I’ve been diving into Helm lately and hit a bit of a roadblock that I hope someone can help me with. So, I’m working on a chart that has a few different Kubernetes resources defined, and I want to have the flexibility to skip deploying one of those resources based on a certain value. Specifically, I have a custom resource that’s pretty resource-intensive, and I only want to deploy it if my `enableHeavyResource` value is set to true. If it’s false, I want to make sure that Helm completely skips deploying that resource.

I figured I could define this in my `values.yaml` file like this:

“`yaml
enableHeavyResource: false
“`

And then in my templates, I thought about using something like this:

“`yaml
{{- if .Values.enableHeavyResource }}
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: heavy-resource
spec:
…
{{- end }}
“`

But I’m stuck on the logic to handle the case where if it was previously deployed and I set it to false later, I want Helm to delete that resource when I do an update. I want to make sure it keeps my cluster clean and doesn’t leave behind any resources that should no longer be there.

Has anyone dealt with a similar situation? I know there are some ways to use Helm hooks or even utilize `–skip-tests`, but I just can’t wrap my head around the best way to manage the lifecycle of this resource.

Also, if anyone has any insights on best practices for conditionally deploying resources in Helm, I’d love to hear that too! Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of? Any example snippets or experiences to share would be super helpful, as well. It seems like there has to be a straightforward way to handle this all, but I’m feeling a bit lost right now. Thanks in advance for any guidance!