updated install instructions, reference the helm chart

Author: irfn

README.md

@@ -16,108 +16,20 @@ The Memgraph Operator automates the deployment and lifecycle management of Memgr
 ## Getting Started
 
 ### Prerequisites
-- go version v1.24.0+
-- docker version 17.03+.
-- kubectl version v1.11.3+.
-- Access to a Kubernetes v1.11.3+ cluster.
+- Kubernetes 1.26+
+- Helm 3.x
 
-### To Deploy on the cluster
-**Build and push your image to the location specified by `IMG`:**
+### Installation
 
-```sh
-make docker-build docker-push IMG=<some-registry>/memgraph-operator:tag
-```
-
-**NOTE:** This image ought to be published in the personal registry you specified.
-And it is required to have access to pull the image from the working environment.
-Make sure you have the proper permission to the registry if the above commands don’t work.
-
-**Install the CRDs into the cluster:**
-
-```sh
-make install
-```
-
-**Deploy the Manager to the cluster with the image specified by `IMG`:**
-
-```sh
-make deploy IMG=<some-registry>/memgraph-operator:tag
-```
-
-> **NOTE**: If you encounter RBAC errors, you may need to grant yourself cluster-admin
-privileges or be logged in as admin.
-
-**Create instances of your solution**
-You can apply the samples (examples) from the config/sample:
-
-```sh
-kubectl apply -k config/samples/
-```
-
->**NOTE**: Ensure that the samples has default values to test it out.
-
-### To Uninstall
-**Delete the instances (CRs) from the cluster:**
-
-```sh
-kubectl delete -k config/samples/
-```
-
-**Delete the APIs(CRDs) from the cluster:**
+See the [Helm chart repository](https://github.com/base-14/memgraph-operator-helm) for installation instructions and configuration options.
 
-```sh
-make uninstall
-```
-
-**UnDeploy the controller from the cluster:**
-
-```sh
-make undeploy
-```
-
-## Project Distribution
-
-Following the options to release and provide this solution to the users.
-
-### By providing a bundle with all YAML files
-
-1. Build the installer for the image built and published in the registry:
-
-```sh
-make build-installer IMG=<some-registry>/memgraph-operator:tag
-```
-
-**NOTE:** The makefile target mentioned above generates an 'install.yaml'
-file in the dist directory. This file contains all the resources built
-with Kustomize, which are necessary to install this project without its
-dependencies.
-
-2. Using the installer
-
-Users can just run 'kubectl apply -f <URL for YAML BUNDLE>' to install
-the project, i.e.:
+### Uninstallation
 
 ```sh
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<org>/memgraph-operator/<tag or branch>/dist/install.yaml
+helm uninstall memgraph-operator -n memgraph-system
 ```
 
-### By providing a Helm Chart
-
-1. Build the chart using the optional helm plugin
-
-```sh
-kubebuilder edit --plugins=helm/v1-alpha
-```
-
-2. See that a chart was generated under 'dist/chart', and users
-can obtain this solution from there.
-
-**NOTE:** If you change the project, you need to update the Helm Chart
-using the same command above to sync the latest changes. Furthermore,
-if you create webhooks, you need to use the above command with
-the '--force' flag and manually ensure that any custom configuration
-previously added to 'dist/chart/values.yaml' or 'dist/chart/manager/manager.yaml'
-is manually re-applied afterwards.
+Note: CRDs and cluster resources persist after uninstallation. Delete them manually if complete cleanup is needed.
 
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