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Manage KubeDB objects using CLIs

KubeDB CLI

KubeDB comes with its own cli. It is called kubedb cli. kubedb can be used to manage any KubeDB object. kubedb cli also performs various validations to improve ux. To install KubeDB cli on your workstation, follow the steps here.

How to Create objects

kubectl create creates a pgbouncer CRD object in default namespace by default. Following command will create a PgBouncer object as specified in pgbouncer.yaml.

$ kubectl create -f pgbouncer-demo.yaml
pgbouncer "pgbouncer-demo" created

You can provide namespace as a flag --namespace. Provided namespace should match with namespace specified in input file.

$ kubectl create -f pgbouncer-demo.yaml --namespace=kube-system
pgbouncer "pgbouncer-demo" created

kubectl create command also considers stdin as input.

cat pgbouncer-demo.yaml | kubectl create -f -

How to List Objects

kubectl get command allows users to list or find any KubeDB object. To list all PgBouncer objects in default namespace, run the following command:

$ kubectl get pgbouncer
NAME            VERSION   STATUS    AGE
pgbouncer-demo   1.17.0    Running   13m
pgbouncer-dev    1.17.0    Running   11m
pgbouncer-prod   1.17.0    Running   11m
pgbouncer-qa     1.17.0    Running   10m

To get YAML of an object, use --output=yaml flag.

$ kubectl get pgbouncer pgbouncer-demo --output=yaml
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: PgBouncer
metadata:
  annotations:
    kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: |
      {"apiVersion":"kubedb.com/v1alpha2","kind":"PgBouncer","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"pgbouncer-demo","namespace":"demo"},"spec":{"connectionPool":{"adminUsers":["admin","admin1"],"maxClientConnections":20,"reservePoolSize":5},"databases":[{"alias":"postgres","databaseName":"postgres","databaseRef":{"name":"quick-postgres"}},{"alias":"tmpdb","databaseName":"mydb","databaseRef":{"name":"quick-postgres"}}],"monitor":{"agent":"prometheus.io/builtin"},"replicas":1,"userListSecretRef":{"name":"db-user-pass"},"version":"1.17.0"}}      
  creationTimestamp: "2019-10-31T10:34:04Z"
  finalizers:
  - kubedb.com
  generation: 1
  name: pgbouncer-demo
  namespace: demo
  resourceVersion: "4733"
  selfLink: /apis/kubedb.com/v1alpha2/namespaces/demo/pgbouncers/pgbouncer-demo
  uid: 158b7c58-ecb2-4a77-bceb-081489b4921a
spec:
  connectionPool:
    adminUsers:
    - admin
    - admin1
    poolMode: session
    port: 5432
    reservePoolSize: 5
  databases:
  - alias: postgres
    databaseName: postgres
    databaseRef:
      name: quick-postgres
      nnamespace: demo
  - alias: tmpdb
    databaseName: mydb
    databaseRef:
      name: quick-postgres
      namespace: demo
  monitor:
    agent: prometheus.io/builtin
    prometheus:
      exporter:
        port: 56790
        resources: {}
  podTemplate:
    controller: {}
    metadata: {}
    spec:
      resources: {}
  replicas: 1
  userListSecretRef:
    name: db-user-pass
  version: 1.17.0
status:
  observedGeneration: 1$6208915667192219204
  phase: Running

To get JSON of an object, use --output=json flag.

kubectl get pgbouncer pgbouncer-demo --output=json

To list all KubeDB objects, use following command:

$ kubectl get all -n demo -o wide
NAME                   READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE     IP           NODE          NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
pod/pgbouncer-demo-0   2/2     Running   0          5m53s   10.244.1.3   kind-worker   <none>           <none>

NAME                           TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)     AGE          SELECTOR
service/kubedb                 ClusterIP   None            <none>        <none>      5m54s        <none>
service/pgbouncer-demo         ClusterIP   10.98.95.4      <none>        5432/TCP    5m54s        app.kubernetes.io/name=pgbouncers.kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/instance=pgbouncer-demo
service/pgbouncer-demo-stats   ClusterIP   10.107.214.97   <none>        56790/TCP   5m38s        app.kubernetes.io/name=pgbouncers.kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/instance=pgbouncer-demo

NAME                              READY       AGE             CONTAINERS           IMAGES
statefulset.apps/pgbouncer-demo   1/1         5m53s           pgbouncer,exporter   kubedb/pgbouncer:1.17.0,kubedb/pgbouncer_exporter:v0.1.1

NAME                                  VERSION     STATUS          AGE
pgbouncer.kubedb.com/pgbouncer-demo   1.17.0      Running         5m54s

Flag --output=wide is used to print additional information.

List command supports short names for each object types. You can use it like kubectl get <short-name>. Below are the short name for KubeDB objects:

  • Postgres: pg
  • PgBouncer: pb
  • Snapshot: snap
  • DormantDatabase: drmn

You can print labels with objects. The following command will list all Snapshots with their corresponding labels.

$ kubectl get pb -n demo --show-labels
NAME                            DATABASE                STATUS      AGE       LABELS
pgbouncer-demo                  pb/pgbouncer-demo       Succeeded   11m       app.kubernetes.io/name=pgbouncers.kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/instance=pgbouncer-demo
pgbouncer-tmp                   pb/postgres-demo        Succeeded   1h        app.kubernetes.io/name=pgbouncers.kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/instance=pgbouncer-tmp

You can also filter list using --selector flag.

$ kubectl get pb --selector='app.kubernetes.io/name=pgbouncers.kubedb.com' --show-labels
NAME                            DATABASE           STATUS      AGE       LABELS
pgbouncer-demo                  pb/pgbouncer-demo  Succeeded   11m       app.kubernetes.io/name=pgbouncers.kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/instance=pgbouncer-demo
pgbouncer-dev                   pb/postgres-demo   Succeeded   1h        app.kubernetes.io/name=pgbouncers.kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/instance=pgbouncer-dev

To print only object name, run the following command:

$ kubectl get all -n demo -o name
pod/pgbouncer-demo-0
service/kubedb
service/pgbouncer-demo
service/pgbouncer-demo-stats
statefulset.apps/pgbouncer-demo
pgbouncer.kubedb.com/pgbouncer-demo

How to Describe Objects

kubectl dba describe command allows users to describe any KubeDB object. The following command will describe PgBouncer pgbouncer-demo with relevant information.

Name:         pgbouncer-demo
Namespace:    default
API Version:  kubedb.com/v1alpha2
Kind:         PgBouncer
Metadata:
  Creation Timestamp:  2019-09-09T09:27:48Z
  Finalizers:
    kubedb.com
  Generation:        1
  Resource Version:  303596
  Self Link:         /apis/kubedb.com/v1alpha2/namespaces/demo/pgbouncers/pgbouncer-demo
  UID:               f59c58da-ae21-403d-a4ce-affc8e10345c
Spec:
  Connection Pool:
    Admin Users:
      admin
    Listen Address:     *
    Listen Port:        5432
    Max Client Conn:    20
    Pool Mode:          session
    Reserve Pool Size:  5
  Databases:
    Alias:                  postgres
    App Binding Name:       postgres-demo
    App Binding Namespace:  demo
    Database Name:          postgres
  Replicas:                 1
  Service Template:
    Metadata:
    Spec:
  User List:
    Secret Name:       db-userlist
    Secret Namespace:  demo
  Version:             1.17.0
Status:
  Observed Generation:  1$6208915667192219204
  Phase:                Running
Events:
  Type    Reason      Age   From                Message
  ----    ------      ----  ----                -------
  Normal  Successful  13m   PgBouncer operator  Successfully created Service
  Normal  Successful  13m   PgBouncer operator  Successfully created PgBouncer configMap
  Normal  Successful  13m   PgBouncer operator  Successfully created StatefulSet
  Normal  Successful  13m   PgBouncer operator  Successfully created PgBouncer statefulset
  Normal  Successful  13m   PgBouncer operator  Successfully patched StatefulSet
  Normal  Successful  13m   PgBouncer operator  Successfully patched PgBouncer statefulset

kubectl dba describe command provides following basic information about a database.

  • StatefulSet
  • Storage (Persistent Volume)
  • Service
  • Secret (If available)
  • Topology (If available)
  • Snapshots (If any)
  • Monitoring system (If available)

To hide events on KubeDB object, use flag --show-events=false

To describe all PgBouncer objects in default namespace, use following command

kubectl dba describe pb

To describe all PgBouncer objects from every namespace, provide --all-namespaces flag.

kubectl dba describe pb --all-namespaces

To describe all KubeDB objects from every namespace, use the following command:

kubectl dba describe all --all-namespaces

You can also describe KubeDb objects with matching labels. The following command will describe all Elasticsearch & PgBouncer objects with specified labels from every namespace.

kubectl dba describe pg,es --all-namespaces --selector='group=dev'

To learn about various options of describe command, please visit here.

How to Edit Objects

kubectl edit command allows users to directly edit any KubeDB object. It will open the editor defined by KUBEDB_EDITOR, or EDITOR environment variables, or fall back to nano.

Let’s edit an existing running PgBouncer object to setup Monitoring. The following command will open PgBouncer pgbouncer-demo in editor.

$ kubectl edit pb pgbouncer-demo

# Add following to Spec to configure monitoring:
  monitor:
    agent: prometheus.io/operator
    prometheus:
      serviceMonitor:
        labels:
          k8s-app: prometheus
        interval: 10s
pgbouncer "pgbouncer-demo" edited

Edit restrictions

Various fields of a KubeDb object can’t be edited using edit command. The following fields are restricted from updates for all KubeDB objects:

  • apiVersion
  • kind
  • metadata.name
  • metadata.namespace

How to Delete Objects

kubectl delete command will delete an object in default namespace by default unless namespace is provided. The following command will delete a PgBouncer pgbouncer-dev in default namespace

$ kubectl delete pgbouncer pgbouncer-dev
pgbouncer "pgbouncer-dev" deleted

You can also use YAML files to delete objects. The following command will delete a PgBouncer using the type and name specified in pgbouncer.yaml.

$ kubectl delete -f pgbouncer.yaml
PgBouncer "pgbouncer-dev" deleted

kubectl delete command also takes input from stdin.

cat pgbouncer.yaml | kubectl delete -f -

To delete objects with matching labels, use --selector flag. The following command will delete PgBouncers with label pgbouncer.app.kubernetes.io/instance=pgbouncer-demo.

kubectl delete pgbouncer -l pgbouncer.app.kubernetes.io/instance=pgbouncer-demo

Using Kubectl

You can use Kubectl with KubeDB objects like any other CRDs. Below are some common examples of using Kubectl with KubeDB objects.

# Create objects
$ kubectl create -f

# List objects
$ kubectl get pgbouncer
$ kubectl get pgbouncer.kubedb.com

# Delete objects
$ kubectl delete pgbouncer <name>

Next Steps