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Use the Catalog

In this lab we are going to explore the Catalog. The Catalog is a library of curated Helm charts to create Kubernetes resources. By default the Catalog contains a set of Helm charts to get started quickly, but they can also be modified depending on your requirements or be removed from the Catalog. The contents of the Catalog and the RBAC configuration (which Team can use which Helm chart) are managed by the platform administrator. Contact the platform administrator if you would like to add your own charts to use within your Team.

About Catalog quick starts​

The Catalog contains a set of Helm charts that can be used as quick starts. The following quick starts are available:

quickstart-k8s-deployment​

The quickstart-k8s-deployment Helm chart can be used to create a Kubernetes Deployment (to deploy a single image), a Service and a ServiceAccount. Optionally a HorizontalPodAutoscaler, a Prometheus ServiceMonitor and a Configmap can be created.

quickstart-k8s-deployment-otel​

The quickstart-k8s-deployment-otel Helm chart can be used to create a Kubernetes Deployment (to deploy a single image), a Service, a ServiceAccount, an OpenTelemetryCollector and an Instrumentation. Optionally a HorizontalPodAutoscaler, a Prometheus ServiceMonitor and a Configmap can be created.

quickstart-k8s-deployments-canary​

The quickstart-k8s-deployments-canary Helm chart can be used to create 2 Kubernetes Deployments (to deploy 2 versions of an image), a Service and a ServiceAccount. Optionally a HorizontalPodAutoscaler, a Prometheus ServiceMonitor and a Configmap (for each version) can be created.

quickstart-knative-service​

The quickstart-knative-service Helm chart can be used to create a Knative Service (to deploy a single image), a Service and a ServiceAccount. Optionally a Prometheus ServiceMonitor can be created.

quickstart-postgreSQL cluster​

The quickstart-postgresql Helm chart can be used to create a cloudnativepg PostgreSQL Cluster. Optionally a Prometheus PodMonitor and a Configmap (for adding a postgresql dashboard to Grafana) can be created.

quickstart-redis​

The quickstart-redis Helm chart can be used to create a Redis master-replica cluster.

Using the Catalog​

  1. Click on Catalog in the left menu.

  2. You will now see all the templates that are available to use.

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  1. Click on the k8s-deployment template.

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In the Info tab you'll see some information about the Chart like the version and additional instructions.

  1. Click on the Values tab.

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From here you can create a Workload using the Catalog template by adding a name and changing the values. Go to the next lab to create a Workload.