Managed MariaDB Service
The Managed MariaDB Service offers a powerful and widely used relational database solution. This service allows you to create and manage a replicated MariaDB cluster seamlessly.
Deployment Details
This managed service is controlled by mariadb-operator, ensuring efficient management and seamless operation.
- Docs: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/documentation/
- GitHub: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator
HowTos
How to switch master/slave replica
kubectl edit mariadb <instnace>
update:
spec:
replication:
primary:
podIndex: 1
check status:
NAME READY STATUS PRIMARY POD AGE
<instance> True Running app-db1-1 41d
How to restore backup:
find snapshot:
restic -r s3:s3.example.org/mariadb-backups/database_name snapshots
restore:
restic -r s3:s3.example.org/mariadb-backups/database_name restore latest --target /tmp/
more details:
Known issues
Replication can’t not be finished with various errors
Replication can’t be finised in case if binlog purged Until mariadbbackup is not used to bootstrap a node by mariadb-operator (this feature is not inmplemented yet), follow these manual steps to fix it: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator/issues/141#issuecomment-1804760231
Corrupted indicies Sometimes some indecies can be corrupted on master replica, you can recover them from slave:
mysqldump -h <slave> -P 3306 -u<user> -p<password> --column-statistics=0 <database> <table> ~/tmp/fix-table.sql mysql -h <master> -P 3306 -u<user> -p<password> <database> < ~/tmp/fix-table.sql
Parameters
Common parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
external | Enable external access from outside the cluster | false |
size | Persistent Volume size | 10Gi |
replicas | Number of MariaDB replicas | 2 |
storageClass | StorageClass used to store the data | "" |
Configuration parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
users | Users configuration | {} |
databases | Databases configuration | {} |
Backup parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
backup.enabled | Enable pereiodic backups | false |
backup.s3Region | The AWS S3 region where backups are stored | us-east-1 |
backup.s3Bucket | The S3 bucket used for storing backups | s3.example.org/postgres-backups |
backup.schedule | Cron schedule for automated backups | 0 2 * * * |
backup.cleanupStrategy | The strategy for cleaning up old backups | --keep-last=3 --keep-daily=3 --keep-within-weekly=1m |
backup.s3AccessKey | The access key for S3, used for authentication | oobaiRus9pah8PhohL1ThaeTa4UVa7gu |
backup.s3SecretKey | The secret key for S3, used for authentication | ju3eum4dekeich9ahM1te8waeGai0oog |
backup.resticPassword | The password for Restic backup encryption | ChaXoveekoh6eigh4siesheeda2quai0 |
resources | Resources | {} |
resourcesPreset | Set container resources according to one common preset (allowed values: none, nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge). This is ignored if resources is set (resources is recommended for production). | nano |