Deploy the ocatiecatalogus helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy a Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi, you will need to have a Kubernetes cluster already set up and configured to interact with. You would typically have context configured in your `kubeconfig` file so that Pulumi can communicate with your cluster.

The code provided below will focus on deploying the `ocatiecatalogus` Helm chart on a Kubernetes cluster. I'll guide you step by step using Pulumi's `kubernetes` package, which contains the `Chart` resource allowing you to deploy Helm charts.

Here's a breakdown of what we are going to do:

1. Import necessary Pulumi and Kubernetes packages for TypeScript.
2. Ensure that we have a Kubernetes provider configured to interact with the cluster.
3. Define a `Chart` resource representing the Helm chart you wish to deploy.

Here is the complete Pulumi program in TypeScript:
```typescript
import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";

// Assuming you have already configured the Kubernetes context for Pulumi
// by using either a kubeconfig file or other authentication mechanisms.

// Create a new Helm Chart resource that represents the deployment
// of the ocatiecatalogus chart.
const ocatiecatalogusChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("ocatiecatalogus", {
    // Specify the Helm chart repository here. If it's a well-known repo like
    // stable or incubator, you don't need to specify the `repo` field.
    chart: "ocatiecatalogus",
    // Optional: Specify the version of the chart you want to deploy.
    version: "1.2.3", // Replace with the correct chart version
    // Optional: Specify the namespace to deploy into. If not specified, it will go into
    // the 'default' namespace.
    namespace: "prod",
    // Optional: Values allow you to provide a custom configuration for the deployed chart.
    values: {
        // Custom values here, for example
        // serviceType: "ClusterIP",
        // replicaCount: 3,
        // ...
    }
    // Optional: If the chart you are deploying is not from a public repository,
    // you might need to specify fetch options such as `repo` and `keyring`.
    // fetchOpts: {
    //     repo: "http://<chart-repository>",
    //     keyring: "/path/to/.gnupg/pubring.gpg",
    // },
});

// Optional: Export the Kubernetes namespace where the chart is installed
export const namespace = ocatiecatalogusChart.namespace;

// Optional: Export other properties from the chart if needed
```

This program does the following:

- It imports the Kubernetes package from Pulumi that you need to deploy resources to your Kubernetes cluster.
- It creates a new `Chart` resource, which Pulumi uses to install or update Helm charts in your Kubernetes cluster.

Now, before running this program, ensure that:

1. Pulumi CLI is installed on your machine - it's the tool to run Pulumi programs.
2. Your Kubernetes cluster is running and configured correctly (You can communicate with your cluster via `kubectl`).
3. You have the contextual information needed by Pulumi set in your `kubeconfig` file or through another authentication mechanism that Pulumi supports.
4. You replace `1.2.3` with the actual version number of the Helm chart you want to deploy.

Once you have this ready and have edited the program with your specific details, you can run this program using the following Pulumi CLI commands:

```shell
pulumi stack init dev  # Initializes a new stack for your project called "dev"
pulumi up              # Preview and deploy changes
```

This will prompt you with a preview of the changes to be applied to your Kubernetes cluster, and on confirmation, will deploy the `ocatiecatalogus` Helm chart onto your cluster.

Remember, any changes to your program followed by `pulumi up` will prompt Pulumi to make the necessary changes to reflect the desired state expressed by your program in your cluster.