Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona Server for MongoDB 1.0.0¶
Percona announces the general availability of Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona Server for MongoDB 1.0.0 on May 29, 2019. This release is now the current GA release in the 1.0 series. Install the Kubernetes Operator for Percona Server for MongoDB by following the instructions. Please see the GA release announcement. All of Percona’s software is open-source and free.
The Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona Server for MongoDB automates the lifecycle of your Percona Server for MongoDB environment. The Operator can be used to create a Percona Server for MongoDB replica set, or scale an existing replica set.
The Operator creates a Percona Server for MongoDB replica set with the needed settings and provides a consistent Percona Server for MongoDB instance. The Percona Kubernetes Operators are based on best practices for configuration and setup of the Percona Server for MongoDB.
The Kubernetes Operators provide a consistent way to package, deploy, manage, and perform a backup and a restore for a Kubernetes application. Operators deliver automation advantages in cloud-native applications and may save time while providing a consistent environment.
The advantages are the following:
* Deploy a Percona Server for MongoDB environment with no single point of failure and environment can span multiple availability zones (AZs).
* Deployment takes about six minutes with the default configuration.
* Modify the Percona Server for MongoDB size parameter to add or remove Percona Server for MongoDB replica set members
* Integrate with Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) to seamlessly monitor your Percona Server for MongoDB
* Automate backups or perform on-demand backups as needed with support for performing an automatic restore
* Supports using Cloud storage with S3-compatible APIs for backups
* Automate the recovery from failure of a Percona Server for MongoDB replica set member
* TLS is enabled by default for replication and client traffic using Cert-Manager
* Access private registries to enhance security
* Supports advanced Kubernetes features such as pod disruption budgets, node selector, constraints, tolerations, priority classes, and affinity/anti-affinity
* You can use either PersistentVolumeClaims or local storage with hostPath to store your database
* Supports a replica set Arbiter member
* Supports Percona Server for MongoDB versions 3.6 and 4.0
Installation¶
Installation is performed by following the documentation installation instructions for Kubernetes and OpenShift.
