DB Operator

The DB Operator eases the pain of managing PostgreSQL and MySQL instances for applications running in Kubernetes. The Operator creates databases and make them available in the cluster via Custom Resource. It is designed to support the on demand creation of test environments in CI/CD pipelines.

Features

DB Operator provides following features:

• Create/Delete databases on the database server running outside/inside Kubernetes by creating Database custom resource;
• Create Google Cloud SQL instances by creating DbInstance custom resource;
• Automatically create backup CronJob with defined schedule (limited feature);

Documentations

• How it works - a general overview and definitions
• Creating Instances - make database instances available for the operator
• Creating Databases - creating databases in those instances
• Enabling regular Backup - and schedule cronjob
• Upgrade guide - breaking changes and guide for the upgrade

Quickstart

To install DB Operator with helm:

$ helm repo add db-operator https://kloeckner-i.github.io/db-operator/
$ helm install --name my-release db-operator/db-operator

To see more options of helm values here

To see which version is working together check out our version matrix.

Development

Prerequisites

• go 1.15+
• docker
• make
• kubectl v1.14+ (< v1.21)
• helm v3.0.2+
• minikube or k3d

To have kubernetes environment locally, you need to install minikube or microk8s.

makefile help

addexamples      add examples via kubectl create -f examples/
build            build db-operator docker image
controller-gen   Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
generate         generate supporting code for custom resource types
helm             install helm if not exist and install local chart using helm upgrade --install command
helm-lint        lint helm manifests
help             show this help
k3d_setup        install microk8s locally and deploy db-operator (only for linux and mac)
manifests        generate custom resource definitions
minidashboard    open minikube dashboard
minidelete       delete minikube
minidown         stop minikube
miniup           start minikube
setup            build db-operator image, install helm
test             spin up mysql, postgres containers and run go unit test
update           build db-operator image again and delete running pod

Developing with Minikube

How to run db-operator

$ make miniup
$ make setup

After code changes

rebuild CRD manifests

$ make manifests

rebuild local docker image

$ make build

delete running db-operator and apply new image

$ make deploy

or both at once

$ make update

After helm template changes

$ make helm

Developing with k3d

How to run db-operator

$ make k3d_setup

After code changes

rebuild local docker image

$ make k3d_build

delete running db-operator and apply new image

$ make deploy

After helm template changes

$ make helm

Developing with microk8s

• Microk8s supports only linux environment. Non linux user can use microk8s using vm for example multipass. Please find details here

How to run db-operator

$ make microsetup

microsetup is used for our integration test in pipeline.

Run unit test locally

$ make test