Stop Writing YAML By Hand — Kubernetes Monitoring with Helm (Ep. 4)

I cloned the kube-prometheus-stack repo. It has over 20 YAML files. I was not going to write all of that by hand.

In this video, we discover Helm - Kubernetes' package manager - and use it to deploy a full monitoring stack (Prometheus + Grafana) to a 6-node Raspberry Pi 4 cluster running Talos Linux. One command replaces 20+ manifests. Then we hit the wall: Talos's security model blocks node-exporter from running, and we debug our way through four separate fixes to get everything green.

This is the video where the cluster stops being a black box.

What you'll learn:
- What Helm is and why it exists (shown, not just explained)
- How to deploy kube-prometheus-stack with a single command
- Customizing charts with values.yaml
- Navigating Talos PSS restrictions - and fixing them step by step
- Exploring pre-built Grafana dashboards showing live cluster telemetry
- Why every future video in this series references these dashboards

My Setup:
- 6-node Raspberry Pi 4 cluster running Talos Linux
- Pi 5 NAS providing NFS persistent storage
- Gitea already deployed (Video 3) - shows up as a live workload in Grafana

Previous Videos:
- Video 1: Kubernetes Cluster Setup https://youtu.be/Qt4FfbWn55o
- Video 2: NFS Persistent Storage https://youtu.be/UxZlCho7-KI
- Video 3: Deploying Gitea with Raw Manifests https://youtu.be/UK5siIFChqk

Next Video:
- Video 5: Ingress - Proper URLs Instead of Port-Forwarding Everything

#kubernetes #homelab #raspberrypi #helm #prometheus #grafana #monitoring #talos #selfhosted

Видео Stop Writing YAML By Hand — Kubernetes Monitoring with Helm (Ep. 4) канала Todd Spatafore