# Helm based deployment to Kubernetes namespace

Helm Chart is a packaging tool for Kubernetes. It packages all of your disparate manifests as a singular object to advertise to your cluster.

 To deploy a helm chart, follow the steps below:

1. **Go to Continuous Delivery**: When you log in to ISD you would start at the application dashboard, Click "**Continuous Delivery**" and then click "**Spinnaker**".  ISD primarily supports spinnaker applications and allows you to access your spinnaker instance directly from ISD’s UI to help save your team time.

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2\.  Click on the application where you want to build this pipeline: On the spinnaker dashboard, you will see a list of recently opened applications and options to see all your applications or create a new application entirely. For the purposes of this tutorial, we are using the application **“Fresh tutorial”.**

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3\.  Once you click on an application, Click "**Pipelines**" navigate to the pipelines screen and then click "**Create**" button to create a new pipeline as shown in the image below.

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4\. **Create pipeline**: After clicking the "Create" button, you can create a new pipeline. You must name your pipeline. If you have an existing pipeline, you can copy it using the “**copy from**” feature and click "**Create**".

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5\. Once you created the application, below screen will appear and click "**Configure**" button to add stage into your pipeline.

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6\. **Click on “add stage”:** Once you created a new pipeline, Click "**Add Stage**" button. The add stage button is just under the diagrammatic representation of your pipeline. When you click this button, you can select many different types of stages that Spinnaker natively supports.

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7\.  **Add a Bake stage**: Select “**Bake(Manifest)**” stage from the drop down menu. Baking an artifact allows you to use this artifact later in your spinnaker pipeline, without having to define its parameters.

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8\.  **Configure Bake(Manifest):** Select the **Render engine** from the drop down and provide the required details and then click "**Save Changes**" as shown in the image below. 

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9\. Define your target namespace: Defining the namespace specifies where in your cluster this artifact will deploy.   

10\. Define the git repository branch and URL: Define the object you are baking. 

11\.  Add a deploy stage: Now that you have baked an object, you don’t have to define its parameters. 

12\.  Run pipeline Test your pipeline to make sure it works.