Component Helm Chart

The component chart allows you to define application components (e.g. a database, an API server, a webserver with static files) and deploy them using Helm. Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes and allows you to manage these components (e.g. upgrading).

Why?

Compared to manually creating Helm charts, the component chart allows you to define your application components using a unified Helm chart. This provides the following benefits:

• 70% less YAML to maintain (only values.yaml for chart)
• Highly flexible configuration via values.yaml
• Fast and easy definition of Kubernetes resources
• Kubernetes best practices (e.g. recommended annotations and labels)