Deploy the fluentd-kubernetes helm chart on Linode Kubernetes Engine

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To deploy the `fluentd-kubernetes` Helm chart on Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) using Pulumi, you'll first need to set up your Kubernetes cluster on LKE and configure `kubectl` to communicate with the cluster. Since Pulumi relies on `kubectl` configuration to manage resources on a Kubernetes cluster, this step is crucial.

We'll use the `kubernetes` package to interact with the Kubernetes cluster and deploy the Helm chart. Specifically, we'll use the `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` class, which represents a Helm chart in a Pulumi program. This class allows us to deploy packaged applications into our Kubernetes clusters.

Here's a high-level overview of the steps that we'll follow in the Pulumi TypeScript program:

1. Import the necessary Pulumi modules.
2. Create a new Helm chart resource using the `kubernetes.helm.v3.Chart` class.
3. Provide specific details like the name of the chart, the Helm repository where the chart is located, and any custom values you want to pass to the Helm chart.

Below is a detailed TypeScript program that deploys the `fluentd-kubernetes` Helm chart on a Kubernetes cluster:

```typescript
import * as k8s from "@pulumi/kubernetes";

// Define the name of the Helm chart and repository details.
const fluentdHelmChartName = "fluentd";
const fluentdHelmRepoName = "fluent"; // Replace with the actual repository name.
const fluentdHelmRepoUrl = "https://fluent.github.io/helm-charts"; // Replace this with the actual chart repository URL.

// Create a Helm chart resource.
// This will fetch and deploy the fluentd-kubernetes Helm chart from the specified repository.
const fluentdChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart("fluentd-helm-chart", {
    chart: fluentdHelmChartName,
    version: "0.1.0", // Replace with the desired version of your Helm chart.
    fetchOpts: {
        repo: fluentdHelmRepoUrl,
    },
    // If you have custom values that need to be passed to the Helm chart,
    // you can define them in the `values` field as an object.
    // For example:
    // values: {
    //     key: "value"
    // }
});

// Export the Fluentd service endpoint if needed.
// This example assumes that the Helm chart exposes a fluentd service which you might want to access.
// If it does, you can capture its details and export them like below:
export const fluentdServiceEndpoint = fluentdChart.getResourceProperty(
    "v1/Service", // API version and kind of the Kubernetes resource.
    "fluentd", // The name of the resource provided by the Helm chart.
    "status" // The property path to retrieve, in this case, the status field of the Service resource.
);
```

Make sure to replace the placeholder repository values with the actual Helm chart repository details for `fluentd-kubernetes`. The `version` property should be set to the chart version you wish to deploy. You can find the correct values for the repository name and URL from the official Helm chart repository of `fluentd-kubernetes`.

If the Helm chart requires additional configuration, you may specify these as key-value pairs within the `values` object.

Before you run this code, ensure that your Pulumi CLI is configured for Linode, and your `kubeconfig` file is set up to allow Pulumi to connect to your Kubernetes cluster on LKE.

After writing this code in a file (for example, `index.ts`), you would then use the Pulumi CLI to initiate a deployment:

```sh
pulumi up
```

The above command will prompt Pulumi to perform the deployment process, where it will interpret the TypeScript program, communicate with your LKE cluster, and deploy the `fluentd-kubernetes` helm chart accordingly. If there are any issues during deployment, the CLI will provide error messages and guidance to help you resolve them.