Modern applications often span dozens of microservices, each requiring precise configuration and version control across multiple environments. Managing this complexity manually can quickly lead to errors, downtime, and deployment drift.

Kubernetes with Helm Charts: Deploy & Manage Apps

Kubernetes with Helm Charts: Deploy & Manage Apps


Instructors: Starweaver
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What you'll learn
Deploy containerized applications using Helm by configuring repositories, managing releases, and validating deployments across environments.
Optimize Helm Charts by modifying configurations, templating manifests, and packaging reusable, environment-specific charts.
Automate the Helm release lifecycle by executing upgrades, rollbacks, and security best practices, integrating versioning and CI/CD workflows.
Skills you'll gain
- Kubernetes
- Version Control
- Release Management
- Cloud-Native Computing
- Application Deployment
- Application Lifecycle Management
- YAML
- Containerization
- Package and Software Management
- Application Security
- Continuous Deployment
- Configuration Management
- CI/CD
- Command-Line Interface
- Microservices
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There are 3 modules in this course
This module introduces Helm and its architecture, demonstrating how it integrates with Kubernetes clusters. Learners will understand charts, releases, and values, and gain hands-on experience installing Helm, configuring repositories, and deploying a simple app to a local Kubernetes cluster. The module establishes a foundation for the customization and lifecycle management covered in later modules.
What's included
4 videos2 readings1 peer review
This module builds on Helm fundamentals to show learners how to deploy both public and custom charts, customize applications using values.yaml and command-line overrides, and create their own charts for internal applications. Learners gain practical experience deploying multi-component apps in a repeatable, version-controlled way, and preparing them for lifecycle management.
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 peer review
This module equips learners with skills to manage the full lifecycle of applications deployed via Helm. It covers upgrades, rollbacks, uninstalls, version control, security best practices, and automation through CI/CD or GitOps. Learners apply their knowledge in realistic production-style scenarios and integrate lifecycle management into end-to-end workflows.
What's included
4 videos1 reading1 assignment2 peer reviews
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