Deploy the ganache helm chart on Kubernetes

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To deploy the Ganache Helm chart on Kubernetes using Pulumi, you will need to use the `helm.v3.Chart` resource from the Kubernetes provider. This resource is a high-level interface to deploying Helm charts in a Kubernetes cluster.

The `helm.v3.Chart` resource requires some basic information to work:

- **`chart`**: The name of the chart, in this case, "ganache".
- **`version`**: Optionally, you can specify the version of the chart you want to deploy.
- **`fetchOpts`**: If the chart is not in the local Helm repository, you'll need to provide options to fetch the chart such as the repository URL.
- **`values`**: A set of values for customizing the deployment.

Before starting, ensure that you have a Kubernetes cluster and that you have configured your Pulumi environment with the necessary credentials to interact with your cluster.

Here is an example program that deploys the Ganache Helm chart to your Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi with TypeScript:

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

const ganacheChart = new kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart('ganache', {
  // Replace with the repository that hosts the Ganache Helm chart
  repo: 'https://helm.example.com/',
  chart: 'ganache',
  version: 'x.x.x', // Specify the chart version you wish to deploy
  
  // Custom values for the chart can be provided as an object.
  // For the sake of this example, default values are used (which may not actually be applicable to Ganache).
  // You would normally replace this with values relevant to the Ganache chart.
  values: {},
});

// The following is optional and would export the endpoint of the Ganache service once it's deployed
export const ganacheEndpoint = ganacheChart.getResourceProperty(
  'v1/Service',
  'ganache',
  'status'
).apply(status => status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].hostname);

// Run `pulumi up` to deploy the chart
```

In this program:
- We import the necessary Kubernetes module provided by Pulumi.
- We create a new Helm chart resource with the identifier 'ganache'.
- We specify the Helm repository URL where the Ganache chart is hosted in `repo`.
- We state the name of the chart and the version to be deployed.
- We provide a placeholder for configuration values in `values`. You would fill this with actual configuration options for Ganache.

Please make sure to replace `'https://helm.example.com/'` and `'x.x.x'` with the actual repository URL and chart version for Ganache. You'll also need to customize the `values` field with the configurations required for Ganache.

To apply this deployment, you'd run `pulumi up` in your terminal within the project directory. Pulumi will then perform the necessary actions to deploy the Ganache Helm chart to your Kubernetes cluster. If you want to access the endpoint of the Ganache service, you can use the `export` statement, which would output the service's load balancer endpoint after the deployment is complete.

**Important Note:** Helm charts and their configurations can vary greatly. The specific values and configurations will depend on the Ganache Helm chart you are using. Please refer to the chart's documentation for detailed configuration options. The Pulumi program will need to be adjusted to align with those settings.