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MongoDBOpsRequest

What is MongoDBOpsRequest

MongoDBOpsRequest is a Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRD). It provides a declarative configuration for MongoDB administrative operations like database version upgrading, horizontal scaling, vertical scaling etc. in a Kubernetes native way.

MongoDBOpsRequest CRD Specifications

Like any official Kubernetes resource, a MongoDBOpsRequest has TypeMeta, ObjectMeta, Spec and Status sections.

Here, some sample MongoDBOpsRequest CRs for different administrative operations is given below:

Sample MongoDBOpsRequest for upgrading database:

apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-upgrade
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Upgrade
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-standalone
  upgrade:
    targetVersion: 4.0.5-v3
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful

Sample MongoDBOpsRequest Objects for Horizontal Scaling of different component of the database:

apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-hscale-down-configserver
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: HorizontalScaling
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-sharding
  horizontalScaling:
    shard:
      shards: 3
      replicas: 2
    configServer:
      replicas: 2
    mongos:
      replicas: 2
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-hscale-down-replicaset
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: HorizontalScaling
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-replicaset
  horizontalScaling:
    replicas: 3
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful

Sample MongoDBOpsRequest Objects for Vertical Scaling of different component of the database:

apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-vscale-configserver
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: VerticalScaling
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-sharding
  verticalScaling:
    configServer:
      requests:
        memory: "150Mi"
        cpu: "0.1"
      limits:
        memory: "250Mi"
        cpu: "0.2"
    mongos:
      requests:
        memory: "150Mi"
        cpu: "0.1"
      limits:
        memory: "250Mi"
        cpu: "0.2"
    shard:
      requests:
        memory: "150Mi"
        cpu: "0.1"
      limits:
        memory: "250Mi"
        cpu: "0.2"
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-vscale-standalone
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: VerticalScaling
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-standalone
  verticalScaling:
    standalone:
      requests:
        memory: "150Mi"
        cpu: "0.1"
      limits:
        memory: "250Mi"
        cpu: "0.2"
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-vscale-replicaset
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: VerticalScaling
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-replicaset
  verticalScaling:
    replicaSet:
      requests:
        memory: "150Mi"
        cpu: "0.1"
      limits:
        memory: "250Mi"
        cpu: "0.2"
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful

Sample MongoDBOpsRequest Objects for Reconfiguring different database components:

apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-reconfiugre-data-replicaset
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Reconfigure
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-replicaset
  customConfig:
    replicaSet:
      data:
        mongod.conf: |
          net:
            maxIncomingConnections: 30000          
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-reconfiugre-data-shard
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Reconfigure
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-sharding
  customConfig:
    shard:
      data:
        mongod.conf: |
          net:
            maxIncomingConnections: 30000          
    configServer:
      data:
        mongod.conf: |
          net:
            maxIncomingConnections: 30000          
    mongos:
      data:
        mongod.conf: |
          net:
            maxIncomingConnections: 30000          
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-reconfiugre-data-standalone
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Reconfigure
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-standalone
  customConfig:
    standalone:
      data:
        mongod.conf: |
          net:
            maxIncomingConnections: 30000          
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-reconfiugre-replicaset
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Reconfigure
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-replicaset
  customConfig:
    replicaSet:
      configMap:
        name: new-custom-config
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-reconfiugre-shard
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Reconfigure
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-sharding
  customConfig:
    shard:
      configMap:
        name: new-custom-config
    confiServer:
      configMap:
        name: new-custom-config
    mongos:
      configMap:
        name: new-custom-config
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-reconfiugre-standalone
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Reconfigure
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-standalone
  customConfig:
    standalone:
      configMap:
        name: new-custom-config
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful

Sample MongoDBOpsRequest Objects for Volume Expansion of different database components:

apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-volume-exp-replicaset
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: VolumeExpansion
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-replicaset
  volumeExpansion:
    replicaSet: 2Gi
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-volume-exp-shard
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: VolumeExpansion
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-sharding
  volumeExpansion:
    shard: 2Gi
    configServer: 2Gi
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful
apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-volume-exp-standalone
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: VolumeExpansion
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-standalone
  volumeExpansion:
    standalone: 2Gi
status:
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2020-08-25T18:22:38Z"
      message: Successfully completed the modification process
      observedGeneration: 1
      reason: Successful
      status: "True"
      type: Successful
  observedGeneration: 1
  phase: Successful

Here, we are going to describe the various sections of a MongoDBOpsRequest crd.

MongoDBOpsRequest Spec

A MongoDBOpsRequest object has the following fields in the spec section.

spec.databaseRef

spec.databaseRef is a required field that point to the MongoDB object for which the administrative operations will be performed. This field consists of the following sub-field:

  • spec.databaseRef.name : specifies the name of the MongoDB object.

spec.type

spec.type specifies the kind of operation that will be applied to the database. Currently, the following types of operations are allowed in MongoDBOpsRequest.

  • Upgrade
  • HorizontalScaling
  • VerticalScaling
  • VolumeExpansion
  • Reconfigure

You can perform only one type of operation on a single MongoDBOpsRequest CR. For example, if you want to upgrade your database and scale up its replica then you have to create two separate MongoDBOpsRequest. At first, you have to create a MongoDBOpsRequest for upgrading. Once it is completed, then you can create another MongoDBOpsRequest for scaling. You should not create two MongoDBOpsRequest simultaneously.

spec.upgrade

If you want to upgrade you MongoDB version, you have to specify the spec.upgrade section that specifies the desired version information. This field consists of the following sub-field:

  • spec.upgrade.targetVersion refers to a MongoDBVersion CR that contains the MongoDB version information where you want to upgrade.

You can only upgrade between MongoDB versions. KubeDB does not support downgrade for MongoDB.

spec.horizontalScaling

If you want to scale-up or scale-down your MongoDB cluster or different components of it, you have to specify spec.horizontalScaling section. This field consists of the following sub-field:

  • spec.horizontalScaling.replicas indicates the desired number of nodes for MongoDB replicaset cluster after scaling. For example, if your cluster currently has 4 replicaset nodes, and you want to add additional 2 nodes then you have to specify 6 in spec.horizontalScaling.replicas field. Similarly, if you want to remove one node from the cluster, you have to specify 3 in spec.horizontalScaling.replicas field.
  • spec.horizontalScaling.configServer.replicas indicates the desired number of ConfigServer nodes for Sharded MongoDB cluster after scaling.
  • spec.horizontalScaling.mongos.replicas indicates the desired number of Mongos nodes for Sharded MongoDB cluster after scaling.
  • spec.horizontalScaling.shard indicates the configuration of shard nodes for Sharded MongoDB cluster after scaling. This field consists of the following sub-field:
    • spec.horizontalScaling.shard.replicas indicates the number of replicas each shard will have after scaling.
    • spec.horizontalScaling.shard.shards indicates the number of shards after scaling

spec.verticalScaling

spec.verticalScaling is a required field specifying the information of MongoDB resources like cpu, memory etc that will be scaled. This field consists of the following sub-fields:

  • spec.verticalScaling.standalone indicates the desired resources for standalone MongoDB database after scaling.
  • spec.verticalScaling.replicaSet indicates the desired resources for replicaSet of MongoDB database after scaling.
  • spec.verticalScaling.mongos indicates the desired resources for Mongos nodes of Sharded MongoDB database after scaling.
  • spec.verticalScaling.configServer indicates the desired resources for ConfigServer nodes of Sharded MongoDB database after scaling.
  • spec.verticalScaling.shard indicates the desired resources for Shard nodes of Sharded MongoDB database after scaling.
  • spec.verticalScaling.exporter indicates the desired resources for the exporter container.

All of them has the below structure:

requests:
  memory: "200Mi"
  cpu: "0.1"
limits:
  memory: "300Mi"
  cpu: "0.2"

Here, when you specify the resource request, the scheduler uses this information to decide which node to place the container of the Pod on and when you specify a resource limit for the container, the kubelet enforces those limits so that the running container is not allowed to use more of that resource than the limit you set. You can found more details from here.

spec.volumeExpansion

To use the volume expansion feature the storage class must support volume expansion

If you want to expand the volume of your MongoDB cluster or different components of it, you have to specify spec.volumeExpansion section. This field consists of the following sub-field:

  • spec.volumeExpansion.standalone indicates the desired size for the persistent volume of a standalone MongoDB database.
  • spec.volumeExpansion.replicaSet indicates the desired size for the persistent volume of replicaSets of a MongoDB database.
  • spec.volumeExpansion.configServer indicates the desired size for the persistent volume of the config server of a sharded MongoDB database.
  • spec.volumeExpansion.shard indicates the desired size for the persistent volume of shards of a sharded MongoDB database.

All of them refer to Quantity types of Kubernetes.

Example usage of this field is given below:

spec:
  volumeExpansion:
    shard: "2Gi"

This will expand the volume size of all the shard nodes to 2 GB.

spec.customConfig

If you want to reconfigure your Running MongoDB cluster or different components of it with new custom configuration, you have to specify spec.customConfig section. This field consists of the following sub-field:

  • spec.customConfig.standalone indicates the desired new custom configuration for a standalone MongoDB database.
  • spec.customConfig.replicaSet indicates the desired new custom configuration for replicaSet of a MongoDB database.
  • spec.customConfig.configServer indicates the desired new custom configuration for config servers of a sharded MongoDB database.
  • spec.customConfig.mongos indicates the desired new custom configuration for the mongos nodes of a sharded MongoDB database.
  • spec.customConfig.shard indicates the desired new custom configuration for the shard nodes of a sharded MongoDB database.

All of them has the following sub-fields:

  • configMap points to a configMap in the same namespace of a MongoDB resource, which contains the new custom configurations. If there are any configmap sources before, this configmap will replace it.
  • data contains the new custom config which will be merged with the previous configuration.

MongoDBOpsRequest Status

.status describes the current state and progress of a MongoDBOpsRequest operation. It has the following fields:

status.phase

status.phase indicates the overall phase of the operation for this MongoDBOpsRequest. It can have the following three values:

PhaseMeaning
SuccessfulKubeDB has successfully performed the operation requested in the MongoDBOpsRequest
FailedKubeDB has failed the operation requested in the MongoDBOpsRequest
DeniedKubeDB has denied the operation requested in the MongoDBOpsRequest

status.observedGeneration

status.observedGeneration shows the most recent generation observed by the MongoDBOpsRequest controller.

status.conditions

status.conditions is an array that specifies the conditions of different steps of MongoDBOpsRequest processing. Each condition entry has the following fields:

  • types specifies the type of the condition. MongoDBOpsRequest has the following types of conditions:
TypeMeaning
ProgressingSpecifies that the operation is now in the progressing state
SuccessfulSpecifies such a state that the operation on the database was successful.
HaltDatabaseSpecifies such a state that the database is halted by the operator
ResumeDatabaseSpecifies such a state that the database is resumed by the operator
FailedSpecifies such a state that the operation on the database failed.
StartingBalancerSpecifies such a state that the balancer has successfully started
StoppingBalancerSpecifies such a state that the balancer has successfully stopped
UpdateShardImageSpecifies such a state that the Shard Images has been updated
UpdateReplicaSetImageSpecifies such a state that the Replicaset Image has been updated
UpdateConfigServerImageSpecifies such a state that the ConfigServer Image has been updated
UpdateMongosImageSpecifies such a state that the Mongos Image has been updated
UpdateStatefulSetResourcesSpecifies such a state that the Statefulset resources has been updated
UpdateShardResourcesSpecifies such a state that the Shard resources has been updated
UpdateReplicaSetResourcesSpecifies such a state that the Replicaset resources has been updated
UpdateConfigServerResourcesSpecifies such a state that the ConfigServer resources has been updated
UpdateMongosResourcesSpecifies such a state that the Mongos resources has been updated
ScaleDownReplicaSetSpecifies such a state that the scale down operation of replicaset
ScaleUpReplicaSetSpecifies such a state that the scale up operation of replicaset
ScaleUpShardReplicasSpecifies such a state that the scale up operation of shard replicas
ScaleDownShardReplicasSpecifies such a state that the scale down operation of shard replicas
ScaleDownConfigServerSpecifies such a state that the scale down operation of config server
ScaleUpConfigServerSpecifies such a state that the scale up operation of config server
ScaleMongosSpecifies such a state that the scale down operation of replicaset
VolumeExpansionSpecifies such a state that the volume expansion operaton of the database
ReconfigureReplicasetSpecifies such a state that the reconfiguration of replicaset nodes
ReconfigureMongosSpecifies such a state that the reconfiguration of mongos nodes
ReconfigureShardSpecifies such a state that the reconfiguration of shard nodes
ReconfigureConfigServerSpecifies such a state that the reconfiguration of config server nodes
  • The status field is a string, with possible values True, False, and Unknown.
    • status will be True if the current transition succeeded.
    • status will be False if the current transition failed.
    • status will be Unknown if the current transition was denied.
  • The message field is a human-readable message indicating details about the condition.
  • The reason field is a unique, one-word, CamelCase reason for the condition’s last transition.
  • The lastTransitionTime field provides a timestamp for when the operation last transitioned from one state to another.
  • The observedGeneration shows the most recent condition transition generation observed by the controller.