Helm — A Complete Series

A beginner-friendly series on Helm 4, the package manager for Kubernetes. We start from the very basics — what Helm is and why you need it — and build up step by step to packaging and shipping a real application (the Book Info microservices) as your own Helm chart. By the end you’ll be comfortable templating charts, managing values across environments, handling dependencies, and rolling out upgrades safely.

Series

• Chapter 0 — What Is Helm?
• Chapter 1 — Your First Helm Release
• Chapter 2 — Anatomy of a Helm Chart
• Chapter 3 — Helm Templating Basics
• Chapter 4 — Flow Control and Named Templates
• Chapter 5 — Charting the Book Info App
• Chapter 6 — Values and Multiple Environments
• Chapter 7 — Dependencies and Subcharts
• Chapter 8 — Upgrades, Rollbacks, and Hooks
• Chapter 9 — Packaging, Registries, and Best Practices