MySQL

image MySQL with StorageOS

MySQL is a popular SQL open source database for a wide range of popular web-based applications including WordPress.

Before you start, ensure you have StorageOS installed and ready on a Kubernetes cluster. See our guide on how to install StorageOS on Kubernetes for more information.

Deploying MySQL on Kubernetes

  1. You can find the latest files in the StorageOS use cases repository

    git clone https://github.com/storageos/use-cases.git storageos-usecases
    

    StatefulSet defintion

    apiversion: apps/v1
    kind: statefulset
    metadata:
     name: mysql
    spec:
     selector:
       matchlabels:
         app: mysql
         env: prod
     servicename: mysql
     replicas: 1
     ...
     spec:
         serviceaccountname: mysql
          ...
          volumemounts:
           - name: data
             mountpath: /var/lib/mysql
             subpath: mysql
           - name: conf
             mountpath: /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d
       ...
    volumeclaimtemplates:
     - metadata:
         name: data
         labels:
           env: prod
       spec:
         accessmodes: ["readwriteonce"]
         storageclassname: "fast" # storageos storageclass 
         resources:
           requests:
             storage: 5gi
    

    This excerpt is from the StatefulSet definition. This file contains the VolumeClaim template that will dynamically provision storage, using the StorageOS storage class. Dynamic provisioning occurs as a volumeMount has been declared with the same name as a VolumeClaim.

  2. Move into the MySQL examples folder and create the objects

    cd storageos-usecases
    kubectl create -f ./mysql
    
  3. Confirm MySQL is up and running.

    $ kubectl get pods -w -l app=mysql
    NAME        READY    STATUS    RESTARTS    AGE
    mysql-0     1/1      Running    0          1m
    
  4. Connect to the MySQL client pod and connect to the MySQL server through the service

    $ kubectl exec client -- mysql -h mysql-0.mysql -e "show databases;"
    Database
    information_schema
    mysql
    performance_schema
    

Configuration

If you need custom startup options, you can edit the ConfigMap file 15-mysqld-configmap.yaml with your desired MySQL configuration settings.