status => {
    // Assuming it exposes a ClusterIP. If LoadBalancer is used, change `clusterIP` to `loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip`.
    return status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip;
});
```

In this program:
- We import the necessary Pulumi Kubernetes package to interact with Kubernetes resources.
- We set up a Kubernetes provider using the `@pulumi/kubernetes` library and assume you have your OpenShift cluster's kubeconfig available in your environment.
- We declare a `Chart` resource to deploy the `redis-hed` Helm chart. We customize its version and fetch the chart from our specified Helm repository.
- We then export the Redis service endpoint assuming it's named `redis-hed-service`. Adjust this to match your actual Redis service name within the Helm chart.

Replace `CHART_VERSION` with the actual chart version you want to deploy and `YOUR_HELM_REPO_URL` with the URL where your Helm chart is hosted. If the chart has additional configuration parameters you need to set, you can pass them within the `values` object as part of the `Chart` resource options.

Please note that this program assumes familiarity with your specific Helm chart and your OpenShift cluster configuration. It's important to check for any Redis-specific configurations you need to override within the chart and that your OpenShift cluster is accessible from where you're running Pulumi.

Before running this program, you should have Pulumi CLI installed and configured with appropriate access to your cloud resources. You can then create a new Pulumi project or use an existing one and run `pulumi up` to apply the changes and deploy the Helm chart to your OpenShift cluster.