ArangoDB Kubernetes Operator helps to run ArangoDB deployments on Kubernetes clusters.
To get started, follow the Installation instructions below and/or read the tutorial.
The ArangoDB Kubernetes Operator is Production ready.
| Limit | Description | Community | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluster size limit | Limits of the nodes (DBServers & Coordinators) supported in the Cluster mode | 64 | 1024 |
Beginning with Version 0.3.11 we maintain a production readiness state for individual new features, since we expect that new features will first be released with an "alpha" or "beta" readiness state and over time move to full "production readiness".
Operator will support Kubernetes versions supported on providers and maintained by Kubernetes. Once version is not supported anymore it will go into "Deprecating" state and will be marked as deprecated on Minor release.
Kubernetes versions starting from 1.18 are supported and tested, charts and manifests can use API Versions which are not present in older versions.
The following table has the general readiness state, the table below covers individual newer features separately.
| Platform | Kubernetes Version | ArangoDB Version | State | Remarks | Provider Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google GKE | 1.21-1.26 | >= 3.6.0 | Production | Don't use micro nodes | |
| Azure AKS | 1.21-1.26 | >= 3.6.0 | Production | ||
| Amazon EKS | 1.21-1.26 | >= 3.6.0 | Production | Amazon EKS | |
| IBM Cloud | 1.17 | >= 3.6.0 | Deprecated | Support will be dropped in Operator 1.5.0 | |
| IBM Cloud | 1.18-1.21 | >= 3.6.0 | Production | ||
| OpenShift | 3.11 | >= 3.6.0 | Deprecated | Support will be dropped in Operator 1.5.0 | |
| OpenShift | 4.2-4.13 | >= 3.6.0 | Production | ||
| BareMetal (kubeadm) | <= 1.20 | >= 3.6.0 | Deprecated | Support will be dropped in Operator 1.5.0 | |
| BareMetal (kubeadm) | 1.21-1.27 | >= 3.6.0 | Production | ||
| Minikube | 1.21-1.27 | >= 3.6.0 | Devel Only | ||
| Other | 1.21-1.27 | >= 3.6.0 | Devel Only |
| Feature | Operator Version | Introduced | ArangoDB Version | ArangoDB Edition | State | Enabled | Flag | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create backups asynchronously | 1.2.35 | 1.2.35 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | False | --deployment.feature.async-backup-creation | Create backups asynchronously to avoid blocking the operator and reaching the timeout |
| Enforced ResignLeadership | 1.2.34 | 1.2.34 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | --deployment.feature.enforced-resign-leadership | Enforce ResignLeadership and ensure that Leaders are moved from restarted DBServer |
| Copy resources spec to init containers | 1.2.33 | 1.2.33 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | --deployment.feature.init-containers-copy-resources | Copy resources spec to built-in init containers if they are not specified |
| Rebalancer V2 | 1.2.31 | 1.2.31 | >= 3.10.0 | Community, Enterprise | Alpha | False | --deployment.feature.rebalancer-v2 | N/A |
| Secured containers | 1.2.31 | 1.2.31 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Alpha | False | --deployment.feature.secured-containers | If set to True Operator will run containers in secure mode |
| Version Check V2 | 1.2.31 | 1.2.31 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Alpha | False | --deployment.feature.upgrade-version-check-V2 | N/A |
| Operator Ephemeral Volumes | 1.2.31 | 1.2.2 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Beta | False | --deployment.feature.ephemeral-volumes | N/A |
| Force Rebuild Out Synced Shards | 1.2.27 | 1.2.27 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | False | --deployment.feature.force-rebuild-out-synced-shards | It should be used only if user is aware of the risks. |
| Spec Default Restore | 1.2.25 | 1.2.21 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Beta | True | --deployment.feature.deployment-spec-defaults-restore | If set to False Operator will not change ArangoDeployment Spec |
| Version Check | 1.2.23 | 1.1.4 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | --deployment.feature.upgrade-version-check | N/A |
| Failover Leader service | 1.2.13 | 1.2.13 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | False | --deployment.feature.failover-leadership | N/A |
| Graceful Restart | 1.2.5 | 1.0.7 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | ---deployment.feature.graceful-shutdown | N/A |
| Optional Graceful Restart | 1.2.0 | 1.2.5 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | False | --deployment.feature.optional-graceful-shutdown | N/A |
| Operator Internal Metrics Exporter | 1.2.0 | 1.2.0 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | --deployment.feature.metrics-exporter | N/A |
| Operator Maintenance Management Support | 1.2.0 | 1.0.7 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | --deployment.feature.maintenance | N/A |
| Encryption Key Rotation Support | 1.2.0 | 1.0.3 | >= 3.8.0 | Enterprise | NotSupported | False | --deployment.feature.encryption-rotation | N/A |
| TLS Runtime Rotation Support | 1.1.0 | 1.0.4 | >= 3.8.0 | Enterprise | Production | True | --deployment.feature.tls-rotation | N/A |
| JWT Rotation Support | 1.1.0 | 1.0.3 | >= 3.8.0 | Enterprise | Production | True | --deployment.feature.jwt-rotation | N/A |
| Operator Single Mode | 1.0.4 | 1.0.4 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | False | --mode.single | Only 1 instance of Operator allowed in namespace when feature is enabled |
| TLS SNI Support | 1.0.3 | 1.0.3 | >= 3.8.0 | Enterprise | Production | True | --deployment.feature.tls-sni | N/A |
| Disabling of liveness probes | 0.3.11 | 0.3.10 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | N/A |
| Pod Disruption Budgets | 0.3.11 | 0.3.10 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | N/A |
| Prometheus Metrics Exporter | 0.3.11 | 0.3.10 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | Prometheus required |
| Sidecar Containers | 0.3.11 | 0.3.10 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | N/A |
| Volume Claim Templates | 0.3.11 | 0.3.10 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | N/A |
| Volume Resizing | 0.3.11 | 0.3.10 | >= 3.8.0 | Community, Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | N/A |
To upgrade to the Enterprise Edition, you need to get in touch with the ArangoDB team. Contact us for more details.
| Feature | Operator Version | Introduced | ArangoDB Version | ArangoDB Edition | State | Enabled | Flag | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AgencyCache | 1.2.30 | 1.2.30 | >= 3.8.0 | Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | Enable Agency Cache mechanism in the Operator (Increase limit of the nodes) |
| Member Maintenance Support | 1.2.25 | 1.2.16 | >= 3.8.0 | Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | Enable Member Maintenance during planned restarts |
| Rebalancer | 1.2.15 | 1.2.5 | >= 3.8.0 | Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | N/A |
| TopologyAwareness | 1.2.4 | 1.2.4 | >= 3.8.0 | Enterprise | Production | True | N/A | N/A |
Docker images:
- Community Edition:
arangodb/kube-arangodb:1.2.35 - Enterprise Edition:
arangodb/kube-arangodb-enterprise:1.2.35
This procedure can also be used for upgrades and will not harm any running ArangoDB deployments.
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/1.2.35/manifests/arango-crd.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/1.2.35/manifests/arango-deployment.yaml
# To use `ArangoLocalStorage`, also run
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/1.2.35/manifests/arango-storage.yaml
# To use `ArangoDeploymentReplication`, also run
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/1.2.35/manifests/arango-deployment-replication.yamlkubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/1.2.35/manifests/enterprise-crd.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/1.2.35/manifests/enterprise-deployment.yaml
# To use `ArangoLocalStorage`, also run
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/1.2.35/manifests/enterprise-storage.yaml
# To use `ArangoDeploymentReplication`, also run
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/1.2.35/manifests/enterprise-deployment-replication.yamlInstallation using kustomize looks like installation from yaml files, but user is allowed to modify namespace or resource names without yaml modifications.
It is recommended to use kustomization instead of handcrafting namespace in yaml files - kustomization will replace not only resource namespaces, but also namespace references in resources like ClusterRoleBinding.
See manifests/kustomize directory for available combinations of installed features.
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
namespace: my-custom-namespace
resources:
- https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/manifests/kustomize/crd?ref=1.2.34
- https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/manifests/kustomize/deployment?ref=1.2.34
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
namespace: my-custom-namespace
resources:
- https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/manifests/kustomize-enterprise/crd?ref=1.2.34
- https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/manifests/kustomize-enterprise/deployment?ref=1.2.34
Only use this procedure for clean installation of the operator. For upgrades see next section
# The following will install the operator and basic CRDs resources.
helm install --generate-name https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/1.2.35/kube-arangodb-1.2.35.tgz
# To use `ArangoLocalStorage`, set field `operator.features.storage` to true
helm install --generate-name https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/1.2.35/kube-arangodb-1.2.35.tgz --set "operator.features.storage=true"# The following will install the operator and basic CRDs resources.
helm install --generate-name https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/1.2.35/kube-arangodb-1.2.35.tgz --set "operator.image=arangodb/kube-arangodb-enterprise:1.2.35"
# To use `ArangoLocalStorage`, set field `operator.features.storage` to true
helm install --generate-name https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/1.2.35/kube-arangodb-1.2.35.tgz --set "operator.image=arangodb/kube-arangodb-enterprise:1.2.35" --set "operator.features.storage=true"To upgrade the operator to the latest version with Helm, you have to delete the previous operator deployment and then install the latest. HOWEVER: You must not delete the custom resource definitions (CRDs), or your ArangoDB deployments will be deleted!
Therefore, you have to use helm list to find the deployments for the
operator (kube-arangodb) and use helm delete to delete them using the
automatically generated deployment names. Here is an example of a helm list output:
NAME NAMESPACE REVISION UPDATED STATUS CHART APP VERSION
kube-arangodb-1-1696919877 default 1 2023-10-10 08:37:57.884783199 +0200 CEST deployed kube-arangodb-1.2.31
So here, you would have to do
helm delete kube-arangodb-1-1696919877Then you can install the new version with helm install as normal:
# The following will install the operator and basic CRDs resources.
helm install --generate-name https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/1.2.35/kube-arangodb-1.2.35.tgz
# To use `ArangoLocalStorage`, set field `operator.features.storage` to true
helm install --generate-name https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/1.2.35/kube-arangodb-1.2.35.tgz --set "operator.features.storage=true"# The following will install the operator and basic CRDs resources.
helm install --generate-name https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/1.2.35/kube-arangodb-1.2.35.tgz --set "operator.image=arangodb/kube-arangodb-enterprise:1.2.35"
# To use `ArangoLocalStorage`, set field `operator.features.storage` to true
helm install --generate-name https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/download/1.2.35/kube-arangodb-1.2.35.tgz --set "operator.image=arangodb/kube-arangodb-enterprise:1.2.35" --set "operator.features.storage=true"DOCKERNAMESPACE=<your dockerhub account> make
kubectl apply -f manifests/arango-deployment-dev.yaml
# To use `ArangoLocalStorage`, also run
kubectl apply -f manifests/arango-storage-dev.yaml
# To use `ArangoDeploymentReplication`, also run
kubectl apply -f manifests/arango-deployment-replication-dev.yaml