So, I wanted to get this whole “helm headphones” thing working on my computer. I’d heard it was pretty cool for managing Kubernetes stuff, and, well, I’m trying to get better at that whole Kubernetes thing.
First, I had to actually install Helm. I’m on a Mac, so I figured using Homebrew was the easiest way. I opened up my terminal and typed in something like:
brew install helm
Hit enter, and waited. You know, the usual “downloading and installing” stuff happened on the screen. Nothing too scary.
Next, I think I did some initializing. This part is a bit fuzzy, honestly. I remember typing something like:
helm init
I think that sets up something called “Tiller” on your Kubernetes cluster. Again, not 100% sure what that is, but it seemed important at the time. I figured it was like setting up the base camp before climbing a mountain or something.
Finding Some “Charts”
Then came the fun part – finding some pre-made “charts.” These are like blueprints for deploying stuff on Kubernetes. I wanted to try deploying something simple, maybe like a basic web server. So, I did a bunch of searching online.
I remember using commands like:
helm search repo nginx(or something like that)
To find charts that had “nginx” in them. This gave me a big list of options. I picked one that looked pretty straightforward, and noted the name.
Actually Deploying Something
This is where I started to feel like a real “cloud” person. I typed in something like:
helm install --name my-web-server stable/nginx-ingress
Replaced “stable/nginx-ingress” with a name I chose.
I hit enter, and… stuff happened! Lots of text scrolling by, which I pretended to understand. Eventually, it said something about the deployment being successful.
Then, I had to figure out how to actually access this web server I’d just deployed. I used another command:
kubectl get services
to find my new service.
I looked for the line with “my-web-server” (or whatever I named it), and found an external IP address or a port number. I typed that into my browser, and… boom! There was a default Nginx page! Success!
It felt pretty good, even though I’m still not 100% sure about all the details. But I got something working, and that’s a start. Now, I have a way to deploy my headphones and test them!