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Getting software into your cluster

1. Getting software into your cluster

Google Cloud tools like Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, and Helm help get software into your cluster. But you are responsible for defining deployment patterns and services for reliable and efficient operation. Cloud Build is a serverless tool that helps you build, test, and deploy software across various environments and programming languages. Artifact Registry provides a single location to store, manage, and secure build artifacts, like container images. GKE can fetch these images from the registry and then run them in Pods. Helm is an open-sourced, package manager that simplifies application management. Helm provides traditional software installation and management functionalities similar to what apt-get and yum provide for Linux. Developers can use Helm to organize Kubernetes objects into packages called “charts.” Charts manage the deployment of complex applications, and can be versioned, shared, and published. And they also manage the installation of required dependencies. Helm and the API server work together to install, upgrade, query, and remove Kubernetes resources. Helm makes open-source software deployment easier and reduces the risk of error, but the tool still needs to be managed. Google Cloud Marketplace offers development stacks, solutions, and services to help manage and accelerate development. And thanks to kublectl commands and Helm charts, installation is automated.

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