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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 database CRD object in default namespace by default. Following command will create a MySQL object as specified in mysql.yaml.

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2023.12.28/docs/guides/mysql/cli/yamls/mysql-demo.yaml
mysql.kubedb.com/mysql-demo created

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

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2023.12.28/docs/guides/mysql/cli/yamls/mysql-demo.yaml --namespace=kube-system
mysql.kubedb.com/mysql-demo created

kubectl create command also considers stdin as input.

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

How to List Objects

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

$ kubectl get mysql
NAME         VERSION   STATUS    AGE
mysql-demo   8.0.35    Running   5m1s
mysql-dev    5.7.44 Running   10m1s

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

$ kubectl get mysql mysql-demo -n demo --output=yaml
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: MySQL
metadata:
  name: mysql-demo
  namespace: demo
spec:
  authSecret:
    name: mysql-demo-auth
  podTemplate:
    spec:
      affinity:
        podAntiAffinity:
          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
          - podAffinityTerm:
              labelSelector:
                matchLabels:
                  app.kubernetes.io/instance: mysql-demo
                  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kubedb.com
                  app.kubernetes.io/name: mysqls.kubedb.com
              namespaces:
              - demo
              topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
            weight: 100
          - podAffinityTerm:
              labelSelector:
                matchLabels:
                  app.kubernetes.io/instance: mysql-demo
                  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kubedb.com
                  app.kubernetes.io/name: mysqls.kubedb.com
              namespaces:
              - demo
              topologyKey: failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/zone
            weight: 50
      resources:
        limits:
          cpu: 500m
          memory: 1Gi
        requests:
          cpu: 500m
          memory: 1Gi
      serviceAccountName: mysql-demo
  replicas: 1
  storage:
    accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
    resources:
      requests:
        storage: 1Gi
    storageClassName: standard
  storageType: Durable
  terminationPolicy: Delete
  version: 8.0.35

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

kubectl get mysql mysql-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/mysql-demo-0   1/1     Running   0          2m17s   10.244.0.13   kind-control-plane   <none>           1/1

NAME                      TYPE        CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)    AGE     SELECTOR
service/mysql-demo        ClusterIP   10.107.205.135   <none>        3306/TCP   2m17s   app.kubernetes.io/instance=mysql-demo,app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/name=mysqls.kubedb.com
service/mysql-demo-pods   ClusterIP   None             <none>        3306/TCP   2m17s   app.kubernetes.io/instance=mysql-demo,app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/name=mysqls.kubedb.com

NAME                          READY   AGE     CONTAINERS   IMAGES
statefulset.apps/mysql-demo   1/1     2m17s   mysql        kubedb/mysql:8.0.35

NAME                                            TYPE               VERSION   AGE
appbinding.appcatalog.appscode.com/mysql-demo   kubedb.com/mysql   8.0.35    2m17s

NAME                          VERSION   STATUS   AGE
mysql.kubedb.com/mysql-demo   8.0.35    Ready    2m17s

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:

  • MySQL: my

To print only object name, run the following command:

$ kubectl get all -o name
mysql/mysql-demo
mysql/mysql-dev
mysql/mysql-prod
mysql/mysql-qa

How to Describe Objects

kubectl dba describe command allows users to describe any KubeDB object. The following command will describe MySQL database mysql-demo with relevant information.

$ kubectl dba describe my -n demo
Name:               mysql-demo
Namespace:          demo
CreationTimestamp:  Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:53:48 +0600
Labels:             <none>
Annotations:        kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration={"apiVersion":"kubedb.com/v1alpha2","kind":"MySQL","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"mysql-demo","namespace":"demo"},"spec":{"storage":{"accessModes...
Replicas:           1  total
Status:             Ready
StorageType:        Durable
Volume:
  StorageClass:      standard
  Capacity:          1Gi
  Access Modes:      RWO
Paused:              false
Halted:              false
Termination Policy:  Delete

StatefulSet:          
  Name:               mysql-demo
  CreationTimestamp:  Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:53:48 +0600
  Labels:               app.kubernetes.io/component=database
                        app.kubernetes.io/instance=mysql-demo
                        app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com
                        app.kubernetes.io/name=mysqls.kubedb.com
  Annotations:        <none>
  Replicas:           824638230984 desired | 1 total
  Pods Status:        1 Running / 0 Waiting / 0 Succeeded / 0 Failed

Service:        
  Name:         mysql-demo
  Labels:         app.kubernetes.io/component=database
                  app.kubernetes.io/instance=mysql-demo
                  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com
                  app.kubernetes.io/name=mysqls.kubedb.com
  Annotations:  <none>
  Type:         ClusterIP
  IP:           10.107.205.135
  Port:         primary  3306/TCP
  TargetPort:   db/TCP
  Endpoints:    10.244.0.13:3306

Service:        
  Name:         mysql-demo-pods
  Labels:         app.kubernetes.io/component=database
                  app.kubernetes.io/instance=mysql-demo
                  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com
                  app.kubernetes.io/name=mysqls.kubedb.com
  Annotations:  <none>
  Type:         ClusterIP
  IP:           None
  Port:         db  3306/TCP
  TargetPort:   db/TCP
  Endpoints:    10.244.0.13:3306

Auth Secret:
  Name:         mysql-demo-auth
  Labels:         app.kubernetes.io/component=database
                  app.kubernetes.io/instance=mysql-demo
                  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com
                  app.kubernetes.io/name=mysqls.kubedb.com
  Annotations:  <none>
  Type:         kubernetes.io/basic-auth
  Data:
    password:  16 bytes
    username:  4 bytes

AppBinding:
  Metadata:
    Annotations:
      kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration:  {"apiVersion":"kubedb.com/v1alpha2","kind":"MySQL","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"mysql-demo","namespace":"demo"},"spec":{"storage":{"accessModes":["ReadWriteOnce"],"resources":{"requests":{"storage":"1Gi"}},"storageClassName":"standard"},"version":"8.0.35"}}

    Creation Timestamp:  2021-03-15T11:53:48Z
    Labels:
      app.kubernetes.io/component:   database
      app.kubernetes.io/instance:    mysql-demo
      app.kubernetes.io/managed-by:  kubedb.com
      app.kubernetes.io/name:        mysqls.kubedb.com
    Name:                            mysql-demo
    Namespace:                       demo
  Spec:
    Client Config:
      Service:
        Name:    mysql-demo
        Path:    /
        Port:    3306
        Scheme:  mysql
      URL:       tcp(mysql-demo:3306)/
    Parameters:
      API Version:  appcatalog.appscode.com/v1alpha1
      Kind:         StashAddon
      Stash:
        Addon:
          Backup Task:
            Name:  mysql-backup-8.0.35
          Restore Task:
            Name:  mysql-restore-8.0.35
    Secret:
      Name:   mysql-demo-auth
    Type:     kubedb.com/mysql
    Version:  8.0.35

Events:
  Type    Reason      Age   From             Message
  ----    ------      ----  ----             -------
  Normal  Successful  5m    KubeDB Operator  Successfully created governing service
  Normal  Successful  5m    KubeDB Operator  Successfully created service for primary/standalone
  Normal  Successful  5m    KubeDB Operator  Successfully created database auth secret
  Normal  Successful  5m    KubeDB Operator  Successfully created StatefulSet

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

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

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

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

kubectl dba describe my

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

kubectl dba describe my --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 MySQL objects with specified labels from every namespace.

kubectl dba describe my --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.

Lets edit an existing running MySQL object to setup database Halted. The following command will open MySQL mysql-demo in editor.

$ kubectl edit my -n demo mysql-quickstart

spec:
  ....
  authSecret:
    name: mysql-quickstart-auth
# add database halted = true to delete StatefulSet services and database other resources
  halted: true
  ....

mysql.kubedb.com/mysql-quickstart 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

If StatefulSets exists for a MySQL database, following fields can’t be modified as well.

  • spec.authSecret
  • spec.init
  • spec.storageType
  • spec.storage
  • spec.podTemplate.spec.nodeSelector

For DormantDatabase, spec.origin can’t be edited using kubectl edit

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 MySQL mysql-dev in default namespace

$ kubectl delete mysql mysql-dev
mysql.kubedb.com "mysql-dev" deleted

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

$ kubectl delete -f mysql-demo.yaml
mysql.kubedb.com "mysql-dev" deleted

kubectl delete command also takes input from stdin.

cat mysql-demo.yaml | kubectl delete -f -

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

kubectl delete mysql -l mysql.app.kubernetes.io/instance=mysql-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 mysql
$ kubectl get mysql.kubedb.com

# Delete objects
$ kubectl delete mysql <name>

Next Steps