Note
This documentation applies to mariadb-operator
version >= v0.0.26
This operator gives you flexibility to define the storage that will back the /var/lib/mysql
data directoty mounted by MariaDB
.
The simplest way to configure storage for your MariaDB
is:
apiVersion: k8s.mariadb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MariaDB
metadata:
name: mariadb-galera
spec:
...
storage:
size: 1Gi
This will make use of the default StorageClass
available in your cluster, but you can also provide a different one:
apiVersion: k8s.mariadb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MariaDB
metadata:
name: mariadb-galera
spec:
...
storage:
size: 1Gi
storageClassName: my-storage-class
Under the scenes, the operator is configuring the StatefulSet
's volumeClaimTemplate
property, which you are also able to provide yourself:
apiVersion: k8s.mariadb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MariaDB
metadata:
name: mariadb-galera
spec:
...
storage:
size: 1Gi
storageClassName: standard
volumeClaimTemplate:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
storageClassName: standard
Warning
The StorageClass
used for volume resizing must define allowVolumeExpansion = true
.
It is possible to resize your storage after having provisioned a MariaDB
. We need to distinguish between:
- PVCs already in use.
StatefulSet
storage size, which will be used when provisioning new replicas.
It is important to note that, for the first case, your StorageClass
must support volume expansion by declaring the allowVolumeExpansion = true
. In such case, it will be safe to expand the storage by increasing the size
and setting resizeInUseVolumes = true
:
apiVersion: k8s.mariadb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MariaDB
metadata:
name: mariadb-galera
spec:
...
storage:
size: 2Gi
resizeInUseVolumes: true
waitForVolumeResize: true
Depending on your storage provider, this operation might take a while, and you can decide to wait for this operation before the MariaDB
becomes ready by setting waitForVolumeResize = true
. Operations such as cluster recovery and primary switchover will not be performed if the MariaDB
resource is not ready.
Provisioning standalone MariaDB
instances is also possible by setting ephemeral = true
:
apiVersion: k8s.mariadb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MariaDB
metadata:
name: mariadb-galera
spec:
...
storage:
ephemeral: true
This may be useful more multiple use cases, like provisioning ephemeral MariaDBs
for the integration tests of your CI.