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+# Basic Helm Chart for deployment of Ladder
+This folder contains a basic helm chart deployment for the ladder app.  
+
+# Deployment pre-reqs
+## Values
+Edit the values to your own preferences, with the only minimum requirement being `ingress.HOST` (line 19) being updated to your intended domain name.  
+
+Other variables in values.yaml can be updated as to your preferences, with details on each variable being listed in the main [README.md](https://github.com/kubero-dev/ladder/blob/e3eb866d483f521b2bfbb4bbfd642f6d3f6ee5a4/README.md) in the root of this repo.  
+
+## Defaults in K8s
+No ingress default has been specified. 
+You can set this manually by adding an annotation to the ingress.yaml - if needed.  
+For example, to use Traefik - 
+```yaml
+metadata:
+  name: ladder-ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: traefik
+```
+
+## Helm Install
+`helm install <name> <location> -n <namespace-name> --create-namespace`  
+`helm install ladder .\ladder\ -n ladder --create-namespace`  
+
+## Helm Upgrade
+`helm upgrade <name> <location> -n <namespace-name>`  
+`helm upgrade ladder .\ladder\ -n ladder`