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title: Using Helm with PKS
owner: PKS
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This documentation describes how you can use the package manager [Helm](https://helm.sh/) for your
Kubernetes apps running on Pivotal Container Service (PKS).

Helm includes of the following components:

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Component</th>
    <th>Role</th>
    <th>Location</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><code>helm</code></td>
    <td>Client</td>
    <td>Runs on your local workstation</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><code>tiller</code></td>
    <td>Server</td>
    <td>Runs inside your Kubernetes cluster</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Helm packages are called **charts**. For more information, see
[Charts](https://docs.helm.sh/developing_charts/) in the Helm documentation.

Examples of charts:

* [Concourse](https://github.com/kubernetes/charts/tree/master/stable/concourse) for CI/CD pipelines
* [Datadog](https://github.com/kubernetes/charts/tree/master/stable/datadog) for monitoring
* [MySQL](https://github.com/kubernetes/charts/tree/master/stable/mysql) for storage

For more charts, see the [Helm Charts repository](https://github.com/kubernetes/charts) on GitHub.

If you want to to use Helm with PKS, see the following topic:

* [Configuring Tiller](./configure-tiller-helm.html)