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 provided by APL 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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
APL quick start for creating a 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.
APL quick start for creating a Redis master-replica cluster
The quickstart-redis
Helm chart can be used to create a Redis master-replica cluster.
Using the Catalog
-
Click on
Catalog
in the left menu. -
You will now see all the templates that are available to use.
- Click on the
k8s-deployment
template.
In the Info tab you'll see some information about the Chart like the version and additional instructions.
- Click on the
Values
tab.
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.