Helm Practice Labs

Interactive labs to master Helm chart development and release management.

Create Your First Chart

Learn the Helm chart structure and basic commands

# Lab 1: Your First Chart

# Create a new chart
helm create mychart

# Explore the structure
tree mychart
mychart/
├── Chart.yaml          # Chart metadata
├── values.yaml         # Default configuration
├── charts/             # Dependencies
├── templates/          # Kubernetes manifests
│   ├── deployment.yaml
│   ├── service.yaml
│   ├── ingress.yaml
│   └── _helpers.tpl    # Template helpers
└── .helmignore         # Ignore patterns

# Lint the chart
helm lint mychart

# Package the chart
helm package mychart

# Install locally
helm install my-release ./mychart

# Check status
helm status my-release

# Uninstall
helm uninstall my-release