Overview
KubeDB is the Kubernetes Native Database Management Solution which simplifies and automates routine database tasks such as Provisioning, Monitoring, Upgrading, Patching, Scaling, Volume Expansion, Backup, Recovery, Failure detection, and Repair for various popular databases on private and public clouds. The databases that KubeDB supports are MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, PostgreSQL, ProxySQL, Percona XtraDB, Memcached and PgBouncer. You can find the guides to all the supported databases here . In this tutorial we will show how to secure PostgreSQL using ACME Protocol issued TLS Certificates. We will cover the following steps:
- Install KubeDB
- Deploy Sample PostgreSQL Database
- Install cert-manager
- Deploy sample PgBouncer Database
- Setup Ingress to expose PgBouncer
- Use PgBouncer database from Developer Workstation
Install KubeDB
We will follow the steps to install KubeDB.
Get Cluster ID
We need the cluster ID to get the KubeDB License. To get cluster ID we can run the following command:
$ kubectl get ns kube-system -o jsonpath='{.metadata.uid}'
e792c53e-c966-461c-bef6-d6b673c100aa
Get License
Go to Appscode License Server to get the license.txt file. For this tutorial we will use KubeDB Enterprise Edition.
Install KubeDB
We will use helm to install KubeDB. Please install helm here
if it is not already installed.
Now, let’s install KubeDB.
$ helm repo add appscode https://charts.appscode.com/stable/
$ helm repo update
$ helm search repo appscode/kubedb
NAME CHART VERSION APP VERSION DESCRIPTION
appscode/kubedb v2023.02.28 v2023.02.28 KubeDB by AppsCode - Production ready databases...
appscode/kubedb-autoscaler v0.17.0 v0.17.0 KubeDB Autoscaler by AppsCode - Autoscale KubeD...
appscode/kubedb-catalog v2023.02.28 v2023.02.28 KubeDB Catalog by AppsCode - Catalog for databa...
appscode/kubedb-community v0.24.2 v0.24.2 KubeDB Community by AppsCode - Community featur...
appscode/kubedb-crds v2023.02.28 v2023.02.28 KubeDB Custom Resource Definitions
appscode/kubedb-dashboard v0.8.0 v0.8.0 KubeDB Dashboard by AppsCode
appscode/kubedb-enterprise v0.11.2 v0.11.2 KubeDB Enterprise by AppsCode - Enterprise feat...
appscode/kubedb-grafana-dashboards v2023.02.28 v2023.02.28 A Helm chart for kubedb-grafana-dashboards by A...
appscode/kubedb-metrics v2023.02.28 v2023.02.28 KubeDB State Metrics
appscode/kubedb-ops-manager v0.19.0 v0.19.2 KubeDB Ops Manager by AppsCode - Enterprise fea...
appscode/kubedb-opscenter v2023.02.28 v2023.02.28 KubeDB Opscenter by AppsCode
appscode/kubedb-provisioner v0.32.0 v0.32.1 KubeDB Provisioner by AppsCode - Community feat...
appscode/kubedb-schema-manager v0.8.0 v0.8.0 KubeDB Schema Manager by AppsCode
appscode/kubedb-ui v2022.06.14 0.3.26 A Helm chart for Kubernetes
appscode/kubedb-ui-server v2021.12.21 v2021.12.21 A Helm chart for kubedb-ui-server by AppsCode
appscode/kubedb-webhook-server v0.8.0 v0.8.0 KubeDB Webhook Server by AppsCode
# Install KubeDB Enterprise operator chart
$ helm install kubedb appscode/kubedb \
--version v2023.02.28 \
--namespace kubedb --create-namespace \
--set kubedb-provisioner.enabled=true \
--set kubedb-ops-manager.enabled=true \
--set kubedb-autoscaler.enabled=true \
--set kubedb-dashboard.enabled=true \
--set kubedb-schema-manager.enabled=true \
--set-file global.license=/path/to/the/license.txt
Let’s verify the installation:
$ watch kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -l "app.kubernetes.io/instance=kubedb"
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
kubedb kubedb-kubedb-autoscaler-7c9f8bbf8-zxp6l 1/1 Running 3 (21h ago) 21h
kubedb kubedb-kubedb-dashboard-7557bf7584-jcpj7 1/1 Running 1 (21h ago) 21h
kubedb kubedb-kubedb-ops-manager-6756f7d55c-mlm8x 1/1 Running 2 (21h ago) 21h
kubedb kubedb-kubedb-provisioner-f8f76bff8-8jwx7 1/1 Running 4 (21h ago) 21h
kubedb kubedb-kubedb-schema-manager-6fbb5cb598-45gwt 1/1 Running 1 (21h ago) 21h
kubedb kubedb-kubedb-webhook-server-7c8477bc44-kd778 1/1 Running 0 21h
We can list the CRD Groups that have been registered by the operator by running the following command:
$ kubectl get crd -l app.kubernetes.io/name=kubedb
NAME CREATED AT
elasticsearchautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:40Z
elasticsearchdashboards.dashboard.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:44Z
elasticsearches.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:38Z
elasticsearchopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:51:15Z
elasticsearchversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:24Z
etcds.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:38Z
etcdversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:25Z
kafkas.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:51:01Z
kafkaversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:25Z
mariadbautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:40Z
mariadbdatabases.schema.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:51:34Z
mariadbopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:52:01Z
mariadbs.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:39Z
mariadbversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:25Z
memcacheds.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:40Z
memcachedversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:26Z
mongodbautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:40Z
mongodbdatabases.schema.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:46Z
mongodbopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:51:20Z
mongodbs.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:42Z
mongodbversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:26Z
mysqlautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:40Z
mysqldatabases.schema.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:42Z
mysqlopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:51:53Z
mysqls.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:43Z
mysqlversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:26Z
perconaxtradbautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:41Z
perconaxtradbopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:52:33Z
perconaxtradbs.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:52Z
perconaxtradbversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:26Z
pgbouncers.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:53Z
pgbouncerversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:27Z
postgresautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:42Z
postgresdatabases.schema.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:51:27Z
postgreses.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:55Z
postgresopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:52:18Z
postgresversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:27Z
proxysqlautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:42Z
proxysqlopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:52:25Z
proxysqls.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:57Z
proxysqlversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:27Z
publishers.postgres.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:55:05Z
redisautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:42Z
redises.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:58Z
redisopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:52:06Z
redissentinelautoscalers.autoscaling.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:42Z
redissentinelopsrequests.ops.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:54:58Z
redissentinels.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:50:59Z
redisversions.catalog.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:48:28Z
subscribers.postgres.kubedb.com 2023-03-08T08:55:09Z
Deploy Sample PostgreSQL Database
Now, we are going to Deploy PostgreSQL using KubeDB. Let’s create a Namespace in which we will deploy the database.
$ kubectl create ns demo
namespace/demo created
Here is the yaml of the PostgreSQL CRO we are going to use:
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: Postgres
metadata:
name: demo-pg
namespace: demo
spec:
version: "14.1"
replicas: 3
standbyMode: Hot
storageType: Durable
storage:
storageClassName: "linode-block-storage"
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
terminationPolicy: WipeOut
Let’s save this yaml configuration into postgres.yaml
Then create the above PostgreSQL CRO
$ kubectl create -f postgres.yaml
postgres.kubedb.com/demo-pg created
- In this yaml we can see in the
spec.versionfield specifies the version of PostgreSQL. Here, we are using PostgreSQLversion 14.1. You can list the KubeDB supported versions of PostgreSQL by running$ kubectl get postgresversionscommand. spec.storagespecifies PVC spec that will be dynamically allocated to store data for this database. This storage spec will be passed to the StatefulSet created by KubeDB operator to run database pods. You can specify any StorageClass available in your cluster with appropriate resource requests.- And the
spec.terminationPolicyfield is Wipeout means that the database will be deleted without restrictions. It can also be “Halt”, “Delete” and “DoNotTerminate”. Learn More about these HERE .
Install cert-manager
Now, we are going to install cert-manager by the following command:
$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.10.1/cert-manager.yaml
namespace/cert-manager created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/clusterissuers.cert-manager.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/challenges.acme.cert-manager.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/certificaterequests.cert-manager.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/issuers.cert-manager.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/certificates.cert-manager.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/orders.acme.cert-manager.io created
serviceaccount/cert-manager-cainjector created
serviceaccount/cert-manager created
serviceaccount/cert-manager-webhook created
configmap/cert-manager-webhook created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-cainjector created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-issuers created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-clusterissuers created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-certificates created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-orders created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-challenges created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-ingress-shim created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-view created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-edit created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-approve:cert-manager-io created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-certificatesigningrequests created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-webhook:subjectaccessreviews created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-cainjector created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-issuers created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-clusterissuers created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-certificates created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-orders created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-challenges created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-ingress-shim created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-approve:cert-manager-io created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-controller-certificatesigningrequests created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-webhook:subjectaccessreviews created
role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-cainjector:leaderelection created
role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager:leaderelection created
role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-webhook:dynamic-serving created
rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-cainjector:leaderelection created
rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager:leaderelection created
rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/cert-manager-webhook:dynamic-serving created
service/cert-manager created
service/cert-manager-webhook created
deployment.apps/cert-manager-cainjector created
deployment.apps/cert-manager created
deployment.apps/cert-manager-webhook created
mutatingwebhookconfiguration.admissionregistration.k8s.io/cert-manager-webhook created
validatingwebhookconfiguration.admissionregistration.k8s.io/cert-manager-webhook created
Note: We are installing cert-manager version
v1.10.1, you can specify your cert-manager version from HERE
Create an Issuer & Secret
Here, we are going to create an Issuer and Secret by using this yaml,
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: Issuer
metadata:
name: le-issuer
namespace: demo
spec:
acme:
# server: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
server: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
email: [email protected]
# Name of a secret used to store the ACME account private key
privateKeySecretRef:
name: kubedb-cloud-acme
# ACME DNS-01 provider configurations
solvers:
# An empty 'selector' means that this solver matches all domains
- selector: {}
dns01:
cloudflare:
email: [email protected]
apiTokenSecretRef:
name: kubedb-cloud-cloudflare
key: api-token
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: kubedb-cloud-cloudflare
namespace: demo
type: Opaque
stringData:
api-token: "$CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
Let’s save this yaml configuration into issuer.yaml and apply it,
$ kubectl apply -f issuer.yaml
issuer.cert-manager.io/le-issuer created
secret/kubedb-cloud-cloudflare created
Deploy Sample PgBouncer Database
Here is the yaml of the PgBouncer CRO we are going to use:
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: PgBouncer
metadata:
name: pgbouncer-server
namespace: demo
spec:
version: "1.18.0"
replicas: 3
databases:
- alias: "postgres"
databaseName: "postgres"
databaseRef:
name: "demo-pg"
namespace: demo
connectionPool:
port: 5432
defaultPoolSize: 20
poolMode: session
minPoolSize: 0
maxClientConnections: 20
reservePoolSize: 5
maxDBConnections: 0
maxUserConnections: 0
statsPeriodSeconds: 60
authType: md5
sslMode: verify-full
tls:
issuerRef:
apiGroup: cert-manager.io
kind: Issuer
name: le-issuer
certificates:
- alias: server
subject:
organizations:
- kubedb:server
dnsNames:
- proxy.kubedb.cloud
terminationPolicy: WipeOut
Let’s save this yaml configuration into pgbouncer.yaml
Then create the above PgBouncer CRO
$ kubectl create -f pgbouncer.yaml
pgbouncer.kubedb.com/pgbouncer-server created
- In this yaml we can see in the
spec.versionfield specifies the version of PgBouncer. Here, we are using PgBouncerversion 1.18.0. You can list the KubeDB supported versions of PgBouncer by running$ kubectl get pgbouncerversionscommand. spec.storagespecifies PVC spec that will be dynamically allocated to store data for this database. This storage spec will be passed to the StatefulSet created by KubeDB operator to run database pods. You can specify any StorageClass available in your cluster with appropriate resource requests.- And the
spec.terminationPolicyfield is Wipeout means that the database will be deleted without restrictions. It can also be “Halt”, “Delete” and “DoNotTerminate”. Learn More about these HERE .
Setup Ingress to expose PgBouncer
Now, in this section we are going to setup ingress to expose our PgBouncer database.
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: kubedb
namespace: demo
spec:
ingressClassName: nginx
rules:
- host: proxy.kubedb.cloud
http:
paths:
- backend:
service:
name: pgbouncer-server
port:
number: 5432
path: /
pathType: Prefix
tls:
- hosts:
- proxy.kubedb.cloud
secretName: pgbouncer-server-server-cert
Let’s save this yaml configuration into ingress.yaml and apply it,
kubectl apply -f ingress.yaml
ingress.networking.k8s.io/kubedb created
Now, install Nginx ingress controller to set TCP port and expose the PgBouncer database:
helm repo add ingress-nginx https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx
helm upgrade -i ingress-nginx ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx \
--namespace demo --create-namespace \
--set tcp.5432="demo/pgbouncer-server:5432"
Setup DNS using external-dns (optional)
Now, we are going to setum DNS by using external-dns:
provider: cloudflare
sources:
- ingress
domainFilters:
- kubedb.cloud
env:
- name: CF_API_TOKEN
value: "$CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
policy: sync
logLevel: debug
registry: txt
txtOwnerId: ingress-kubedb
Let’s save this yaml configuration into external-dns.yaml
$ helm repo add external-dns https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/external-dns/
$ helm upgrade -i ingress-kubedb external-dns/external-dns \
-n demo \
-f external-dns.yaml
Once all of the above steps are handled correctly you will see that the following objects are created:
$ kubectl get all -n demo
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
pod/demo-pg-0 2/2 Running 0 19h
pod/demo-pg-1 2/2 Running 0 19h
pod/demo-pg-2 2/2 Running 0 19h
pod/ingress-kubedb-external-dns-d5b7756d5-hlk5t 1/1 Running 0 21h
pod/ingress-nginx-controller-555bf6547d-fgtqh 1/1 Running 0 20h
pod/pgbouncer-server-0 1/1 Running 0 19h
pod/pgbouncer-server-1 1/1 Running 0 19h
pod/pgbouncer-server-2 1/1 Running 0 19h
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
service/demo-pg ClusterIP 10.128.238.178 <none> 5432/TCP,2379/TCP 19h
service/demo-pg-pods ClusterIP None <none> 5432/TCP,2380/TCP,2379/TCP 19h
service/demo-pg-standby ClusterIP 10.128.200.78 <none> 5432/TCP 19h
service/ingress-kubedb-external-dns ClusterIP 10.128.211.218 <none> 7979/TCP 21h
service/ingress-nginx-controller LoadBalancer 10.128.76.145 45.79.245.243 80:30577/TCP,443:31804/TCP,5432:31549/TCP,6033:31757/TCP 21h
service/ingress-nginx-controller-admission ClusterIP 10.128.61.189 <none> 443/TCP 21h
service/pgbouncer-server ClusterIP 10.128.53.206 <none> 5432/TCP 19h
service/pgbouncer-server-pods ClusterIP None <none> 5432/TCP 19h
NAME READY UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE
deployment.apps/ingress-kubedb-external-dns 1/1 1 1 21h
deployment.apps/ingress-nginx-controller 1/1 1 1 21h
NAME DESIRED CURRENT READY AGE
replicaset.apps/ingress-kubedb-external-dns-d5b7756d5 1 1 1 21h
replicaset.apps/ingress-nginx-controller-555bf6547d 1 1 1 20h
replicaset.apps/ingress-nginx-controller-7f6c447958 0 0 0 21h
NAME READY AGE
statefulset.apps/demo-pg 3/3 19h
statefulset.apps/pgbouncer-server 3/3 19h
NAME TYPE VERSION AGE
appbinding.appcatalog.appscode.com/demo-pg kubedb.com/postgres 14.1 19h
appbinding.appcatalog.appscode.com/pgbouncer-server kubedb.com/pgbouncer 1.18.0 19h
NAME VERSION STATUS AGE
pgbouncer.kubedb.com/pgbouncer-server 1.18.0 Ready 19h
NAME VERSION STATUS AGE
postgres.kubedb.com/demo-pg 14.1 Ready 19h
Access PgBouncer server through the Ingress
Now, we will access the Postgres database and create some sample data into it. To access the database through CLI, we have to get the credentials to access. We are going to use pgbouncer-server-backend to get the credentials.
$ kubectl view-secret -n demo pgbouncer-server-backend -a
userlist="pgbouncer" "i*Eq9NemO07VhltJ"
"postgres" "Rx;zzuf53bd8KBEe"
Now let’s copy the certificates from the pod
$ kubectl cp demo/pgbouncer-server-0:/var/run/pgbouncer/tls/serving/server/ca.crt ca.crt
tar: removing leading '/' from member names
warning: skipping symlink: "ca.crt" -> "..data/ca.crt" (consider using "kubectl exec -n "demo" "pgbouncer-server-0" -- tar cf - "/var/run/pgbouncer/tls/serving/server/ca.crt" | tar xf -")
$ kubectl cp demo/pgbouncer-server-0:/var/run/pgbouncer/tls/serving/server/tls.crt tls.crt
warning: skipping symlink: "tls.crt" -> "..data/tls.crt" (consider using "kubectl exec -n "demo" "pgbouncer-server-0" -- tar cf - "/var/run/pgbouncer/tls/serving/server/tls.crt" | tar xf -")
$ kubectl cp demo/pgbouncer-server-0:/var/run/pgbouncer/tls/serving/server/tls.key tls.key
tar: removing leading '/' from member names
warning: skipping symlink: "tls.key" -> "..data/tls.key" (consider using "kubectl exec -n "demo" "pgbouncer-server-0" -- tar cf - "/var/run/pgbouncer/tls/serving/server/tls.key" | tar xf -")
Let’s insert some sample data into the postgres database,
$ psql "host=proxy.kubedb.cloud port=5432 user=postgres password=Rx;zzuf53bd8KBEe sslrootcert=ca.crt sslcert=tls.crt sslkey=tls.key sslmode=verify-full dbname=postgres"
psql (15.1, server 14.1)
SSL connection (protocol: TLSv1.3, cipher: TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, compression: off)
Type "help" for help.
postgres=# create table test(data int);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# insert into test values(generate_series(1,1000));
INSERT 0 1000
postgres=# select count(*) from test;
count
-------
1000
(1 row)
testdb=# \q
We have successfully accessed and use the PostgreSQL database from developer side. More information about Run & Manage Production-Grade PostgreSQL Database on Kubernetes can be found HERE
We have made an in depth tutorial on Managing ACME protocol based Certificates in PgBouncer Using KubeDB in Kubernetes. You can have a look into the video below:
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