Deploy the kube-monitoring-telegram-bot helm chart on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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Deploying a Helm chart to an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster involves several steps. We'll start by creating the AKS cluster itself, which requires use of the `azure-native` package's `ManagedCluster` resource. Once the cluster is up and running, we can use the `kubernetes` package's `Chart` resource to deploy the `kube-monitoring-telegram-bot` Helm chart to the AKS cluster.

Here's your detailed plan and Pulumi program written in TypeScript which will accomplish the task:

1. **Provision an AKS cluster**: An AKS cluster is a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure, which abstracts away the underlying infrastructure and provides you with a Kubernetes API to deploy and manage your applications.

2. **Install the Helm chart**: Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes, which allows you to define, install, and upgrade complex Kubernetes applications. Helm packages are called charts.

3. **Deploy `kube-monitoring-telegram-bot`**: This is a specific Helm chart that sets up a bot in a Kubernetes cluster to send monitoring notifications to Telegram—a messaging platform.

Let's write the Pulumi program:

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as azureNative from "@pulumi/azure-native";
import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";

// Step 1: Create a Resource Group
const resourceGroup = new azureNative.resources.ResourceGroup("myResourceGroup");

// Step 2: Create an AKS cluster
const aksCluster = new azureNative.containerservice.ManagedCluster("myAKSCluster", {
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroup.name,
    // Define specific settings according to your needs
    agentPoolProfiles: [{
        count: 1, // The number of nodes for the pool
        name: "agentpool", // The name of the agent pool
        vmSize: "Standard_DS2_v2", // The size of the VMs
        osType: "Linux", // The type of the OS
        mode: "System", // System pool which comprises the core services
    }],
    dnsPrefix: `${pulumi.getStack()}-kube`,
    linuxProfile: {
        adminUsername: "adminuser",
        ssh: {
            publicKeys: [{
                keyData: "ssh-rsa YOURPUBLICSSHKEYGOESHERE", // Replace with your own SSH key
            }],
        },
    },
    kubernetesVersion: "1.18.14", // Use a specific version of Kubernetes
    servicePrincipalProfile: {
        clientId: "YOURSERVICEPRINCIPALCLIENTID", // Replace with your Azure AD app id
        secret: "YOURSERVICEPRINCIPALSECRET", // Replace with your Azure AD app secret
    },
    enableRBAC: true, // Enable Role-Based Access Control
    location: resourceGroup.location,
});

// Export the AKS cluster's kubeconfig
export const kubeconfig = pulumi.
    all([aksCluster.name, resourceGroup.name])
    .apply(([clusterName, rgName]) => {
        return azureNative.containerservice.listManagedClusterUserCredentials({
            resourceGroupName: rgName,
            resourceName: clusterName,
        });
    })
    .apply(creds => Buffer.from(creds.kubeconfigs[0].value, 'base64').toString());

// Step 3: Deploy the Helm chart for kube-monitoring-telegram-bot in the AKS
const k8sProvider = new k8s.Provider("k8sProvider", {
    kubeconfig: kubeconfig,
});

const telegramBotChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("telegramBot", {
    chart: "kube-monitoring-telegram-bot",
    // You might need to specify chart version and repository options if necessary
    values: {
        // Provide necessary values here for the Helm chart
    },
}, {provider: k8sProvider});

// Export a value needed for accessing the deployed services, e.g., an endpoint
export const endpoint = aksCluster.privateFqdn;
```

### Explanation

- **Resource Group (`ResourceGroup`)**: A Resource Group is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution. Here, we create a new `ResourceGroup` as the base to hold our AKS resources.

- **ManagedCluster (`ManagedCluster`)**: This is the AKS cluster resource. We configure it with an agent pool that defines the size and number of VMs, as well as settings for the OS and SSH access. Kubernetes version and RBAC are also specified.

- **Kubeconfig (`listManagedClusterUserCredentials`)**: This is necessary to interact with your AKS cluster. We export the kubeconfig which is generated after the cluster is created.

- **Helm Chart (`Chart`)**: We instantiate a Helm chart with the name `kube-monitoring-telegram-bot`. Values for the chart are provided via the `values` property but are omitted here for brevity. You will need to supply the configuration specific to your use case.

- **Provider (`Provider`)**: In order to deploy resources into the Kubernetes cluster, we need to create an instance of the `Provider` which uses the kubeconfig from the AKS cluster in order to communicate with it.

- **Exports (`export`)**: We export the kubeconfig so you can interact with your cluster from your local machine using `kubectl` or another Kubernetes tooling. We also export the private FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) of the AKS cluster for access purposes.

Please replace the placeholders (e.g., `YOURPUBLICSSHKEYGOESHERE`, `YOURSERVICEPRINCIPALCLIENTID`, and `YOURSERVICEPRINCIPALSECRET`) with your actual data.

The Helm chart part is where you would customize it to deploy `kube-monitoring-telegram-bot`. You would specify the Helm chart name and any values it requires. The actual values you need to provide would depend on the specifics of that Helm chart.

When the Pulumi program runs, Pulumi will print out the `kubeconfig`. You should keep this secure, as it gives administrative access to your cluster. The endpoint can be used to reach the services running in the AKS cluster.