The MySQL NDB Operator is a Kubernetes operator for managing a MySQL NDB Cluster setup inside a Kubernetes Cluster.
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- Kubernetes Version 1.19+
Ndb operator comes with a Helm chart that can install the NdbCluster CRD, deploy the operator and the webhook server in the K8s cluster.
Add the NDB Operator helm chart repository :
helm repo add ndb-operator-repo https://mysql.github.io/mysql-ndb-operator/
helm repo update
Install the NDB Operator and other related resources in the ndb-operator
namespace using :
helm install ndb-operator ndb-operator-repo/ndb-operator \
--namespace=ndb-operator --create-namespace
More information on using the helm chart is available at deploy/charts/ndb-operator/README.md
Create custom resource definitions, the roles and deploy the ndb operator using the single YAML file at deploy/manifests/ndb-operator.yaml.
It creates all the resources, and deploys the NDB Operator in the ndb-operator
namespace.
kubectl apply -f deploy/manifests/ndb-operator.yaml
To directly apply the manifest file without cloning this entire repository, run :
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mysql/mysql-ndb-operator/main/deploy/manifests/ndb-operator.yaml
To run the operator in a different namespace, the manifest file has to be updated before applying it to the K8s Server.
Once installed, either using helm or using the yaml file, the ndb-operator and a webhook server will be running in the K8s server. To verify it, run the following in the namespace they were installed :
kubectl get pods -n ndb-operator -l 'app in (ndb-operator,ndb-operator-webhook-server)'
Output will be similar to :
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
ndb-operator-555b7b65-7fmv8 1/1 Running 0 13s
ndb-operator-webhook-server-d67c97d54-zdhhp 1/1 Running 0 13s
The pod ndb-operator-555b7b65-7fmv8
runs the NDB Operator and the other pod ndb-operator-webhook-server-d67c97d54-zdhhp
runs a server that acts as an admission controller for the NdbCluster resource. The NDB Operator is ready to handle NdbCluster resource when both these pods are ready.
The configuration of the MySQL Cluster to be deployed in the K8s Cluster can be defined using the NdbCluster Custom resource. The example at docs/examples/example-ndb.yaml defines a simple MySQL Cluster with 2 data nodes and 2 MySQL Servers. To create this object in the default namespace of the K8s Cluster, run :
kubectl apply -f docs/examples/example-ndb.yaml
The NDB Operator will now deploy a MySQL Cluster based on the configuration defined in the NdbCluster resource. Checkout the Getting Started wiki for more documentation on configuring and accessing the data from the MySQL Cluster.
The NDB Operator can either be removed using helm :
helm uninstall --namespace=ndb-operator ndb-operator
kubectl delete customresourcedefinitions ndbclusters.mysql.oracle.com
Note : The CRD has to be deleted separately as the helm command will not delete it.
(or)
Use the manifest file if the operator was installed using that :
kubectl delete -f deploy/manifests/ndb-operator.yaml
The MySQL team welcomes ideas, contribution and feedback from the community. Please read the CONTRIBUTING.md and DEVELOPER.md files for more information on this topic.