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Merge branch '49025-docs-kubernetes-tiller' into 'master'

doc: Configuring and initializing Helm Tiller

Closes #49025

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!20515
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title: Update docs of Helm Tiller
merge_request: 20515
author: Takuya Noguchi
type: other
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ To make use of Helm, you must have a [Kubernetes][k8s-io] cluster. Ensure you ca
 
Helm consists of two parts, the `helm` client and a `tiller` server inside Kubernetes.
 
> **Note**: If you are not able to run tiller in your cluster, for example on OpenShift, it is possible to use [tiller locally](#local-tiller) and avoid deploying it into the cluster. This should only be used when Tiller cannot be normally deployed.
> **Note**: If you are not able to run Tiller in your cluster, for example on OpenShift, it is possible to use [Tiller locally](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/tree/master/doc/helm#local-tiller) and avoid deploying it into the cluster. This should only be used when Tiller cannot be normally deployed.
 
## Initialize Helm and Tiller
 
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@@ -65,28 +65,32 @@ kubectl --username=admin --password=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx create -f rbac-config.yaml
 
For other clusters like Amazon EKS, you can directly upload the RBAC configuration.
 
```
kubectl create -f rbac-config.yaml
```
 
## Initialize Helm
 
Deploy Helm Tiller with a service account
Deploy Helm Tiller with a service account:
 
```
helm init --service-account tiller
```
 
If your cluster
previously had Helm/Tiller installed, run the following to ensure that the deployed version of Tiller matches the local Helm version:
If your cluster previously had Helm/Tiller installed,
run the following to ensure that the deployed version of Tiller matches the local Helm version:
 
```
helm init --upgrade --service-account tiller
```
 
### Patching Helm Tiller for EKS
### Patching Helm Tiller for Amazon EKS
 
Helm Tiller requires a flag to be enabled to work properly on EKS:
Helm Tiller requires a flag to be enabled to work properly on Amazon EKS:
 
`kubectl -n kube-system patch deployment tiller-deploy -p '{"spec": {"template": {"spec": {"automountServiceAccountToken": true}}}}'`
```
kubectl -n kube-system patch deployment tiller-deploy -p '{"spec": {"template": {"spec": {"automountServiceAccountToken": true}}}}'
```
 
[helm]: https://helm.sh
[helm-using]: https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm
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