Summary
In this chapter, we learned how to use Helm to accelerate application deployment on Kubernetes and improve the efficiency of template creation. This included how to install the Helm CLI and use it to deploy applications (charts) hosted in a public repository. We then created our own chart, customized it, deployed it, modified the configuration, deployed the new revision, rolled back to a previous revision, and finally deleted it from our cluster.
We then discussed how we could perform similar activities using a third-party tool, Lens, and how it achieves the same things but provides a graphical user interface while also integrating multiple views such as Kubernetes resources (kubectl) and Helm releases.
In the next chapter, we will look deeper into how you access and secure your EKS cluster, focusing on how you access the EKS cluster endpoints and authenticate users.
