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Using private Docker registry
KubeDB operator supports using private Docker registry. This tutorial will show you how to use KubeDB to run MongoDB database using private Docker images.
Before You Begin
Read concept of MongoDB Version Catalog to learn detail concepts of MongoDBVersion object.
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.
You will also need a docker private registry or private repository. In this tutorial we will use private repository of docker hub.
You have to push the required images into your private registry. For mongodb, push DB_IMAGE, TOOLS_IMAGE, EXPORTER_IMAGE of following MongoDBVersions, where deprecated is not true, to your private registry.
$ kubectl get mongodbversions -n kube-system -o=custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name,VERSION:.spec.version,INITCONTAINER_IMAGE:.spec.initContainer.image,DB_IMAGE:.spec.db.image,EXPORTER_IMAGE:.spec.exporter.image
NAME VERSION INITCONTAINER_IMAGE DB_IMAGE EXPORTER_IMAGE
3.4.17-v1 3.4.17 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 mongo:3.4.17 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.20.4
3.4.22-v1 3.4.22 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 mongo:3.4.22 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
3.6.13-v1 3.6.13 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 mongo:3.6.13 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
3.6.8-v1 3.6.8 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 mongo:3.6.8 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
4.0.11-v1 4.0.11 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 mongo:4.0.11 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
4.0.3-v1 4.0.3 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 mongo:4.0.3 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
4.0.5-v3 4.0.5 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 mongo:4.0.5 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
4.1.13-v1 4.1.13 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.2-v7 mongo:4.1.13 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
4.1.4-v1 4.1.4 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1.4-v7 mongo:4.1.4 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
4.1.7-v3 4.1.7 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.2-v7 mongo:4.1.7 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
4.2.3 4.2.3 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.2-v7 mongo:4.2.3 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
4.4.6 4.4.6 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.2-v7 mongo:4.4.6 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
5.0.2 5.0.2 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.2-v7 mongo:5.0.2 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
5.0.3 5.0.3 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.2-v7 mongo:5.0.3 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
percona-3.6.18 3.6.18 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 percona/percona-server-mongodb:3.6.18 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
percona-4.0.10 4.0.10 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.1-v7 percona/percona-server-mongodb:4.0.10 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
percona-4.2.7 4.2.7 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.2-v7 percona/percona-server-mongodb:4.2.7-7 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
percona-4.4.10 4.4.10 kubedb/mongodb-init:4.2-v7 percona/percona-server-mongodb:4.4.10 kubedb/mongodb_exporter:v0.32.0
Docker hub repositories:
Install KubeDB operator from Private Registry
If you want to install KubeDB operator with some private registry images, set the flags --registry and --imagePullSecret to appropriate value, when installing the operator.
Follow the steps install KubeDB operator properly. The list configuration arguments of the helm installation command will be found here.
- Update KubeDB catalog for private Docker registry. Ex:
apiVersion: catalog.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: MongoDBVersion
metadata:
name: "4.2.3"
labels:
app: kubedb
spec:
version: "4.2.3"
db:
image: "PRIVATE_DOCKER_REGISTRY/mongo:4.2.3"
exporter:
image: "PRIVATE_DOCKER_REGISTRY/percona-mongodb-exporter:v0.8.0"
initContainer:
image: "PRIVATE_DOCKER_REGISTRY/mongodb-init:4.2"
podSecurityPolicies:
databasePolicyName: mongodb-db
replicationModeDetector:
image: "PRIVATE_DOCKER_REGISTRY/replication-mode-detector:v0.3.2"
Create ImagePullSecret
ImagePullSecrets is a type of a Kubernete Secret whose sole purpose is to pull private images from a Docker registry. It allows you to specify the url of the docker registry, credentials for logging in and the image name of your private docker image.
Run the following command, substituting the appropriate uppercase values to create an image pull secret for your private Docker registry:
$ kubectl create secret docker-registry -n demo myregistrykey \
--docker-server=DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER \
--docker-username=DOCKER_USER \
--docker-email=DOCKER_EMAIL \
--docker-password=DOCKER_PASSWORD
secret/myregistrykey created
DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER value will be docker.io for docker hub.
If you wish to follow other ways to pull private images see official docs of Kubernetes.
NB: If you are using kubectl 1.9.0, update to 1.9.1 or later to avoid this issue.
Create Demo namespace
To keep things isolated, this tutorial uses a separate namespace called demo throughout this tutorial. Run the following command to prepare your cluster for this tutorial:
$ kubectl create ns demo
namespace/demo created
Deploy MongoDB
While deploying MongoDB from private repository, you have to add myregistrykey secret in MongoDB spec.imagePullSecrets.
Below is the MongoDB CRD object we will create.
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: MongoDB
metadata:
name: mgo-pvt-reg
namespace: demo
spec:
version: 4.2.3
storage:
storageClassName: "standard"
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
podTemplate:
spec:
imagePullSecrets:
- name: myregistrykey
Now run the command to deploy this MongoDB object:
$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2023.02.28/docs/examples/mongodb/private-registry/replicaset.yaml
mongodb.kubedb.com/mgo-pvt-reg created
To check if the images pulled successfully from the repository, see if the MongoDB is in running state:
$ kubectl get pods -n demo
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
mgo-pvt-reg-0 1/1 Running 0 5m
$ kubectl get mg -n demo
NAME VERSION STATUS AGE
mgo-pvt-reg 4.2.3 Ready 38s
Cleaning up
To cleanup the Kubernetes resources created by this tutorial, run:
kubectl patch -n demo mg/mgo-pvt-reg -p '{"spec":{"terminationPolicy":"WipeOut"}}' --type="merge"
kubectl delete -n demo mg/mgo-pvt-reg
kubectl delete ns demo
Next Steps
