psmdb-operator

Percona Operator for MongoDB

Percona Operator for MongoDB allows users to deploy and manage Percona Server for MongoDB Clusters on Kubernetes. Useful links:

• Operator Github repository
• Operator Documentation

Pre-requisites

• Kubernetes 1.26+
• Helm v3

Installation

This chart will deploy the Operator Pod for the further Percona Server for MongoDB creation in Kubernetes.

Installing the chart

To install the chart with the psmdb release name using a dedicated namespace (recommended):

helm repo add percona https://percona.github.io/percona-helm-charts/
helm install my-operator percona/psmdb-operator --version 1.16.2 --namespace my-namespace

The chart can be customized using the following configurable parameters:

Parameter	Description	Default
image.repository	PSMDB Operator Container image name	percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator
image.tag	PSMDB Operator Container image tag	1.16.2
image.pullPolicy	PSMDB Operator Container pull policy	Always
image.pullSecrets	PSMDB Operator Pod pull secret	[]
replicaCount	PSMDB Operator Pod quantity	1
tolerations	List of node taints to tolerate	[]
annotations	PSMDB Operator Deployment annotations	{}
podAnnotations	PSMDB Operator Pod annotations	{}
labels	PSMDB Operator Deployment labels	{}
podLabels	PSMDB Operator Pod labels	{}
resources	Resource requests and limits	{}
nodeSelector	Labels for Pod assignment	{}
podAnnotations	Annotations for pod	{}
podSecurityContext	Pod Security Context	{}
watchNamespace	Set when a different from default namespace is needed to watch (comma separated if multiple needed)	""
createNamespace	Set if you want to create watched namespaces with helm	false
rbac.create	If false RBAC will not be created. RBAC resources will need to be created manually	true
securityContext	Container Security Context	{}
serviceAccount.create	If false the ServiceAccounts will not be created. The ServiceAccounts must be created manually	true
serviceAccount.annotations	PSMDB Operator ServiceAccount annotations	{}
logStructured	Force PSMDB operator to print JSON-wrapped log messages	false
logLevel	PSMDB Operator logging level	INFO
disableTelemetry	Disable sending PSMDB Operator telemetry data to Percona	false

Specify parameters using --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install

Alternatively a YAML file that specifies the values for the parameters can be provided like this:

helm install psmdb-operator -f values.yaml percona/psmdb-operator

Deploy the database

To deploy Percona Server for MongoDB run the following command:

helm install my-db percona/psmdb-db

See more about Percona Server for MongoDB deployment in its chart here or in the Helm chart installation guide.