Helm
Learn Helm from installing charts to authoring your own. Templates, values, hooks, dependencies, and publishing.
10 lessons, in order
- 120 min
What Is Helm
Package manager for KubernetesChartReleaseRepositoryHelm vs Kustomize vs raw manifestsWhen Helm is overkill - 230 min
Installing Charts
Helm repo addHelm repo updateHelm searchHelm installHelm listHelm uninstall+1 - 330 min
Chart Structure
Helm createChart.yamlValues.yamlTemplates/ folder_helpers.tplCharts/ subcharts directory+2 - 435 min
Values and Templating
.Values.Release.Chart--set--values file.yamlSprig default+3 - 530 min
Helpers and Named Templates
_helpers.tplDefineTemplateIncludeCommon name patternCommon labels pattern+1 - 630 min
Dependencies and Subcharts
Dependencies in Chart.yamlHelm dependency updateCharts/ folderPassing values into subchartsConditionTags+1 - 730 min
Hooks and Tests
Helm.sh/hook annotationPre-installPost-installPre-upgradeHook-delete-policyHelm test+2 - 830 min
Release Management
Helm upgradeHelm rollbackHelm history--atomic--wait--timeout+2 - 930 min
Publishing Charts
Helm packageChart museum (HTTP repo)OCI registriesHelm push oci://Helm pullSemVer for charts+1 - 1060 min
Capstone: Your Own Chart
Two-service chartDeployment templateService templateConfigMap templateIngress templateNOTES.txt+3
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Roles that use Helm
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Platform Engineer
Hire platform engineers who reduce friction for every team. Real golden-path templates, real internal CLIs, real service onboarding flows. We record every step.
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Hire DevOps engineers who actually ship. Run live or take-home interviews in production-like Linux environments with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD. See how they debug, automate, and work alongside AI.
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Hire SREs who actually run production. Live workspaces with metrics, logs, traces and a service that is starting to misbehave. We record every keystroke.
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