ob-operator

ob-operator is a Kubernetes operator that simplifies the deployment and management of OceanBase cluster and related resources on Kubernetes.

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Quick Start

This section provides a step-by-step guide on how to use ob-operator to deploy an OceanBase cluster.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, please ensure you have a functional Kubernetes cluster with at least 2 CPU cores, 10GB of memory, and 100GB of storage space available.

ob-operator relies on cert-manager for certificate management. For instructions on installing cert-manager, please refer to the corresponding installation documentation. If you have trouble accessing quay.io image registry, our mirrored cert-manager manifests can be applied through following command:

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oceanbase/ob-operator/stable/deploy/cert-manager.yaml

Storage of OceanBase cluster in this example relies on local-path-provisioner, which should be installed beforehand. You should confirm that there is enough disk space in storage destination of local-path-provisioner. If you decide to deploy OceanBase cluster in production environment, it is recommended to use other storage solutions. We have provided a compatible table for storage solutions that we tested in section Storage Compatibility.

Deploy ob-operator

Using YAML configuration file

You can deploy ob-operator in a Kubernetes cluster by executing the following command:

• Stable

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oceanbase/ob-operator/stable/deploy/operator.yaml

• Development

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oceanbase/ob-operator/master/deploy/operator.yaml

Using Helm chart

Helm Chart parameterizes the namespace in which ob-operator is deployed, allowing you to specify the namespace before installing ob-operator.

helm repo add ob-operator https://oceanbase.github.io/ob-operator/
helm repo update
helm install ob-operator ob-operator/ob-operator --namespace=oceanbase-system --create-namespace

Using terraform

The required configuration files are conveniently located within the deploy/terraform directory of our repository.

1. Generate Configuration Variables: To begin, you’ll need to generate a terraform.tfvars file, which will hold the configuration specifics of your Kubernetes cluster. Use the following commands to create this file.

cd deploy/terraform
./generate_k8s_cluster_tfvars.sh

2. Initialize Terraform: This step will ensure that Terraform has all the necessary plugins and modules to manage the resources. Use the following command to initialize the terraform environment.

terraform init

3. Apply Configuration: The final step is to deploy ob-operator. Execute the following command and Terraform will begin the deployment process

terraform apply

Using CLI tool (okctl)

You can also use the CLI tool, okctl, to deploy ob-operator, it is a convenient way to deploy ob-operator and manage OceanBase clusters.

You can download okctl from the releases page or through the following command:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oceanbase/ob-operator/master/scripts/install-okctl.sh | bash

After downloading okctl, you can deploy ob-operator by executing the following command:

./okctl install

By the way, we recommend you to add okctl to your PATH environment variable like this:

mv ./okctl /usr/local/bin

Verify deployment

After deployment/installation is complete, you can use the following command to verify if ob-operator is deployed successfully:

kubectl get pod -n oceanbase-system

# desired output
NAME                                            READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
oceanbase-controller-manager-86cfc8f7bf-4hfnj   2/2     Running   0          1m

Deploy OceanBase Cluster

Before creating an OceanBase cluster, you need to create necessary secret to store specific user’s password for OceanBase.

kubectl create secret generic root-password --from-literal=password='root_password'

You can deploy OceanBase in a Kubernetes cluster by executing the following command:

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oceanbase/ob-operator/stable/example/quickstart/obcluster.yaml

It generally takes around 2 minutes to bootstrap a cluster. Execute the following command to check the status of the cluster. Once the cluster status changes to “running,” it indicates that the cluster has been successfully created and bootstrapped:

kubectl get obclusters.oceanbase.oceanbase.com test

# desired output
NAME   STATUS    AGE
test   running   6m2s

Connecting to the OceanBase Cluster

Use the following command to find the POD IP of the observer. The naming convention for PODs is ${cluster_name}-${cluster_id}-${zone}-uuid:

kubectl get pods -o wide

To connect, use the following command:

mysql -h{POD_IP} -P2881 -uroot -proot_password oceanbase -A -c

OceanBase Dashboard

We are excited to unveil our innovative OceanBase Kubernetes Dashboard, a pioneering tool designed to enhance your experience with managing and monitoring OceanBase clusters on Kubernetes. We are proud to offer this amazing tool to our users and will actively work on new features and enhancements for future updates. Quick Start guide is available to help you get started with OceanBase Dashboard.

Deploy OceanBase Dashboard is pretty simple, just run the following commands:

helm repo add ob-operator https://oceanbase.github.io/ob-operator/
helm repo update ob-operator
helm install oceanbase-dashboard ob-operator/oceanbase-dashboard

After OceanBase Dashboard is successfully installed, a default user admin is created with a random password, you can check the password using the command printed after installation.

echo $(kubectl get -n default secret oceanbase-dashboard-user-credentials -o jsonpath='{.data.admin}' | base64 -d)

A service of type NodePort is created by default, you can check the address and port and open it in browser:

kubectl get svc oceanbase-dashboard-oceanbase-dashboard

Login with admin user and password.

Project Architecture

ob-operator is built on top of kubebuilder and provides control and management of OceanBase clusters and related applications through a unified resource manager interface, a global task manager instance, and a task flow mechanism for handling long-running tasks. The architecture diagram of ob-operator is approximately as follows:

For more detailed information about the architecture, please refer to the Architecture Document.

Features

It provides various functionalities for managing OceanBase clusters, tenants, backup and recovery, and fault recovery. Specifically, ob-operator supports the following features:

• Cluster Management: Bootstrap the cluster, adjust cluster topology, support K8s topology configuration, scale-in/out, cluster upgrade, modify parameters.
• Tenant Management: Create tenants, adjust tenant topology, manage resource units, modify user passwords.
• Backup and Recovery: Periodically backup data to OSS or NFS destinations, restore data from OSS or NFS.
• Physical Standby: Restore standby tenant from backup, create empty standby tenant, activate standby tenant to primary, primary-standby switchover.
• Fault Recovery: Single node fault recovery, cluster-wide fault recovery with IP preservation.
• Dashboard(GUI): A web-based graphical management tool for OceanBase clusters based on ob-operator.

Storage Compatibility

We have tested ob-operator with the following storage solutions:

Storage Solution	Tested Version	Compatibility	Notes
local-path-provisioner	0.0.23	✅	Recommended for development and testing
Rook CephFS	v1.6.7	❌	CephFS does not support fallocate sys call
Rook RBD (Block)	v1.6.7	✅
OpenEBS (cStor)	v3.6.0	✅
GlusterFS	v1.2.0	❓	Requires kernel version >= 5.14
Longhorn	v1.6.0	✅
JuiceFS	v1.1.2	✅
NFS	v5.5.0	❌	Bootstrap with NFS protocol >= 4.2, but can not recycle tenant resource.

Supported OceanBase Versions

ob-operator supports OceanBase v4.x versions. Some features may require a specific OceanBase version. Please consult the documentation for details.

OceanBase v3.x versions are currently not supported by ob-operator.

Development requirements

ob-operator is built using the kubebuilder project, so the development and runtime environment are similar to it.

• To build ob-operator: Go version 1.22 or higher is required.
• To run ob-operator: Kubernetes cluster and kubectl version 1.18 or higher are required. We examined the functionalities on k8s cluster of version from 1.23 ~ 1.28 and ob-operator performs well.
• If using Docker as the container runtime for the cluster, Docker version 17.03 or higher is required. We tested building and running ob-operator with Docker 18.

Documents

• Architecture
• Contributor Guidance
• User Manual

github.com/oceanbase/ob-operator + /docs/developer/arch

Getting Help

If you encounter any issues while using ob-operator, please feel free to seek help through the following channels:

• GitHub Issue
• Official Forum (in Chinese)
• Slack
• WeChat Group (Add the assistant with WeChat ID: OBCE666)
• DingTalk Group

Contributing

• Submit an issue
• Create a discussion
• Create a pull request

License

ob-operator is licensed under the MulanPSL - 2.0 License. You are free to copy and use the source code. When you modify or distribute the source code, please comply with the MulanPSL - 2.0 Agreement.