This is an optional step designed to set namespace-wide (and if a single namespace is used, then cluster-wide) defaults. The default configuration is designed to achieve the following:
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Ensure consistency across all the subsequent Instance, Database, Backup manifests because the parameters would be taken from the Config created in this step.
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Make the subsequent manifests smaller because the common parameters would be taken from a default config, for example: storage class, location of a database image, disk type and sizes, etc.
The following variables will be used in this guide:
export PROJECT_ID=<your GCP project id>
export NS=<Namespace to which your config should be applied. This is typically the namespace where your database instances are running. For example: db>
export PATH_TO_EL_CARRO_RELEASE=<the complete path to the downloaded release directory>
You should set these variables in your environment.
To get El Carro up and running, you need to do one the following:
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Prepare a Config CR Manifest
Depending on the deployment platform you are using the default Config manifests should look like one of the following examples:
GCP:
$ cat ${PATH_TO_EL_CARRO_RELEASE}/samples/v1alpha1_config_gcp2.yaml apiVersion: oracle.db.anthosapis.com/v1alpha1 kind: Config metadata: name: config spec: images: # Replace below with the actual URIs hosting the service agent images. service: "gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/oracle-database-images/oracle-12.2-ee-unseeded" config: "gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/oracle.db.anthosapis.com/configagent:latest" platform: "GCP" disks: [ { name: "DataDisk", type: "pd-standard", size: "100Gi", }, { name: "LogDisk", type: "pd-standard", size: "150Gi", } ] volumeSnapshotClass: "csi-gce-pd-snapshot-class"
For this release El Carro relies on three storage volumes to host the following:
- Oracle binary tree.
- The data files.
- The archive redo logs and the RMAN backups.
The type of storage (for example: PD vs. PD-SSD) and the size of each volume can be defined here in the Config manifest. Otherwise you would need to specify it for each of the Instance manifests. El Carro currently only supports a single Instance per cluster/namespace, but it's a good practice to set these attributes globally in the Config CR.
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Submit the Config CR
After completing the Config manifest, submit it to the local cluster as follows:
$ kubectl apply -f ${PATH_TO_EL_CARRO_RELEASE}/samples/v1alpha1_config_gcp2.yaml -n ${NS}
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(Optional) Review the Config CR
$ kubectl get configs -n $NS NAME PLATFORM DISK SIZES STORAGE CLASS VOLUME SNAPSHOT CLASS config GCP csi-gce-pd-snapshot-class $ kubectl describe config config -n $NS Name: config Namespace: db Labels: <none> Annotations: <none> API Version: oracle.db.anthosapis.com/v1alpha1 Kind: Config Metadata: Creation Timestamp: 2020-09-05T03:26:31Z Generation: 1 Resource Version: 17692020 Self Link: /apis/oracle.db.anthosapis.com/v1alpha1/namespaces/db/configs/config UID: a4883c72-ab65-4c56-9f06-df8ff68b526c Spec: Disks: Name: DataDisk Size: 100Gi Type: pd-standard Name: LogDisk Size: 150Gi Type: pd-standard Images: Config: gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/oracle.db.anthosapis.com/configagent:latest Service: gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/oracle-database-images/oracle-12.2ee-unseeded Platform: GCP Volume Snapshot Class: csi-gce-pd-snapshot-class Events: <none>
Check out this guide to start provisioning your El Carro Instance.