MariaDB Galera is a multi-primary database cluster solution for synchronous replication and high availability.

Overview of MariaDB Galera

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TL;DR

helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository.

Introduction

This chart bootstraps a MariaDB Galera cluster on Kubernetes using the Helm package manager.

Bitnami charts can be used with Kubeapps for deployment and management of Helm Charts in clusters.

Differences between the the Bitnami MariaDB Galera and Bitnami MariaDB Helm charts

There are two different ways to deploy a MariaDB cluster, using the MariaDB Helm chart or the MariaDB Galera Helm chart. Both solutions provide a simply and reliable way to run MariaDB in a production environment. Keep reading to discover the differences between them and check which one better suits your needs.

• The MariaDB Galera Helm chart configures a cluster with three nodes by default, all of them acting as master nodes with writing / reading permissions. The MariaDB Helm chart deploys one node that you can use as a single-node application database.
• The MariaDB Galera Helm chart provides a cluster with both read and write scalability since all nodes acts as master nodes (multi-master topology) while a cluster comprised of several MariaDB nodes will establish the master-slave topology.
• The MariaDB Galera Helm chart deploys a cluster with synchronous replication, avoiding data loss if any node fails.
• The MariaDB Galera Helm chart cluster ensures high-availability thanks to automatic membership control, failed nodes are drop from the cluster.

The following diagram shows you the options you have for using Bitnami’s MariaDB solutions in your deployments: either as a single-node database (MariaDB) or as a multi-master cluster (MariaDB Galera).

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes 1.23+
• Helm 3.8.0+
• PV provisioner support in the underlying infrastructure

Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name my-release:

helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

The command deploys MariaDB Galera on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.

Tip: List all releases using helm list

Uninstalling the Chart

For a graceful termination, set the replica count of the Pods in the mariadb-galera StatefulSet to 0:

kubectl scale sts my-release-mariadb-galera --replicas=0

To uninstall/delete the my-release release:

helm delete --purge my-release

The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.

Configuration and installation details

Resource requests and limits

Bitnami charts allow setting resource requests and limits for all containers inside the chart deployment. These are inside the resources value (check parameter table). Setting requests is essential for production workloads and these should be adapted to your specific use case.

To make this process easier, the chart contains the resourcesPreset values, which automatically sets the resources section according to different presets. Check these presets in the bitnami/common chart. However, in production workloads using resourcesPreset is discouraged as it may not fully adapt to your specific needs. Find more information on container resource management in the official Kubernetes documentation.

Update credentials

Bitnami charts configure credentials at first boot. Any further change in the secrets or credentials require manual intervention. Follow these instructions:

• Update the user password following the upstream documentation
• Update the password secret with the new values (replace the SECRET_NAME, PASSWORD, ROOT_PASSWORD and BACKUP_PASSWORD placeholders)

kubectl create secret generic SECRET_NAME --from-literal=mariadb-root-password=ROOT_PASSWORD --from-literal=mariadb-password=PASSWORD --from-literal=mariadb-galera-mariabackup-password=BACKUP_PASSWORD --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -

Prometheus metrics

This chart can be integrated with Prometheus by setting metrics.enabled to true. This will deploy a sidecar container with mysqld_exporter in all pods and will expose it via a metrics service configurable under the metrics.service section. This service will have the necessary annotations to be automatically scraped by Prometheus.

Prometheus requirements

It is necessary to have a working installation of Prometheus or Prometheus Operator for the integration to work. Install the Bitnami Prometheus helm chart or the Bitnami Kube Prometheus helm chart to easily have a working Prometheus in your cluster.

Integration with Prometheus Operator

The chart can deploy ServiceMonitor objects for integration with Prometheus Operator installations. To do so, set the value metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled=true. Ensure that the Prometheus Operator CustomResourceDefinitions are installed in the cluster or it will fail with the following error:

no matches for kind "ServiceMonitor" in version "monitoring.coreos.com/v1"

Install the Bitnami Kube Prometheus helm chart for having the necessary CRDs and the Prometheus Operator.

Rolling VS Immutable tags

It is strongly recommended to use immutable tags in a production environment. This ensures your deployment does not change automatically if the same tag is updated with a different image.

Bitnami will release a new chart updating its containers if a new version of the main container, significant changes, or critical vulnerabilities exist.

Change MariaDB version

To modify the MariaDB version used in this chart you can specify a valid image tag using the image.tag parameter. For example, image.tag=X.Y.Z. This approach is also applicable to other images like exporters.

LDAP

LDAP support can be enabled in the chart by specifying the ldap. parameters while creating a release. The following parameters should be configured to properly enable the LDAP support in the chart.

• ldap.enabled: Enable LDAP support. Defaults to false.
• ldap.uri: LDAP URL beginning in the form ldap[s]://<hostname>:<port>. No defaults.
• ldap.base: LDAP base DN. No defaults.
• ldap.binddn: LDAP bind DN. No defaults.
• ldap.bindpw: LDAP bind password. No defaults.
• ldap.bslookup: LDAP base lookup. No defaults.
• ldap.nss_initgroups_ignoreusers: LDAP ignored users. root,nslcd.
• ldap.scope: LDAP search scope. No defaults.
• ldap.filter: LDAP custom search filter. No defaults.
• ldap.map: LDAP custom map to use. No defaults.
• ldap.tls_reqcert: LDAP TLS check on server certificates. No defaults.

For example:

ldap.enabled="true"
ldap.uri="ldap://my_ldap_server"
ldap.base="dc=example,dc=org"
ldap.binddn="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org"
ldap.bindpw="admin"
ldap.bslookup="ou=group-ok,dc=example,dc=org"
ldap.nss_initgroups_ignoreusers="root,nslcd"
ldap.scope="sub"
ldap.filter="AccountName"
ldap.map="number"
ldap.tls_reqcert="demand"

Next, login to the MariaDB server using the mysql client and add the PAM authenticated LDAP users.

For example,

CREATE USER 'bitnami'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED VIA pam USING 'mariadb';

With the above example, when the bitnami user attempts to login to the MariaDB server, he/she will be authenticated against the LDAP server.

Securing traffic using TLS

TLS support can be enabled in the chart by specifying the tls. parameters while creating a release. The following parameters should be configured to properly enable the TLS support in the chart:

• tls.enabled: Enable TLS support. Defaults to false
• tls.certificatesSecret: Name of the secret that contains the certificates. No defaults.
• tls.certFilename: Certificate filename. No defaults.
• tls.certKeyFilename: Certificate key filename. No defaults.
• tls.certCAFilename: CA Certificate filename. No defaults.

For example:

First, create the secret with the cetificates files:

kubectl create secret generic certificates-tls-secret --from-file=./cert.pem --from-file=./cert.key --from-file=./ca.pem

Then, use the following parameters:

tls.enabled="true"
tls.certificatesSecret="certificates-tls-secret"
tls.certFilename="cert.pem"
tls.certKeyFilename="cert.key"
tls.certCAFilename="ca.pem"

Initialize a fresh instance

The Bitnami MariaDB Galera image allows you to use your custom scripts to initialize a fresh instance. In order to execute the scripts, they must be located inside the chart folder files/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d so they can be consumed as a ConfigMap.

Alternatively, you can specify custom scripts using the initdbScripts parameter as dict.

In addition to these options, you can also set an external ConfigMap with all the initialization scripts. This is done by setting the initdbScriptsConfigMap parameter. Note that this will override the two previous options.

The allowed extensions are .sh, .sql and .sql.gz.

Take into account those scripts are treated differently depending on the extension. While the .sh scripts are executed in all the nodes; the .sql and .sql.gz scripts are only executed in the bootstrap node. The reason behind this differentiation is that the .sh scripts allow adding conditions to determine what is the node running the script, while these conditions can’t be set using .sql nor sql.gz files. This way it is possible to cover different use cases depending on their needs.

If using a .sh script you want to do a “one-time” action like creating a database, you need to add a condition in your .sh script to be executed only in one of the nodes, such as

initdbScripts:
  my_init_script.sh: |
     #!/bin/sh
     if [[ $(hostname) == *-0  ]]; then
       echo "First node"
       mysql -P 3306 -uroot -prandompassword -e "create database new_database";
     else
       echo "No first node"
     fi

Extra Init Containers

The feature allows for specifying a template string for a initContainer in the pod. Usecases include situations when you need some pre-run setup. For example, in IKS (IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service), non-root users do not have write permission on the volume mount path for NFS-powered file storage. So, you could use a initcontainer to chown the mount. See a example below, where we add an initContainer on the pod that reports to an external resource that the db is going to starting. values.yaml

extraInitContainers:
- name: initcontainer
  image: bitnami/minideb
  command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
  args:
    - install_packages curl && curl http://api-service.local/db/starting;

Sidecar Containers

The feature allows for specifying additional containers in the pod. Use cases include situations when you need to run some sidecar containers. For example, you can observe if mysql in pod is running and report to some service discovery software like eureka. Example: values.yaml

sidecars:
- name: '{{ .Chart.Name }}-eureka-sidecar'
  image: 'image:tag'
  env:
  - name: SERVICE_NAME
    value: '{{ template "common.names.fullname" . }}'
  - name: EUREKA_APP_NAME
    value: '{{ template "common.names.name" . }}'
  - name: MARIADB_USER
    value: '{{ .Values.db.user }}'
  - name: MARIADB_PASSWORD
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: '{{ template "common.names.fullname" . }}'
        key: mariadb-password
  resources:
    limits:
      cpu: 100m
      memory: 20Mi
    requests:
      cpu: 50m
      memory: 10Mi

Bootstraping a node other than 0

Note: Some of these procedures can lead to data loss, always make a backup beforehand.

To restart the cluster you need to check the state in which it is after being stopped, also you will need the previous password for the rootUser and mariabackup, and the deployment name. The value of safe_to_bootstrap in /bitnami/mariadb/data/grastate.dat, will indicate if it is safe to bootstrap form that node. In the case it is other than node 0, it is needed to choose one and force the bootstraping from it. You will notice that in these cases it is needed to start the nodes in Parallel by setting podManagementPolicy.

Checking safe_to_boostrap

First you need to get the name of the persistent volume claims (pvc), for example:

$ kubectl get pvc
NAME                              STATUS   VOLUME                                     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   STORAGECLASS   AGE
data-my-galera-mariadb-galera-0   Bound    pvc-a496aded-f604-4a2d-b934-174907c4d235   8Gi        RWO            gp2            25h
data-my-galera-mariadb-galera-1   Bound    pvc-00ba6121-9042-4760-af14-3b8a40de936c   8Gi        RWO            gp2            25h
data-my-galera-mariadb-galera-2   Bound    pvc-61644bc9-2d7d-4e84-bf32-35e59d909b05   8Gi        RWO            gp2            25h

The following command will print the content of grastate.dat for the persistent volume claim data-my-galera-mariadb-galera-2. This needs to be run for each of the pvc. You will need to change this name accordingly with yours for each PVC.

$ kubectl run -i --rm --tty volpod --overrides='
{
    "apiVersion": "v1",
    "kind": "Pod",
    "metadata": {
        "name": "volpod"
    },
    "spec": {
        "containers": [{
            "command": [
                "cat",
                "/mnt/data/grastate.dat"
            ],
            "image": "bitnami/minideb",
            "name": "mycontainer",
            "volumeMounts": [{
                "mountPath": "/mnt",
                "name": "galeradata"
            }]
        }],
        "restartPolicy": "Never",
        "volumes": [{
            "name": "galeradata",
            "persistentVolumeClaim": {
                "claimName": "data-my-galera-mariadb-galera-2"
            }
        }]
    }
}' --image="bitnami/minideb"

The output should be similar to this:

# GALERA saved state
version: 2.1
uuid:    6f2cbfcd-951b-11ea-a116-5f407049e57d
seqno:   25
safe_to_bootstrap: 1

There are two possible scenarios:

Only one node with safe_to_bootstrap: 1

In this case you will need the node number N and run:

helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera \
--set rootUser.password=XXXX \
--set galera.mariabackup.password=YYYY \
--set galera.bootstrap.forceBootstrap=true \
--set galera.bootstrap.bootstrapFromNode=N \
--set podManagementPolicy=Parallel

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

All the nodes with safe_to_bootstrap: 0

In this case the cluster was not stopped cleanly and you need to pick one to force the bootstrap from. The one to be chosen in the one with the highest seqno in /bitnami/mariadb/data/grastate.dat. The following example shows how to force bootstrap from node 3.

helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera \
--set rootUser.password=XXXX \
--set galera.mariabackup.password=YYYY \
--set galera.bootstrap.forceBootstrap=true \
--set galera.bootstrap.bootstrapFromNode=3 \
--set galera.bootstrap.forceSafeToBootstrap=true \
--set podManagementPolicy=Parallel

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

Remove the forced boostraping

After you have started the cluster by forcing the bootstraping on one of the nodes, you will need to remove the forcing so the node can restart with normality.

helm upgrade my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera \
--set rootUser.password=XXXX \
--set galera.mariabackup.password=YYYY \
--set podManagementPolicy=Parallel

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

Backup and restore

Two different approaches are available to back up and restore Bitnami MariaDB Galera Helm chart deployments on Kubernetes:

• Back up the data from the source deployment and restore it in a new deployment using MariaDB Galera built-in backup/restore tools.
• Back up the persistent volumes from the source deployment and attach them to a new deployment using Velero, a Kubernetes backup/restore tool.

Method 1: Backup and restore data using MariaDB Galera built-in tools

This method involves the following steps:

• Use the mysqldump tool to create a snapshot of the data in the source cluster.
• Create a new MariaDB Galera Cluster deployment and forward the MariaDB Galera Cluster service port for the new deployment.
• Create and start a MariaDB Galera container image to mount a directory containing the backup file as a volume.
• Restore the data using the mysql client tool to import the backup to the new cluster.

NOTE: Under this approach, it is important to create the new deployment on the destination cluster using the same credentials as the original deployment on the source cluster.

Method 2: Back up and restore persistent data volumes

This method involves copying the persistent data volumes for the MariaDB Galera nodes and reusing them in a new deployment with Velero, an open source Kubernetes backup/restore tool. This method is only suitable when:

• The Kubernetes provider is supported by Velero.
• Both clusters are on the same Kubernetes provider, as this is a requirement of Velero’s native support for migrating persistent volumes.
• The restored deployment on the destination cluster will have the same name, namespace, topology and credentials as the original deployment on the source cluster.

This method involves the following steps:

• Install Velero on the source and destination clusters.
• Use Velero to back up the PersistentVolumes (PVs) used by the deployment on the source cluster.
• Use Velero to restore the backed-up PVs on the destination cluster.
• Create a new deployment on the destination cluster with the same chart, deployment name, credentials and other parameters as the original. This new deployment will use the restored PVs and hence the original data.

Refer to our detailed tutorial on backing up and restoring MariaDB Galera chart deployments on Kubernetes, which covers both these approaches, for more information.

Setting Pod’s affinity

This chart allows you to set your custom affinity using the affinity parameter. Find more information about Pod’s affinity in the kubernetes documentation.

As an alternative, you can use of the preset configurations for pod affinity, pod anti-affinity, and node affinity available at the bitnami/common chart. To do so, set the podAffinityPreset, podAntiAffinityPreset, or nodeAffinityPreset parameters.

Persistence

The Bitnami MariaDB Galera image stores the MariaDB data and configurations at the /bitnami/mariadb path of the container.

The chart mounts a Persistent Volume volume at this location. The volume is created using dynamic volume provisioning, by default. An existing PersistentVolumeClaim can be defined.

Parameters

Global parameters

Name	Description	Value
global.imageRegistry	Global Docker image registry	""
global.imagePullSecrets	Global Docker registry secret names as an array	[]
global.defaultStorageClass	Global default StorageClass for Persistent Volume(s)	""
global.storageClass	DEPRECATED: use global.defaultStorageClass instead	""
global.security.allowInsecureImages	Allows skipping image verification	false
global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext	Adapt the securityContext sections of the deployment to make them compatible with Openshift restricted-v2 SCC: remove runAsUser, runAsGroup and fsGroup and let the platform use their allowed default IDs. Possible values: auto (apply if the detected running cluster is Openshift), force (perform the adaptation always), disabled (do not perform adaptation)	auto

Common parameters

Name	Description	Value
kubeVersion	Force target Kubernetes version (using Helm capabilities if not set)	""
nameOverride	String to partially override common.names.fullname template with a string (will prepend the release name)	""
fullnameOverride	String to fully override common.names.fullname template with a string	""
namespaceOverride	String to fully override common.names.namespace	""
commonAnnotations	Annotations to add to all deployed objects	{}
commonLabels	Labels to add to all deployed objects	{}
schedulerName	Name of the Kubernetes scheduler (other than default)	""
clusterDomain	Kubernetes DNS Domain name to use	cluster.local
extraDeploy	Array of extra objects to deploy with the release (evaluated as a template)	[]
diagnosticMode.enabled	Enable diagnostic mode (all probes will be disabled and the command will be overridden)	false
diagnosticMode.command	Command to override all containers in the deployment	[]
diagnosticMode.args	Args to override all containers in the deployment	[]

MariaDB Galera parameters

Name	Description	Value
image.registry	MariaDB Galera image registry	REGISTRY_NAME
image.repository	MariaDB Galera image repository	REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera
image.digest	MariaDB Galera image digest in the way sha256:aa…. Please note this parameter, if set, will override the tag	""
image.pullPolicy	MariaDB Galera image pull policy	IfNotPresent
image.pullSecrets	Specify docker-registry secret names as an array	[]
image.debug	Specify if debug logs should be enabled	false
podManagementPolicy	StatefulSet controller supports relax its ordering guarantees while preserving its uniqueness and identity guarantees. There are two valid pod management policies: OrderedReady and Parallel	OrderedReady
automountServiceAccountToken	Mount Service Account token in pod	false
hostAliases	Add deployment host aliases	[]
service.type	Kubernetes service type	ClusterIP
service.clusterIP	Specific cluster IP when service type is cluster IP. Use None for headless service	""
service.ports.mysql	MariaDB service port	3306
service.nodePorts.mysql	Specify the nodePort value for the LoadBalancer and NodePort service types.	""
service.extraPorts	Extra ports to expose (normally used with the sidecar value)	[]
service.externalIPs	External IP list to use with ClusterIP service type	[]
service.loadBalancerIP	loadBalancerIP if service type is LoadBalancer	""
service.loadBalancerSourceRanges	Addresses that are allowed when svc is LoadBalancer	[]
service.externalTrafficPolicy	%%MAIN_CONTAINER_NAME%% service external traffic policy	Cluster
service.annotations	Additional annotations for MariaDB Galera service	{}
service.sessionAffinity	Session Affinity for Kubernetes service, can be “None” or “ClientIP”	None
service.sessionAffinityConfig	Additional settings for the sessionAffinity	{}
service.headless.annotations	Annotations for the headless service.	{}
service.headless.publishNotReadyAddresses	Publish not Ready MariaDB Galera pods’ IPs in the headless service.	true
networkPolicy.enabled	Enable creation of NetworkPolicy resources	true
networkPolicy.allowExternal	The Policy model to apply	true
networkPolicy.allowExternalEgress	Allow the pod to access any range of port and all destinations.	true
networkPolicy.extraIngress	Add extra ingress rules to the NetworkPolicy	[]
networkPolicy.extraEgress	Add extra ingress rules to the NetworkPolicy	[]
networkPolicy.ingressNSMatchLabels	Labels to match to allow traffic from other namespaces	{}
networkPolicy.ingressNSPodMatchLabels	Pod labels to match to allow traffic from other namespaces	{}
serviceAccount.create	Specify whether a ServiceAccount should be created	true
serviceAccount.name	Name of the service account to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template.	""
serviceAccount.automountServiceAccountToken	Automount service account token for the server service account	false
serviceAccount.annotations	Annotations for service account. Evaluated as a template. Only used if create is true.	{}
command	Override default container command (useful when using custom images)	[]
args	Override default container args (useful when using custom images)	[]
extraEnvVars	Array containing extra env vars to configure MariaDB Galera replicas	[]
extraEnvVarsCM	ConfigMap containing extra env vars to configure MariaDB Galera replicas	""
extraEnvVarsSecret	Secret containing extra env vars to configure MariaDB Galera replicas	""
rbac.create	Specify whether RBAC resources should be created and used	false
podSecurityContext.enabled	Enable security context	true
podSecurityContext.fsGroupChangePolicy	Set filesystem group change policy	Always
podSecurityContext.sysctls	Set kernel settings using the sysctl interface	[]
podSecurityContext.supplementalGroups	Set filesystem extra groups	[]
podSecurityContext.fsGroup	Group ID for the container filesystem	1001
containerSecurityContext.enabled	Enabled containers’ Security Context	true
containerSecurityContext.seLinuxOptions	Set SELinux options in container	{}
containerSecurityContext.runAsUser	Set containers’ Security Context runAsUser	1001
containerSecurityContext.runAsGroup	Set containers’ Security Context runAsGroup	1001
containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot	Set container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot	true
containerSecurityContext.privileged	Set container’s Security Context privileged	false
containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem	Set container’s Security Context readOnlyRootFilesystem	true
containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation	Set container’s Security Context allowPrivilegeEscalation	false
containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop	List of capabilities to be dropped	["ALL"]
containerSecurityContext.seccompProfile.type	Set container’s Security Context seccomp profile	RuntimeDefault
rootUser.user	Username for the admin user.	root
rootUser.password	Password for the admin user. Ignored if existing secret is provided.	""
rootUser.forcePassword	Option to force users to specify a password. That is required for ‘helm upgrade’ to work properly.	false
existingSecret	Use existing secret for password details (rootUser.password, db.password, galera.mariabackup.password will be ignored and picked up from this secret)	""
usePasswordFiles	Mount credentials as a files instead of using an environment variable.	true
customPasswordFiles	Use custom password files when usePasswordFiles is set to true. Define path for keys root, user, and mariabackup.	{}
db.user	Username of new user to create	""
db.password	Password for the new user. Ignored if existing secret is provided.	""
db.name	Name for new database to create	my_database
db.forcePassword	Option to force users to specify a password. That is required for ‘helm upgrade’ to work properly.	false
galera.name	Galera cluster name	galera
galera.bootstrap.forceBootstrap	Option to force the boostraping from the indicated node in galera.bootstarp.bootstrapFromNode	false
galera.bootstrap.bootstrapFromNode	Node to bootstrap from, you will need to change this parameter in case you want to bootstrap from other node	0
galera.bootstrap.forceSafeToBootstrap	Force safe_to_bootstrap: 1 in grastate.date file	false
galera.mariabackup.user	MariaBackup username	mariabackup
galera.mariabackup.password	MariaBackup password. Password is ignored if existingSecret is specified.	""
galera.mariabackup.forcePassword	Option to force users to specify a password. That is required for ‘helm upgrade’ to work properly.	false
ldap.enabled	Enable LDAP support	false
ldap.uri	LDAP URL beginning in the form ldap	""
ldap.base	LDAP base DN	""
ldap.binddn	LDAP bind DN	""
ldap.bindpw	LDAP bind password	""
ldap.bslookup	LDAP base lookup	""
ldap.filter	LDAP custom filter	""
ldap.map	LDAP custom map	""
ldap.nss_initgroups_ignoreusers	LDAP ignored users	root,nslcd
ldap.scope	LDAP search scope	""
ldap.tls_reqcert	LDAP TLS check on server certificates	""
tls.enabled	Enable TLS support for replication traffic	false
tls.autoGenerated	Generate automatically self-signed TLS certificates	false
tls.certificatesSecret	Name of the secret that contains the certificates	""
tls.certFilename	Certificate filename	""
tls.certKeyFilename	Certificate key filename	""
tls.certCAFilename	CA Certificate filename	""
mariadbConfiguration	Configuration for the MariaDB server	""
configurationConfigMap	ConfigMap with the MariaDB configuration files (Note: Overrides mariadbConfiguration). The value is evaluated as a template.	""
initdbScripts	Specify dictionary of scripts to be run at first boot	{}
initdbScriptsConfigMap	ConfigMap with the initdb scripts (Note: Overrides initdbScripts)	""
extraFlags	MariaDB additional command line flags	""
replicaCount	Desired number of cluster nodes	3
updateStrategy.type	updateStrategy for MariaDB Master StatefulSet	RollingUpdate
podLabels	Extra labels for MariaDB Galera pods	{}
podAnnotations	Annotations for MariaDB Galera pods	{}
podAffinityPreset	Pod affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard	""
podAntiAffinityPreset	Pod anti-affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard	soft
nodeAffinityPreset.type	Node affinity preset type. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard	""
nodeAffinityPreset.key	Node label key to match. Ignored if affinity is set.	""
nodeAffinityPreset.values	Node label values to match. Ignored if affinity is set.	[]
affinity	Affinity for pod assignment	{}
nodeSelector	Node labels for pod assignment	{}
tolerations	Tolerations for pod assignment	[]
topologySpreadConstraints	Topology Spread Constraints for pods assignment	[]
lifecycleHooks	for the galera container(s) to automate configuration before or after startup	{}
containerPorts.mysql	mariadb database container port	3306
containerPorts.galera	galera cluster container port	4567
containerPorts.ist	galera IST container port	4568
containerPorts.sst	galera SST container port	4444
persistence.enabled	Enable persistence using PVC	true
persistence.existingClaim	Provide an existing PersistentVolumeClaim	""
persistence.subPath	Subdirectory of the volume to mount	""
persistence.mountPath	Path to mount the volume at	/bitnami/mariadb
persistence.selector	Selector to match an existing Persistent Volume (this value is evaluated as a template)	{}
persistence.storageClass	Persistent Volume Storage Class	""
persistence.annotations	Persistent Volume Claim annotations	{}
persistence.labels	Persistent Volume Claim Labels	{}
persistence.accessModes	Persistent Volume Access Modes	["ReadWriteOnce"]
persistence.size	Persistent Volume Size	8Gi
priorityClassName	Priority Class Name for Statefulset	""
initContainers	Additional init containers (this value is evaluated as a template)	[]
sidecars	Add additional sidecar containers (this value is evaluated as a template)	[]
extraVolumes	Extra volumes	[]
extraVolumeMounts	Mount extra volume(s)	[]
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).	small
resources	Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads)	{}
livenessProbe.enabled	Turn on and off liveness probe	true
livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	Delay before liveness probe is initiated	120
livenessProbe.periodSeconds	How often to perform the probe	10
livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds	When the probe times out	1
livenessProbe.failureThreshold	Minimum consecutive failures for the probe	3
livenessProbe.successThreshold	Minimum consecutive successes for the probe	1
readinessProbe.enabled	Turn on and off readiness probe	true
readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	Delay before readiness probe is initiated	30
readinessProbe.periodSeconds	How often to perform the probe	10
readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds	When the probe times out	1
readinessProbe.failureThreshold	Minimum consecutive failures for the probe	3
readinessProbe.successThreshold	Minimum consecutive successes for the probe	1
startupProbe.enabled	Turn on and off startup probe	false
startupProbe.initialDelaySeconds	Delay before startup probe is initiated	120
startupProbe.periodSeconds	How often to perform the probe	10
startupProbe.timeoutSeconds	When the probe times out	1
startupProbe.failureThreshold	Minimum consecutive failures for the probe	48
startupProbe.successThreshold	Minimum consecutive successes for the probe	1
customStartupProbe	Custom liveness probe for the Web component	{}
customLivenessProbe	Custom liveness probe for the Web component	{}
customReadinessProbe	Custom rediness probe for the Web component	{}
podDisruptionBudget	DEPRECATED podDisruptionBudget will be removed in a future release. Please use pdb instead	{}
pdb.create	Specifies whether a Pod disruption budget should be created	true
pdb.minAvailable	Minimum number / percentage of pods that should remain scheduled	""
pdb.maxUnavailable	Maximum number / percentage of pods that may be made unavailable. Defaults to 1 if both pdb.minAvailable and pdb.maxUnavailable are empty.	""
metrics.enabled	Start a side-car prometheus exporter	false
metrics.image.registry	MariaDB Prometheus exporter image registry	REGISTRY_NAME
metrics.image.repository	MariaDB Prometheus exporter image repository	REPOSITORY_NAME/mysqld-exporter
metrics.image.digest	MariaDB Prometheus exporter image digest in the way sha256:aa…. Please note this parameter, if set, will override the tag	""
metrics.image.pullPolicy	MariaDB Prometheus exporter image pull policy	IfNotPresent
metrics.image.pullSecrets	MariaDB Prometheus exporter image pull secrets	[]
metrics.extraFlags	MariaDB Prometheus exporter additional command line flags	[]
metrics.resourcesPreset	Set container resources according to one common preset (allowed values: none, nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge). This is ignored if metrics.resources is set (metrics.resources is recommended for production).	nano
metrics.resources	Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads)	{}
metrics.containerSecurityContext.enabled	Enabled containers’ Security Context	true
metrics.containerSecurityContext.seLinuxOptions	Set SELinux options in container	{}
metrics.containerSecurityContext.runAsUser	Set containers’ Security Context runAsUser	1001
metrics.containerSecurityContext.runAsGroup	Set containers’ Security Context runAsGroup	1001
metrics.containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot	Set container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot	true
metrics.containerSecurityContext.privileged	Set container’s Security Context privileged	false
metrics.containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem	Set container’s Security Context readOnlyRootFilesystem	true
metrics.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation	Set container’s Security Context allowPrivilegeEscalation	false
metrics.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop	List of capabilities to be dropped	["ALL"]
metrics.containerSecurityContext.seccompProfile.type	Set container’s Security Context seccomp profile	RuntimeDefault
metrics.containerPorts.http	Container port for http	9104
metrics.service.type	Prometheus exporter service type	ClusterIP
metrics.service.port	Prometheus exporter service port	9104
metrics.service.annotations	Prometheus exporter service annotations	{}
metrics.service.loadBalancerIP	Load Balancer IP if the Prometheus metrics server type is LoadBalancer	""
metrics.service.clusterIP	Prometheus metrics service Cluster IP	""
metrics.service.loadBalancerSourceRanges	Prometheus metrics service Load Balancer sources	[]
metrics.service.externalTrafficPolicy	Prometheus metrics service external traffic policy	Cluster
metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled	if true, creates a Prometheus Operator ServiceMonitor (also requires metrics.enabled to be true)	false
metrics.serviceMonitor.namespace	Optional namespace which Prometheus is running in	""
metrics.serviceMonitor.jobLabel	The name of the label on the target service to use as the job name in prometheus.	""
metrics.serviceMonitor.interval	How frequently to scrape metrics (use by default, falling back to Prometheus’ default)	""
metrics.serviceMonitor.scrapeTimeout	Timeout after which the scrape is ended	""
metrics.serviceMonitor.selector	ServiceMonitor selector labels	{}
metrics.serviceMonitor.relabelings	RelabelConfigs to apply to samples before scraping	[]
metrics.serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings	MetricRelabelConfigs to apply to samples before ingestion	[]
metrics.serviceMonitor.honorLabels	honorLabels chooses the metric’s labels on collisions with target labels	false
metrics.serviceMonitor.labels	ServiceMonitor extra labels	{}
metrics.prometheusRules.enabled	if true, creates a Prometheus Operator PrometheusRule (also requires metrics.enabled to be true, and makes little sense without ServiceMonitor)	false
metrics.prometheusRules.additionalLabels	Additional labels to add to the PrometheusRule so it is picked up by the operator	{}
metrics.prometheusRules.rules	PrometheusRule rules to configure	{}

The above parameters map to the env variables defined in bitnami/mariadb-galera. For more information please refer to the bitnami/mariadb-galera image documentation.

Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,

helm install my-release \
  --set rootUser.password=secretpassword,
  --set db.user=app_database \
    oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

The above command sets the MariaDB root account password to secretpassword. Additionally it creates a database named my_database.

NOTE: Once this chart is deployed, it is not possible to change the application’s access credentials, such as usernames or passwords, using Helm. To change these application credentials after deployment, delete any persistent volumes (PVs) used by the chart and re-deploy it, or use the application’s built-in administrative tools if available.

Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,

helm install my-release -f values.yaml oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts. Tip: You can use the default values.yaml

Passing extra command-line flags to mysqld startup

While the chart allows you to specify the server configuration using the .mariadbConfiguration chart parameter, some options for the MariaDB server can only be specified via command line flags. For such cases, the chart exposes the .extraFlags parameter.

For example, if you want to enable the PAM cleartext plugin, specify the command line parameter while deploying the chart like so:

helm install my-release \
  --set extraFlags="--pam-use-cleartext-plugin=ON" \
  oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

Troubleshooting

Find more information about how to deal with common errors related to Bitnami’s Helm charts in this troubleshooting guide.

Upgrading

To 14.1.0

This version introduces image verification for security purposes. To disable it, set global.security.allowInsecureImages to true. More details at GitHub issue.

It’s necessary to specify the existing passwords while performing a upgrade to ensure the secrets are not updated with invalid randomly generated passwords. Remember to specify the existing values of the rootUser.password, db.password and galera.mariabackup.password parameters when upgrading the chart:

helm upgrade my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mariadb-galera \
    --set rootUser.password=[ROOT_PASSWORD] \
    --set db.password=[MARIADB_PASSWORD] \
    --set galera.mariabackup.password=[GALERA_MARIABACKUP_PASSWORD]

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

| Note: you need to substitute the placeholders [ROOT_PASSWORD], [MARIADB_PASSWORD] and [MARIABACKUP_PASSWORD] with the values obtained from instructions in the installation notes.

To 12.0.0

This major bump changes the following security defaults:

• runAsGroup is changed from 0 to 1001
• readOnlyRootFilesystem is set to true
• resourcesPreset is changed from none to the minimum size working in our test suites (NOTE: resourcesPreset is not meant for production usage, but resources adapted to your use case).
• global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext is changed from disabled to auto.

This could potentially break any customization or init scripts used in your deployment. If this is the case, change the default values to the previous ones.

To 9.0.0

This major release bumps the MariaDB version to 11.0. Follow the upstream instructions for upgrading from MariaDB 10.11 to 11.0. No major issues are expected during the upgrade.

To 7.0.0

This major release renames several values in this chart and adds missing features, in order to be inline with the rest of assets in the Bitnami charts repository. Also, this release address issues related to cluster initialization and node’s restarts.

Affected values:

• service.port renamed as service.ports.mysql.
• service.nodePort renamed as service.nodePorts.mysql.
• securityContext renamed as podSecurityContext.
• extraInitContainers renamed as initContainers.
• prometheusRule.selector renamed as prometheusRule.additionalLabels

:warning: This major release also break the Helm upgrade and therefore cause a service disruption. Next procedure is required in order to allow a rolling upgrade.

Note

• It only consider Chart upgrade, not mariadb galera upgrade. Use the same version or validate mariadb galera upgrade path
• Pods dns name are updated. If you use a query router like proxysql or maxscale, configuration have to be updated

# Export current mariadb-galera statefulset resource
kubectl get sts mariadb-galera -o yaml   > mariadb-galera-patch.yaml

# Patch the statefulset spec.serviceName from 'mariadb-galera' to 'mariadb-galera-headless'
yq -i '.spec.serviceName = "mariadb-galera-headless"' mariadb-galera-patch.yaml

# Delete the statefulset keeping the pods
kubectl delete statefulsets.apps mariadb-galera --cascade=orphan
statefulset.apps "mariadb-galera" deleted

# Apply the patched statefulset
kubectl apply -f mariadb-galera-patch.yaml

# Rollout restart statefulset (pod restart is required to take in account new configuration)
kubect rollout restart statefulset mariadb-galera
satefulset.apps/mariadb-galera restarted

# Wait for the pods to restart. Confirm the cluster heath state before run the helm upgrade
kubectl rollout status statefulset mariadb-galera -w

To 5.2.0

This version introduces bitnami/common, a library chart as a dependency. More documentation about this new utility could be found here. Please, make sure that you have updated the chart dependencies before executing any upgrade.

To 5.0.0

On November 13, 2020, Helm v2 support was formally finished, this major version is the result of the required changes applied to the Helm Chart to be able to incorporate the different features added in Helm v3 and to be consistent with the Helm project itself regarding the Helm v2 EOL.

What changes were introduced in this major version?

• Previous versions of this Helm Chart use apiVersion: v1 (installable by both Helm 2 and 3), this Helm Chart was updated to apiVersion: v2 (installable by Helm 3 only). Here you can find more information about the apiVersion field.
• The different fields present in the Chart.yaml file has been ordered alphabetically in a homogeneous way for all the Bitnami Helm Charts

Considerations when upgrading to this version

• If you want to upgrade to this version from a previous one installed with Helm v3, you shouldn’t face any issues
• If you want to upgrade to this version using Helm v2, this scenario is not supported as this version doesn’t support Helm v2 anymore
• If you installed the previous version with Helm v2 and wants to upgrade to this version with Helm v3, please refer to the official Helm documentation about migrating from Helm v2 to v3

Useful links

• https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/application-catalog/tanzu-application-catalog/services/tac-doc/apps-tutorials-resolve-helm2-helm3-post-migration-issues-index.html
• https://helm.sh/docs/topics/v2_v3_migration/
• https://helm.sh/blog/migrate-from-helm-v2-to-helm-v3/

To 2.0.0

In this version the bootstraping was improved. Now it is possible to indicate a node where to bootstrap from, and force the parameter safe_to_bootstrap. This allows to handle situations where the cluster was not cleanly stopped. It should be safe to upgrade from v1 of the chart, but it is wise to create always a backup before performing operations where there is a risk of data loss.

To 1.0.0

The Bitnami MariaDB Galera image was migrated to a “non-root” user approach. Previously the container ran as the root user and the MySQL daemon was started as the mysql user. From now on, both the container and the MySQL daemon run as user 1001. You can revert this behavior by setting the parameters securityContext.runAsUser, and securityContext.fsGroup to 0.

Consequences:

• Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed.
• Environment variables related to LDAP configuration were renamed removing the MARIADB_ prefix. For instance, to indicate the LDAP URI to use, you must set LDAP_URI instead of MARIADB_LDAP_URI

To upgrade to 1.0.0, install a new release of the MariaDB Galera chart, and migrate your data by creating a backup of the database, and restoring it on the new release.

Bitnami Kubernetes Documentation

Bitnami Kubernetes documentation is available at https://docs.bitnami.com/. You can find there the following resources:

• Documentation for MariaDB Galera Helm chart
• Get Started with Kubernetes guides
• Kubernetes FAQs
• Kubernetes Developer guides

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