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ProxySQLVersion

What is ProxySQLVersion

ProxySQLVersion is a Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRD). It provides a declarative configuration to specify the docker images to be used for ProxySQL deployed with KubeDB in a Kubernetes native way.

When you install KubeDB, a ProxySQLVersion custom resource will be created automatically for supported ProxySQL versions. You have to specify the name of ProxySQLVersion object in .spec.version field of ProxySQL object. Then, KubeDB will use the docker images specified in the ProxySQLVersion object to create your ProxySQL instance.

Using a separate CRD for this purpose allows us to modify the images, and policies independent of KubeDB operator. This will also allow the users to use a custom image for the ProxySQL.

ProxySQLVersion Specification

As with all other Kubernetes objects, a ProxySQLVersion needs apiVersion, kind, and metadata fields. It also needs a .spec section.

apiVersion: catalog.kubedb.com/v1alpha1
kind: ProxySQLVersion
metadata:
  name: "2.3.2-debian"
  labels:
    app: kubedb
spec:
  version: "2.3.2-debian"
  proxysql:
    image: "${KUBEDB_CATALOG_REGISTRY}/proxysql:2.3.2-debian-v2"
  exporter:
    image: "${KUBEDB_CATALOG_REGISTRY}/proxysql-exporter:1.1.0"
  podSecurityPolicies:
    databasePolicyName: proxysql-db

.metadata.name

.metadata.name is a required field that specifies the name of the ProxySQLVersion object. You have to specify this name in .spec.version field of ProxySQL object.

We follow this convention for naming ProxySQLVersion object:

• Name format: {Original ProxySQL image version}-{modification tag}

We modify the original ProxySQL docker image to support additional features. An image with a higher modification tag will have more features than the images with a lower modification tag. Hence, it is recommended to use ProxySQLVersion object with the highest modification tag to take advantage of the latest features.

.spec.version

.spec.version is a required field that specifies the original version of ProxySQL that has been used to build the docker image specified in .spec.proxysql.image field.

.spec.deprecated

spec.deprecated is an optional field that specifies whether the docker images specified here is supported by the current KubeDB operator.

The default value of this field is false. If .spec.deprecated is set true, KubeDB operator will not deploy ProxySQL and other respective resources for this version.

.spec.proxysql.image

.spec.proxysql.image is a required field that specifies the docker image which will be used to create Statefulset by KubeDB operator to deploy expected ProxySQL.

.spec.exporter.image

.spec.exporter.image is a required field that specifies the image which will be used to export Prometheus metrics.

.spec.podSecurityPolicies.databasePolicyName

spec.podSecurityPolicies.databasePolicyName is a required field that specifies the name of the pod security policy required to get the ProxySQL pod(s) running.

Next Steps

• Learn how to use KubeDB ProxySQL to load balance MySQL Group Replication here