Add Helm Charts for Kubernetes Deployment

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This PR implements comprehensive Helm charts to enable production-ready Kubernetes deployment of the commonware-avs-router service.

Overview

The implementation provides a complete Helm chart with all necessary Kubernetes resources, security configurations, and deployment examples for different environments. The charts follow Helm best practices and include extensive configuration options for customization.

Key Features

🏗️ Complete Kubernetes Resources

• Deployment with proper security context (non-root user, dropped capabilities)
• Service exposing port 3000 with optional ingress port 8080
• Ingress configuration for external access with TLS support
• ConfigMap and Secret management for configuration and sensitive data
• ServiceAccount with minimal required permissions
• Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) for automatic scaling
• Pod Disruption Budget (PDB) for high availability
• Persistent Volume Claims for config and key storage

🔒 Security Best Practices

• Containers run as non-root user (uid 1000) matching the Dockerfile
• All Linux capabilities dropped for minimal attack surface
• Read-only root filesystem where possible
• Dedicated service account with no token auto-mounting
• Secret management for private keys and sensitive configuration

⚙️ Flexible Configuration

• Environment variables configurable through values.yaml
• Support for both ConfigMaps and Secrets
• TCP-based health probes (liveness, readiness, startup)
• Resource requests and limits
• Node selection, tolerations, and affinity rules
• Network policy support for traffic control

🌍 Multi-Environment Support
The chart includes example configurations for:

• Development: Single replica, relaxed security, NodePort service, local RPC endpoints
• Production: Multi-replica, HPA enabled, persistent storage, ingress with TLS, resource limits

Usage Examples

# Quick start with defaults
helm install my-router charts/commonware-avs-router

# Development deployment
helm install dev-router charts/commonware-avs-router \
  -f charts/commonware-avs-router/examples/development-values.yaml

# Production deployment with secrets
kubectl create secret generic router-secrets \
  --from-literal=private-key="your-private-key"
  
helm install prod-router charts/commonware-avs-router \
  -f charts/commonware-avs-router/examples/production-values.yaml

Configuration Examples

The values.yaml supports comprehensive configuration including:

# Container and scaling
image:
  repository: ghcr.io/breadchaincoop/commonware-avs-router
  tag: "latest"
replicaCount: 1

# Environment configuration
env:
  HTTP_RPC: "https://ethereum-holesky.publicnode.com"
  ENVIRONMENT: "TESTNET"
  AGGREGATION_FREQUENCY: "30"

# Security and secrets
envFromSecrets:
  PRIVATE_KEY:
    secretName: "router-secrets"
    key: "private-key"

# High availability
autoscaling:
  enabled: true
  minReplicas: 3
  maxReplicas: 10

Documentation

• Main README: Added comprehensive Kubernetes deployment section with installation examples, configuration options, and troubleshooting guidance
• Chart README: Quick start guide specific to the Helm chart
• NOTES.txt: Post-installation guidance shown after helm install
• Example values: Production and development ready configurations

Validation

• All charts pass helm lint validation
• Templates render correctly for all scenarios tested
• Supports complex configurations (ingress + HPA + secrets + persistence)
• Generated YAML validates against Kubernetes schemas

The implementation provides a production-ready solution that can be immediately deployed to any Kubernetes cluster while maintaining security best practices and operational flexibility.

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Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Add Helm Charts for Kubernetes Deployment</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Summary
Develop Helm charts to facilitate deployment of this service to Kubernetes clusters.

Requirements

• Add a charts/ directory containing the Helm chart for this project.
• The Helm chart must:
  • Permit configuration of container image repository, tag, and pull policy.
  • Allow configuration of resource requests/limits.
  • Allow setting environment variables through values.yaml.
  • Include support for secrets and configmaps.
  • Permit replica count settings.
  • Provide readiness and liveness probes.
• Document all available configuration options in values.yaml.
• Add documentation to the README covering installation, upgrades, and configuration via Helm.

Example Chart Layout

charts/
  commonware-avs-router/
    Chart.yaml
    values.yaml
    templates/
      deployment.yaml
      service.yaml
      ingress.yaml
      configmap.yaml
      secrets.yaml

Example values.yaml

image:
  repository: ghcr.io/breadchaincoop/commonware-avs-router
  tag: "latest"
  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
replicaCount: 1
service:
  type: ClusterIP
  port: 80
ingress:
  enabled: false
  annotations: {}
  hosts:
    - host: chart-example.local
      paths: ["/"]
resources: {}
env: {}

Installation Example

helm install my-router charts/commonware-avs-router -f custom-values.yaml

Additional Guidance

• Follow Helm best practices for structure and maintainability.
• Ensure charts are production-ready and secure.
• Consider listing the chart on Artifact Hub.
  </issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

Fixes #39

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[RonTuretzky]

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