Microk8s and helm setup in Ubuntu

Owned by Ramesh Murugan Iyer

Last updated: Mar 31, 2023

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Install and configure microk8s:

snap install microk8s --classic --channel=1.20/stable

# Add the group
sudo usermod -a -G microk8s $USER

# Enable dns and helm3
microk8s.enable dns helm3

# make sure microk8s is running ok
microk8s.inspect

# Updating kubectl config.
umask 077; sudo microk8s kubectl config view --raw > $HOME/.kube/config

Install and setup HELM:

# Helm-3 Install
mkdir ~/.helm
 
curl -fsSL -o get_helm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3
 
chmod 700 get_helm
 
./get_helm -v v3.5.2 --no-sudo
 
# Check Helm Version
helm version
 
helm repo remove stable

Setup chartmuseum repo for helm:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/chartmuseum/main/scripts/get-chartmuseum | bash
mkdir ~/chartstorage
chartmuseum --debug --port=8080 \
  --storage="local" \
  --storage-local-rootdir="~/chartstorage" &
helm repo add chartmuseum http://localhost:8080

Install helm push plugin: