Introduction to Helm
Workshop

Managing Kubernetes deployments with YAML files quickly becomes messy: How do I version my deployments? How do I avoid copy-pasting between staging and production? And how do I deploy third-party software like PostgreSQL or Redis without writing hundreds of lines of YAML? Helm solves these problems with a proven package-manager approach. In three days, you learn to use Helm professionally: from consuming existing charts to developing your own packages to integrating into GitOps workflows. Day 1 starts with the fundamentals: you install Helm 4, understand the architecture (and why Tiller fr

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Workshop overview

Duration, per-participant price and logistics for Introduction to Helm.

On-site options

  • Live online or on-site at your location

  • In-house: content, duration and focus can be tailored

  • Flexible dates, from 1 participant

  • German; English on request

  • Preconfigured cloud lab (also on-site)

  • Open groups: max. 8 people

  • Seat price same as online: €721.50 × days, excl. VAT

  • On-site in-house: individual quote (travel/logistics as incurred)

  • No published flat on-site surcharge

  • You provide the training room and internet

  • Open sessions: 09:00–16:00 (CET/CEST)

Curriculum

Day-by-day agenda and topics from the official syllabus.

Day 1: Helm fundamentals and installing your first charts

  • Why Helm? The Kubernetes Package Manager
  • Helm Architecture: Charts, Repositories, Releases
  • Helm 4 Installation & Getting Started
  • Finding Charts with Artifact Hub
  • Installing & Customizing Existing Charts
Day 1

Day 2: Develop and version your own Helm charts

  • Developing Your Own Helm Charts
  • Templating with Helm
  • Subcharts & Umbrella Chart Pattern
  • Chart Versioning & OCI Registries
  • Chart Testing with helm-unittest
  • Hands-on Exercise: Building Your Own Chart
Day 2

Day 3: Testing, multi-environment deployments, and best practices

  • Chart Tests with helm lint & helm test
  • Multi-Environment Deployments & Secrets Integration
  • Debugging & Troubleshooting
  • Security & Governance
  • Helm Best Practices & Rollback Strategies
  • Helm in GitOps Workflows (ArgoCD)
Day 3

Workshop schedule

Published daily rhythm. Topics are listed in the curriculum.

09:00–16:00 (CET/CEST)

Official window for open sessions.

Frame

09:00 – Introductions

On day 1: meet the instructor and participants, plus the agenda and workshop structure.

Day 1

09:00 – Q&A

On later days, resolve open questions from the previous day before the day’s topics (usually 09:00–09:30 or 09:00–10:00).

Later days

Content blocks follow the curriculum

Theory and hands-on in the morning and afternoon blocks. The topic list is in the curriculum above.

Topics

12:00–13:00 – Lunch

A shared break before the afternoon.

Break

16:00–16:30 – Q&A

End of the day: questions, exchange and wrap-up.

Close

Prerequisites

What participants should bring.

Hardware

Your own notebook (Linux, macOS or Windows) with permission to install software. Devices available at extra cost.

HardwareNotebook

Environment

Each participant works in a provided cloud lab. Local installation of the training stack is not required.

LabCloud

Prerequisites

Basic Linux/terminal skills are helpful.

Prerequisites

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