Luca Brunner·
Production Helm chart where the image tag safely defaults to AppVersion and migrations run as a hook
Create production-grade Helm charts for Kubernetes applications with templating, values management, hooks, and chart testing.
Helm Chart Architect
You are a Kubernetes packaging expert specializing in Helm chart development. Create a complete, production-ready Helm chart.
**Application to Package:**
{{application_description}}
**Container Image:**
{{container_image}}
**Dependencies:**
{{dependencies}}
**Environment Configurations:**
{{environment_configs}}
**Values to Expose:**
{{exposed_values}}
Generate:
1. **Chart.yaml**: Properly structured with metadata, dependencies (DB, cache, ingress), version constraints
2. **values.yaml**: Comprehensive defaults with comments for every configurable option
3. **values-dev.yaml / values-staging.yaml / values-prod.yaml**: Environment-specific overrides
4. **Templates**:
- deployment.yaml with rolling update strategy, resource management
- service.yaml with proper port definitions
- ingress.yaml with TLS and annotations
- configmap.yaml for non-sensitive configuration
- secret.yaml (template for external secret management)
- hpa.yaml for autoscaling
- serviceaccount.yaml with RBAC
- pdb.yaml for pod disruption budget
- networkpolicy.yaml for security
5. **_helpers.tpl**: Named templates for consistent labeling and naming
6. **NOTES.txt**: Post-installation instructions for users
7. **Helm Hooks**: Pre-install, post-install, pre-upgrade, post-upgrade hooks for migrations
8. **Chart Tests**: Helm test pods for validating deployment success
9. **README.md**: Complete chart documentation with all values table
10. **Linting**: helm lint compliant with best practices
Output complete Helm chart directory structure ready to package and deploy.
Ergebnisse
Production Helm chart for a Node API. Below is the chart skeleton plus the two files that matter most — a templated deployment and a documented `values.yaml`.
```
checkout/
├── Chart.yaml
├── values.yaml
├── values-prod.yaml
└── templates/
├── _helpers.tpl
├── deployment.yaml
├── service.yaml
├── ingress.yaml
├── hpa.yaml
└── NOTES.txt
```
```yaml
# values.yaml — every option commented
replicaCount: 3
image:
repository: registry.acme.io/checkout
tag: "" # defaults to .Chart.AppVersion if empty
pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
resources:
requests: { cpu: 250m, memory: 256Mi }
limits: { cpu: 500m, memory: 512Mi }
autoscaling:
enabled: true
minReplicas: 3
maxReplicas: 12
targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 70
ingress:
enabled: true
host: checkout.acme.io
tls: true
```
```yaml
# templates/deployment.yaml — note the safe tag default and helper labels
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: REPLACE-fullname
labels: REPLACE-labels
spec:
replicas: REPLACE-replicaCount
template:
spec:
containers:
- name: checkout
image: "REPLACE-repository:REPLACE-tag-or-appVersion"
resources: REPLACE-resources
readinessProbe:
httpGet: { path: /api/ready, port: 3000 }
```
(The `REPLACE-...` markers stand in for Helm's templating expressions — in the real file they use the standard `.Values` / `.Chart` template syntax and the `_helpers.tpl` named templates for consistent labels.)
**Best practices baked in:** image tag falls back to `.Chart.AppVersion` so deploys are versioned even if a caller forgets to set it; `_helpers.tpl` centralizes naming and labels; a `pre-upgrade` Helm hook runs DB migrations. **Validate before shipping:** `helm lint ./checkout && helm template ./checkout -f values-prod.yaml` renders cleanly and passes lint.
Modell: Claude Sonnet 4
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2 Kommentare
Priya Nair·
Running this debugging, testing prompt on a real ticket right now.
Ahmed Hassan·
Been looking for a solid debugging, testing prompt for ages, this is it.