Lessons Learned from Maintaining Our Own Chart Repository

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Bitnami maintains 50+ charts split between the stable repo and a private repo and runs a Jenkins pipeline that builds images and charts, runs helm lint, helm install, verification tests (files, permissions, DB CRUD) and full functional UI tests that capture screenshots. Charts live on S3/ChartMuseum/Harbor; Harbor adds image CV scanning and signing. Deployment testing targets multiple cloud Kubernetes offerings and reveals storage and security-context issues resolved with init containers; the team adds upgrade tests with data persistence to guarantee safe in-place updates.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:53Four Main Points That You Will Need To Solve in Order To Have Your Repository Maintained
3. 3:58Requirements for Storing Charts
4. 5:22Testing
5. 13:17Deploy to Several Clusters
6. 17:09Other Tips

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