Use VPA Helm Chart for Local E2E Testing and Local Dev Deployment

[omerap12]

With #8870 we can now deploy a fully functional VPA using our Helm chart.

The next step would be to leverage this Helm chart for:

1. Local E2E testing
2. Local development deployments

Specifically, this would change the current shell-based approach used in our local workflows:

• Local E2E testing: vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/deploy-for-e2e-locally.sh
• Local development: vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/dev-deploy-locally.sh

Using the Helm chart in these scenarios would allow us to configure the VPA more easily and flexibly by overriding values, rather than relying on the current hard-coded deployment logic.

This could be implemented as two separate PRs:

1. Update the local E2E deployment script to install the Helm chart with E2E-specific values.
2. Update the local dev deployment script to install the Helm chart with development-specific values.

Implementation-wise, this should be fairly straightforward: override the default values.yaml, install the chart, and then perform any additional setup steps as needed.

/triage accepted
/good-first-issue
/area vertical-pod-autoscaler
/kind cleanup

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With #8870 we can now deploy a fully functional VPA using our Helm chart.

The next step would be to leverage this Helm chart for:

1. Local E2E testing
2. Local development deployments

Specifically, this would change the current shell-based approach used in our local workflows:

• Local E2E testing: vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/deploy-for-e2e-locally.sh
• Local development: vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/dev-deploy-locally.sh

Using the Helm chart in these scenarios would allow us to configure the VPA more easily and flexibly by overriding values, rather than relying on the current hard-coded deployment logic.

This could be implemented as two separate PRs:

1. Update the local E2E deployment script to install the Helm chart with E2E-specific values.
2. Update the local dev deployment script to install the Helm chart with development-specific values.

Implementation-wise, this should be fairly straightforward: override the default values.yaml, install the chart, and then perform any additional setup steps as needed.

/triage accepted
/good-first-issue
/area vertical-pod-autoscaler
/kind cleanup

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/assign