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Vertical Scale MySQL Group Replication

This guide will show you how to use KubeDB enterprise operator to update the resources of the members of a MySQL Group Replication.

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. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using kind.

  • 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/guides/mysql/scaling/vertical-scaling/group-replication/yamls directory of kubedb/doc repository.

Apply Vertical Scaling on MySQL Group Replication

Here, we are going to deploy a MySQL group replication using a supported version by KubeDB operator. Then we are going to apply vertical scaling on it.

Prepare Group Replication

At first, we are going to deploy a group replication server using a supported MySQL version. Then, we are going to update the resources of the members through vertical scaling.

Find supported MySQL Version:

When you have installed KubeDB, it has created MySQLVersion CR for all supported MySQL versions. Let’s check the supported MySQL versions,

$ kubectl get mysqlversion
NAME        VERSION   DB_IMAGE                  DEPRECATED   AGE
5.7.25-v2   5.7.25    kubedb/mysql:5.7.25-v2                 3h55m
5.7.36   5.7.29    kubedb/mysql:5.7.36                 3h55m
5.7.36   5.7.31    kubedb/mysql:5.7.36                 3h55m
5.7.36   5.7.33    kubedb/mysql:5.7.36                 3h55m
8.0.14-v2   8.0.14    kubedb/mysql:8.0.14-v2                 3h55m
8.0.20-v1   8.0.20    kubedb/mysql:8.0.20-v1                 3h55m
8.0.27   8.0.21    kubedb/mysql:8.0.27                 3h55m
8.0.27      8.0.27    kubedb/mysql:8.0.27                    3h55m
8.0.3-v2    8.0.3     kubedb/mysql:8.0.3-v2                  3h55m

The version above that does not show DEPRECATED true is supported by KubeDB for MySQL. You can use any non-deprecated version. Here, we are going to create a MySQL Group Replication using non-deprecated MySQL version 8.0.27.

Deploy MySQL Group Replication:

In this section, we are going to deploy a MySQL group replication with 3 members. Then, in the next section we will update the resources of the members using vertical scaling. Below is the YAML of the MySQL cr that we are going to create,

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: MySQL
metadata:
  name: my-group
  namespace: demo
spec:
  version: "8.0.27"
  replicas: 3
  topology:
    mode: GroupReplication
    group:
      name: "dc002fc3-c412-4d18-b1d4-66c1fbfbbc9b"
  storageType: Durable
  storage:
    storageClassName: "standard"
    accessModes:
      - ReadWriteOnce
    resources:
      requests:
        storage: 1Gi
  terminationPolicy: WipeOut

Let’s create the MySQL cr we have shown above,

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2021.12.21/docs/guides/mysql/scaling/vertical-scaling/group-replication/yamls/group-replication.yaml
mysql.kubedb.com/my-group created

Wait for the cluster to be ready:

KubeDB operator watches for MySQL objects using Kubernetes API. When a MySQL object is created, KubeDB operator will create a new StatefulSet, Services, and Secrets, etc. Now, watch MySQL is going to Running state and also watch StatefulSet and its pod is created and going to Running state,

$ watch -n 3 kubectl get my -n demo my-group
Every 3.0s: kubectl get my -n demo my-group                     suaas-appscode: Tue Jun 30 22:43:57 2020

NAME       VERSION   STATUS    AGE
my-group   8.0.27    Running   16m

$ watch -n 3 kubectl get sts -n demo my-group
Every 3.0s: kubectl get sts -n demo my-group                     Every 3.0s: kubectl get sts -n demo my-group                    suaas-appscode: Tue Jun 30 22:44:35 2020

NAME       READY   AGE
my-group   3/3     16m

$ watch -n 3 kubectl get pod -n demo -l app.kubernetes.io/name=mysqls.kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/instance=my-group
Every 3.0s: kubectl get pod -n demo -l app.kubernetes.io/name=mysqls.kubedb.com  suaas-appscode: Tue Jun 30 22:45:33 2020

NAME         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
my-group-0   2/2     Running   0          17m
my-group-1   2/2     Running   0          14m
my-group-2   2/2     Running   0          11m

Let’s check one of the StatefulSet’s pod containers resources,

$ kubectl get pod -n demo my-group-0 -o json | jq '.spec.containers[1].resources'
{}

You can see that the Pod has empty resources that mean the scheduler will choose a random node to place the container of the Pod on by default. Now, we are ready to apply the vertical scale on this group replication.

Vertical Scaling

Here, we are going to update the resources of the database cluster to meet up with the desired resources after scaling.

Create MySQLOpsRequest:

In order to update the resources of your database cluster, you have to create a MySQLOpsRequest cr with your desired resources after scaling. Below is the YAML of the MySQLOpsRequest cr that we are going to create,

apiVersion: ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MySQLOpsRequest
metadata:
  name: my-scale-group
  namespace: demo
spec:
  type: VerticalScaling  
  databaseRef:
    name: my-group
  verticalScaling:
    mysql:
      requests:
        memory: "1200Mi"
        cpu: "0.7"
      limits:
        memory: "1200Mi"
        cpu: "0.7"

Here,

  • spec.databaseRef.name specifies that we are performing operation on my-group MySQL database.
  • spec.type specifies that we are performing VerticalScaling on our database.
  • spec.VerticalScaling.mysql specifies the expected mysql container resources after scaling.

Let’s create the MySQLOpsRequest cr we have shown above,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2021.12.21/docs/guides/mysql/scaling/vertical-scaling/group-replication/yamls/my-scale-group.yaml
mysqlopsrequest.ops.kubedb.com/my-scale-group created

Verify MySQL Group Replication resources updated successfully:

If everything goes well, KubeDB enterprise operator will update the resources of the StatefulSet’s Pod containers. After a successful scaling process is done, the KubeDB enterprise operator updates the resources of the MySQL cluster.

First, we will wait for MySQLOpsRequest to be successful. Run the following command to watch MySQlOpsRequest cr,

$ watch -n 3 kubectl get myops -n demo my-scale-group
Every 3.0s: kubectl get myops -n demo my-sc...  suaas-appscode: Wed Aug 12 16:49:21 2020

NAME             TYPE              STATUS       AGE
my-scale-group   VerticalScaling   Successful   4m53s

You can see from the above output that the MySQLOpsRequest has succeeded. If we describe the MySQLOpsRequest, we shall see that the resources of the members of the MySQL group replication are updated.

$ kubectl describe myops -n demo my-scale-group
Name:         my-scale-group
Namespace:    demo
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  <none>
API Version:  ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
Kind:         MySQLOpsRequest
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2021-03-10T10:54:24Z
  Generation:          2
    Manager:      kubectl-client-side-apply
    Operation:    Update
    Time:         2021-03-10T10:54:24Z
    API Version:  ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
    Fields Type:  FieldsV1
    Manager:         kubedb-enterprise
    Operation:       Update
    Time:            2021-03-10T10:56:19Z
  Resource Version:  1083654
  Self Link:         /apis/ops.kubedb.com/v1alpha1/namespaces/demo/mysqlopsrequests/my-scale-group
  UID:               92ace405-666c-45da-aaa1-fd3d079c187d
Spec:
  Database Ref:
    Name:                my-group
  Stateful Set Ordinal:  0
  Type:                  VerticalScaling
  Vertical Scaling:
    Mysql:
      Limits:
        Cpu:     0.7
        Memory:  1200Mi
      Requests:
        Cpu:     0.7
        Memory:  1200Mi
Status:
  Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-10T10:54:24Z
    Message:               Controller has started to Progress the MySQLOpsRequest: demo/my-scale-group
    Observed Generation:   2
    Reason:                OpsRequestProgressingStarted
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Progressing
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-10T10:54:24Z
    Message:               Vertical scaling started in MySQL: demo/my-group for MySQLOpsRequest: my-scale-group
    Observed Generation:   2
    Reason:                VerticalScalingStarted
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Scaling
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-10T10:56:19Z
    Message:               Vertical scaling performed successfully in MySQL: demo/my-group for MySQLOpsRequest: my-scale-group
    Observed Generation:   2
    Reason:                SuccessfullyPerformedVerticalScaling
    Status:                True
    Type:                  VerticalScaling
    Last Transition Time:  2021-03-10T10:56:19Z
    Message:               Controller has successfully scaled the MySQL demo/my-scale-group
    Observed Generation:   2
    Reason:                OpsRequestProcessedSuccessfully
    Status:                True
    Type:                  Successful
  Observed Generation:     3
  Phase:                   Successful
Events:
  Type    Reason      Age    From                        Message
  ----    ------      ----   ----                        -------
  Normal  Starting    7m46s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Start processing for MySQLOpsRequest: demo/my-scale-group
  Normal  Starting    7m46s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Pausing MySQL databse: demo/my-group
  Normal  Successful  7m46s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully paused MySQL database: demo/my-group for MySQLOpsRequest: my-scale-group
  Normal  Starting    7m46s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Vertical scaling started in MySQL: demo/my-group for MySQLOpsRequest: my-scale-group
  Normal  Starting    7m41s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Restarting Pod: demo/my-group-1
  Normal  Starting    7m1s   KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Restarting Pod: demo/my-group-2
  Normal  Starting    6m31s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Restarting Pod (master): demo/my-group-0
  Normal  Successful  5m51s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Vertical scaling performed successfully in MySQL: demo/my-group for MySQLOpsRequest: my-scale-group
  Normal  Starting    5m51s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Resuming MySQL database: demo/my-group
  Normal  Successful  5m51s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Successfully resumed MySQL database: demo/my-group
  Normal  Successful  5m51s  KubeDB Enterprise Operator  Controller has Successfully scaled the MySQL database: demo/my-group

Now, we are going to verify whether the resources of the members of the cluster have updated to meet up the desired state, Let’s check,

$ kubectl get pod -n demo my-group-0 -o json | jq '.spec.containers[1].resources'
{
  "limits": {
    "cpu": "700m",
    "memory": "1200Mi"
  },
  "requests": {
    "cpu": "700m",
    "memory": "1200Mi"
  }
}

The above output verifies that we have successfully updated the resources of the MySQL group replication.

Cleaning Up

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

kubectl delete my -n demo my-group
kubectl delete myops -n demo my-scale-group