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As Helm is self contained, it's pretty straightforward to install/upgradeI recommend putting helm in local bin folder as a softlink, this way it's easy to switch between versions if you need to, we can also use snap do install the right version

sudo wget https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.5.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 tar -zxvf helm-v3.5.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sudo mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm-v3.5.2
 sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/helm-v3.5.2 /usr/local/bin/helmsnap install helm --classic --channel=3.5/stable

3) Tweak Microk8s

The below tweaks are not strictly necessary, but they help in making the setup more simple and flexible.

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We need kubectl 1.19 to match the cluster we have installed

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.19.7/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

If you want to use a the same link trick as for helm (see above) this could allow you to switch between kubectl versions if needed

, let's again use snap to quickly choose and install the one we need

sudo snap install kubectl --classic --channel=1.19/stable

Now we need to provide our local kubectl client with a proper config file so that it can access the cluster, microk8s allows to retrieve the cluster config very easily

Simply create a .kube folder in your home directory and dump the config there

cd
mkdir .kubecdkube
cd .kube
microk8s.config > config
chmod 700 config

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