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Reconfigure MongoDB Standalone Database

This guide will show you how to use KubeDB Enterprise operator to reconfigure a MongoDB standalone database.

Before You Begin

  • At first, you need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster.

  • Install KubeDB Community and Enterprise operator in your cluster following the steps here.

  • You should be familiar with the following KubeDB concepts:

To keep everything isolated, we are going to use a separate namespace called demo throughout this tutorial.

$ kubectl create ns demo
namespace/demo created

Note: YAML files used in this tutorial are stored in docs/examples/mongodb directory of kubedb/docs repository.

Now, we are going to deploy a MongoDB standalone using a supported version by KubeDB operator. Then we are going to apply MongoDBOpsRequest to reconfigure its configuration.

Prepare MongoDB Standalone Database

Now, we are going to deploy a MongoDB standalone database with version 4.2.3.

Deploy MongoDB standalone

At first, we will create mongod.conf file containing required configuration settings.

$ cat mongod.conf
net:
   maxIncomingConnections: 10000

Here, maxIncomingConnections is set to 10000, whereas the default value is 65536.

Now, we will create a secret with this configuration file.

$ kubectl create secret generic -n demo mg-custom-config --from-file=./mongod.conf
secret/mg-custom-config created

In this section, we are going to create a MongoDB object specifying spec.configSecret field to apply this custom configuration. Below is the YAML of the MongoDB CR that we are going to create,

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: MongoDB
metadata:
  name: mg-standalone
  namespace: demo
spec:
  version: "4.2.3"
  storageType: Durable
  storage:
    storageClassName: "standard"
    accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
    resources:
      requests:
        storage: 1Gi
  configSecret:
    name: mg-custom-config

Let’s create the MongoDB CR we have shown above,

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2021.11.24/docs/examples/mongodb/reconfigure/mg-standalone-config.yaml
mongodb.kubedb.com/mg-standalone created

Now, wait until mg-standalone has status Ready. i.e,

$ kubectl get mg -n demo
NAME            VERSION    STATUS    AGE
mg-standalone   4.2.3      Ready     23s

Now, we will check if the database has started with the custom configuration we have provided.

First we need to get the username and password to connect to a mongodb instance,

$ kubectl get secrets -n demo mg-standalone-auth -o jsonpath='{.data.\username}' | base64 -d
root

$ kubectl get secrets -n demo mg-standalone-auth -o jsonpath='{.data.\password}' | base64 -d
m6lXjZugrC4VEpB8

Now let’s connect to a mongodb instance and run a mongodb internal command to check the configuration we have provided.

$ kubectl exec -n demo  mg-standalone-0  -- mongo admin -u root -p m6lXjZugrC4VEpB8 --eval "db._adminCommand( {getCmdLineOpts: 1})" --quiet
{
	"argv" : [
		"mongod",
		"--dbpath=/data/db",
		"--auth",
		"--ipv6",
		"--bind_ip_all",
		"--port=27017",
		"--tlsMode=disabled",
		"--config=/data/configdb/mongod.conf"
	],
	"parsed" : {
		"config" : "/data/configdb/mongod.conf",
		"net" : {
			"bindIp" : "*",
			"ipv6" : true,
			"maxIncomingConnections" : 10000,
			"port" : 27017,
			"tls" : {
				"mode" : "disabled"
			}
		},
		"security" : {
			"authorization" : "enabled"
		},
		"storage" : {
			"dbPath" : "/data/db"
		}
	},
	"ok" : 1
}

As we can see from the configuration of running mongodb, the value of maxIncomingConnections has been set to 10000.

Reconfigure using new secret

Now we will reconfigure this database to set maxIncomingConnections to 20000.

Now, we will edit the mongod.conf file containing required configuration settings.

$ cat mongod.conf
net:
   maxIncomingConnections: 20000

Then, we will create a new secret with this configuration file.

$ kubectl create secret generic -n demo new-custom-config --from-file=./mongod.conf
secret/new-custom-config created

Create MongoDBOpsRequest

Now, we will use this secret to replace the previous secret using a MongoDBOpsRequest CR. The MongoDBOpsRequest yaml is given below,

apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-reconfigure-standalone
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Reconfigure
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-standalone
  configuration:
    standalone:
      configSecret:
        name: new-custom-config

Here,

  • spec.databaseRef.name specifies that we are reconfiguring mops-reconfigure-standalone database.
  • spec.type specifies that we are performing Reconfigure on our database.
  • spec.configuration.standalone.configSecret.name specifies the name of the new secret.

Let’s create the MongoDBOpsRequest CR we have shown above,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2021.11.24/docs/examples/mongodb/reconfigure/mops-reconfigure-standalone.yaml
mongodbopsrequest.ops.kubedb.com/mops-reconfigure-standalone created

Verify the new configuration is working

If everything goes well, KubeDB Enterprise operator will update the configSecret of MongoDB object.

Let’s wait for MongoDBOpsRequest to be Successful. Run the following command to watch MongoDBOpsRequest CR,

$ watch kubectl get mongodbopsrequest -n demo
Every 2.0s: kubectl get mongodbopsrequest -n demo
NAME                          TYPE          STATUS       AGE
mops-reconfigure-standalone   Reconfigure   Successful   10m

We can see from the above output that the MongoDBOpsRequest has succeeded. If we describe the MongoDBOpsRequest we will get an overview of the steps that were followed to reconfigure the database.

$ kubectl describe mongodbopsrequest -n demo mops-reconfigure-standalone
Name:         mops-reconfigure-standalone
Namespace:    demo
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  <none>
API Version:  ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
Kind:         MongoDBOpsRequest
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2021-03-02T15:04:45Z
  Generation:          1
  Managed Fields:
    API Version:  ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
    Fields Type:  FieldsV1
    fieldsV1:
      f:metadata:
        f:annotations:
          .:
          f:kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration:
      f:spec:
        .:
        f:configuration:
          .:
          f:standalone:
            .:
            f:configSecret:
              .:
              f:name:
        f:databaseRef:
          .:
          f:name:
        f:type:
    Manager:      kubectl-client-side-apply
    Operation:    Update
    Time:         2021-03-02T15:04:45Z
    API Version:  ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
    Fields Type:  FieldsV1
    fieldsV1:
      f:spec:
        f:configuration:
          f:standalone:
            f:podTemplate:
              .:
              f:controller:
              f:metadata:
              f:spec:
                .:
                f:resources:
      f:status:
        .:
        f:conditions:
        f:observedGeneration:
        f:phase:
    Manager:         kubedb-enterprise
    Operation:       Update
    Time:            2021-03-02T15:04:45Z
  Resource Version:  125826
  Self Link:         /apis/ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1/namespaces/demo/mongodbopsrequests/mops-reconfigure-standalone
  UID:               f63bb606-9df5-4516-9901-97dfe5b46b15
Spec:
  Configuration:
    Standalone:
      Config Secret:
        Name:  new-custom-config
  Database Ref:
    Name:  mg-standalone
  Type:    Reconfigure
Status:
  Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-02T15:04:45Z
    Message:               MongoDB ops request is reconfiguring database
    Observed Generation:   1
    Reason:                Reconfigure
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Reconfigure
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-02T15:05:10Z
    Message:               Successfully Reconfigured MongoDB
    Observed Generation:   1
    Reason:                ReconfigureStandalone
    Status:                True
    Type:                  ReconfigureStandalone
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-02T15:05:10Z
    Message:               Successfully completed the modification process.
    Observed Generation:   1
    Reason:                Successful
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Successful
  Observed Generation:     1
  Phase:                   Successful
Events:
  Type    Reason                 Age   From                        Message
  ----    ------                 ----  ----                        -------
  Normal  PauseDatabase          60s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Pausing MongoDB demo/mg-standalone
  Normal  PauseDatabase          60s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully paused MongoDB demo/mg-standalone
  Normal  ReconfigureStandalone  35s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully Reconfigured MongoDB
  Normal  ResumeDatabase         35s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Resuming MongoDB demo/mg-standalone
  Normal  ResumeDatabase         35s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully resumed MongoDB demo/mg-standalone
  Normal  Successful             35s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully Reconfigured Database

Now let’s connect to a mongodb instance and run a mongodb internal command to check the new configuration we have provided.

$ kubectl exec -n demo  mg-standalone-0  -- mongo admin -u root -p m6lXjZugrC4VEpB8 --eval "db._adminCommand( {getCmdLineOpts: 1})" --quiet
{
	"argv" : [
		"mongod",
		"--dbpath=/data/db",
		"--auth",
		"--ipv6",
		"--bind_ip_all",
		"--port=27017",
		"--tlsMode=disabled",
		"--config=/data/configdb/mongod.conf"
	],
	"parsed" : {
		"config" : "/data/configdb/mongod.conf",
		"net" : {
			"bindIp" : "*",
			"ipv6" : true,
			"maxIncomingConnections" : 20000,
			"port" : 27017,
			"tls" : {
				"mode" : "disabled"
			}
		},
		"security" : {
			"authorization" : "enabled"
		},
		"storage" : {
			"dbPath" : "/data/db"
		}
	},
	"ok" : 1
}

As we can see from the configuration of running mongodb, the value of maxIncomingConnections has been changed from 10000 to 20000. So the reconfiguration of the database is successful.

Reconfigure using inline config

Now we will reconfigure this database again to set maxIncomingConnections to 30000. This time we won’t use a new secret. We will use the inlineConfig field of the MongoDBOpsRequest. This will merge the new config in the existing secret.

Create MongoDBOpsRequest

Now, we will use the new configuration in the data field in the MongoDBOpsRequest CR. The MongoDBOpsRequest yaml is given below,

apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: Reconfigure
  databaseRef:
    name: mg-standalone
  configuration:
    standalone:
      inlineConfig: |
        net:
          maxIncomingConnections: 30000        

Here,

  • spec.databaseRef.name specifies that we are reconfiguring mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone database.
  • spec.type specifies that we are performing Reconfigure on our database.
  • spec.configuration.standalone.inlineConfig specifies the new configuration that will be merged in the existing secret.

Let’s create the MongoDBOpsRequest CR we have shown above,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2021.11.24/docs/examples/mongodb/reconfigure/mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone.yaml
mongodbopsrequest.ops.kubedb.com/mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone created

Verify the new configuration is working

If everything goes well, KubeDB Enterprise operator will merge this new config with the existing configuration.

Let’s wait for MongoDBOpsRequest to be Successful. Run the following command to watch MongoDBOpsRequest CR,

$ watch kubectl get mongodbopsrequest -n demo
Every 2.0s: kubectl get mongodbopsrequest -n demo
NAME                               TYPE          STATUS       AGE
mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone   Reconfigure   Successful   38s

We can see from the above output that the MongoDBOpsRequest has succeeded. If we describe the MongoDBOpsRequest we will get an overview of the steps that were followed to reconfigure the database.

$ kubectl describe mongodbopsrequest -n demo mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone
Name:         mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone
Namespace:    demo
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  <none>
API Version:  ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
Kind:         MongoDBOpsRequest
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2021-03-02T15:09:12Z
  Generation:          1
  Managed Fields:
    API Version:  ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
    Fields Type:  FieldsV1
    fieldsV1:
      f:metadata:
        f:annotations:
          .:
          f:kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration:
      f:spec:
        .:
        f:configuration:
          .:
          f:standalone:
            .:
            f:inlineConfig:
        f:databaseRef:
          .:
          f:name:
        f:type:
    Manager:      kubectl-client-side-apply
    Operation:    Update
    Time:         2021-03-02T15:09:12Z
    API Version:  ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
    Fields Type:  FieldsV1
    fieldsV1:
      f:spec:
        f:configuration:
          f:standalone:
            f:podTemplate:
              .:
              f:controller:
              f:metadata:
              f:spec:
                .:
                f:resources:
      f:status:
        .:
        f:conditions:
        f:observedGeneration:
        f:phase:
    Manager:         kubedb-enterprise
    Operation:       Update
    Time:            2021-03-02T15:09:13Z
  Resource Version:  126782
  Self Link:         /apis/ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1/namespaces/demo/mongodbopsrequests/mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone
  UID:               33eea32f-e2af-4e36-b612-c528549e3d65
Spec:
  Configuration:
    Standalone:
      Inline Config:  net:
  maxIncomingConnections: 30000

  Database Ref:
    Name:  mg-standalone
  Type:    Reconfigure
Status:
  Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-02T15:09:13Z
    Message:               MongoDB ops request is reconfiguring database
    Observed Generation:   1
    Reason:                Reconfigure
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Reconfigure
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-02T15:09:38Z
    Message:               Successfully Reconfigured MongoDB
    Observed Generation:   1
    Reason:                ReconfigureStandalone
    Status:                True
    Type:                  ReconfigureStandalone
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-02T15:09:38Z
    Message:               Successfully completed the modification process.
    Observed Generation:   1
    Reason:                Successful
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Successful
  Observed Generation:     1
  Phase:                   Successful
Events:
  Type    Reason                 Age   From                        Message
  ----    ------                 ----  ----                        -------
  Normal  PauseDatabase          118s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Pausing MongoDB demo/mg-standalone
  Normal  PauseDatabase          118s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully paused MongoDB demo/mg-standalone
  Normal  ReconfigureStandalone  93s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully Reconfigured MongoDB
  Normal  ResumeDatabase         93s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Resuming MongoDB demo/mg-standalone
  Normal  ResumeDatabase         93s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully resumed MongoDB demo/mg-standalone
  Normal  Successful             93s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully Reconfigured Database

Now let’s connect to a mongodb instance and run a mongodb internal command to check the new configuration we have provided.

$ kubectl exec -n demo  mg-standalone-0  -- mongo admin -u root -p m6lXjZugrC4VEpB8 --eval "db._adminCommand( {getCmdLineOpts: 1})" --quiet
{
	"argv" : [
		"mongod",
		"--dbpath=/data/db",
		"--auth",
		"--ipv6",
		"--bind_ip_all",
		"--port=27017",
		"--tlsMode=disabled",
		"--config=/data/configdb/mongod.conf"
	],
	"parsed" : {
		"config" : "/data/configdb/mongod.conf",
		"net" : {
			"bindIp" : "*",
			"ipv6" : true,
			"maxIncomingConnections" : 30000,
			"port" : 27017,
			"tls" : {
				"mode" : "disabled"
			}
		},
		"security" : {
			"authorization" : "enabled"
		},
		"storage" : {
			"dbPath" : "/data/db"
		}
	},
	"ok" : 1
}

As we can see from the configuration of running mongodb, the value of maxIncomingConnections has been changed from 20000 to 30000. So the reconfiguration of the database using the inlineConfig field is successful.

Cleaning Up

To clean up the Kubernetes resources created by this tutorial, run:

kubectl delete mg -n demo mg-standalone
kubectl delete mongodbopsrequest -n demo mops-reconfigure-standalone mops-reconfigure-inline-standalone