pxc-operator

Percona Operator For MySQL

Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC) is a database clustering solution for MySQL. Percona Operator For MySQL allows users to deploy and manage Percona XtraDB Clusters on Kubernetes.

Useful links

• Operator Github repository
• Operator Documentation

Pre-requisites

• Kubernetes 1.28+
• Helm v3

Installation

This chart will deploy the Operator Pod for the further Percona XtraDB Cluster creation in Kubernetes.

Installing the Chart

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

helm repo add percona https://percona.github.io/percona-helm-charts/
helm install my-operator percona/pxc-operator --version 1.15.0 --namespace my-namespace

The chart can be customized using the following configurable parameters:

Parameter	Description	Default
image	PXC Operator Container image full path	percona/percona-xtradb-cluster-operator:1.15.0
imagePullPolicy	PXC Operator Container pull policy	Always
containerSecurityContext	PXC Operator Container securityContext	{}
imagePullSecrets	PXC Operator Pod pull secret	[]
replicaCount	PXC Operator Pod quantity	1
tolerations	List of node taints to tolerate	[]
podAnnotations	Operator Pod user-defined annotations	{}
resources	Resource requests and limits	{}
nodeSelector	Labels for Pod assignment	{}
logStructured	Force PXC operator to print JSON-wrapped log messages	false
logLevel	PXC Operator logging level	INFO
disableTelemetry	Disable sending PXC Operator telemetry data to Percona	false
watchAllNamespaces	Watch all namespaces (Install cluster-wide)	false
watchNamespace	Comma separated list of namespace(s) to watch when different from release namespace	""
createNamespace	Create the watched namespace(s)	false
rbac.create	If false RBAC will not be created. RBAC resources will need to be created manually	true
serviceAccount.create	If false the ServiceAccounts will not be created. The ServiceAccounts must be created manually	true
extraEnvVars	Custom pod environment variables	[]

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 pxc-operator -f values.yaml percona/pxc-operator

Deploy the database

To deploy Percona XtraDB Cluster run the following command:

helm install my-db percona/pxc-db

See more about Percona XtraDB Cluster in its chart here or in the Helm chart installation guide.