Helm makes it overly complex, or is it just me?

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  • Helm-Chart-Boilerplates

    Example implementations of the universal helm charts

    Use multi-values files with helm ALWAYS. Allowing an env-specific overlay to tweak your default values files. See: https://github.com/DevOps-Nirvana/Helm-Chart-Boilerplates/tree/master/boilerplate-echoserver/deployment/boilerplate-echoserver

  • kustomize

    Customization of kubernetes YAML configurations

    Rendering out the manifests is something I have been pushing for. Not having to understand how every templating tool works and what actually is being changed is key. Though, it gets complicated when you use helm (or any templating/patching tool) that produces many variants. You also lose any release/deployment time hooks that are provided (helm hooks or recently "patched" kustomize env variables).

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  • Universal-Kubernetes-Helm-Charts

    Some universal helm charts used for deploying services onto Kubernetes. All-in-one best-practices

    See: Open-Source Universal Helm Charts See: Boilerplates of using Open-Source Helm Charts (as a sub-chart)

  • aws-helm-multi-deploy-prebuilt

    Deploys all helm chart folders inside the 'deployment' folder in the root of a repository.

    Deploy with Github Actions with - https://github.com/DevOps-Nirvana/aws-helm-multi-deploy-prebuilt or https://github.com/DevOps-Nirvana/aws-helm-multi-deploy-nodocker . Both of these support built-in my recommended path of env-specific values overlays

  • aws-helm-multi-deploy-nodocker

    Deploys all helm chart folders inside the 'deployment' folder in the root of a repository.

    Deploy with Github Actions with - https://github.com/DevOps-Nirvana/aws-helm-multi-deploy-prebuilt or https://github.com/DevOps-Nirvana/aws-helm-multi-deploy-nodocker . Both of these support built-in my recommended path of env-specific values overlays

  • helmfile

    Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD. (by helmfile)

    I've used helmfile before to declaratively manage multiple helm charts. It's a higher-level tool, and still uses helm under the hood.

  • tanka

    Flexible, reusable and concise configuration for Kubernetes

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  • cdk8s

    Define Kubernetes native apps and abstractions using object-oriented programming

    I'm interested cdk8s but haven't tried it yet: https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s

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